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Bud Buckner Newton 'Bud' Buckner, III, CPA
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)

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