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R. Donald Turlington

aka "The Great One"
New York, NY

Professional:
Mr. Turlington was a tax practitioner in New York City for 30 years, specializing in partnership taxation. He retired on December 31, 2005.
For 18 years he was an adjunct professor of law in the graduate tax program at New York University School of Law, specializing in partnership taxation.

Current:
Between fly-fishing and sailing expeditions to exotic locales, Mr. Turlington invests in U.S. Treasury securities to finance the deficit, drills oil and gas wells to help the country become more energy self-sufficient, and clips coupons to fund wife’s parsonage allowance.

Education:
University of Florida (B.S. B.A in accounting 1970) (cum laude)
University of Florida (J.D. 1973) (cum laude) Served on the Editorial Board of the University of Florida Law Review
New York University (LL.M Taxation 1975)

Publications:
Prior Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Partnership Taxation
Editorial Board of the Real Estate Finance Journal
Advisory Boards of the National Institute of Real Estate Taxation and the New York University Tax Institute

Lecturer:
Mr. Turlington has spoken at numerous tax conferences and seminars on various partnership topics.

Miscellaneous:
Mr. Turlington successfully represented the taxpayers in Campbell vs Commissioner in their appeal to the Eighth circuit Court of Appeals. The Campbell decision on appeal enthusiastically endorsed Turlington’s prior advice to service partners that carried profits interests are not taxable upon receipt, reversing the Tax Court’s controversial decision to the contrary. The Campbell victory set the stage for the current worldwide economic boom by facilitating the proliferation of carried profits interest in real estate, oil and gas, private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.