Newton "Bud" Buckner, III, CPA
Tax Partner
Certified Public Accountant, Connecticut

Professional Experience

• More than 29 years of experience in public accounting
• Joined Whittlesey & Hadley in 1978; named partner in 1988
• Practice concentration in corporate and individual taxation, with special emphasis on transactional matters, such as business entity restructuring, business purchases and sales, and estate, retirement and succession planning
• Specializes in aviation taxation for corporate aircraft

University and Continuing Professional Education

• Master’s degree in Taxation, University of Hartford
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Bryant College, Smithfield, RI
• Bachelor’s degree in Law Enforcement, Bryant College, Smithfield, RI
• Speaker and author on variety of tax related subjects, such as real estate taxation, passive activity rules, and personal service organizations

Activities, Awards, and Memberships

• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Tax Division and Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA)
• Past President, Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA)
• Various leadership positions, CSCPA, including former chairman, Continuing Professional Education Committee; Strategic Planning, Nominating and Professional Ethics Committees; chairman, Federal Tax Forum; chairman, various ad hoc committees; member,
• Trustee and former Chairman of the CSCPA Education Trust Fund
• Former chairman, PKF International Continuing Education Committee
• Past President, Rotary Club of Hartford
• Past Master, Evening Star Lodge, No. 101
• Member, National Business Aircraft Association

Contact Information

860.524.4471 (v)
860.728.0232 (f)