Tax Consultant Resume
SUMMARY:
I am a Tax Manager with a track record of generating tax savings and successfully completing projects. My tax experience includes federal and state audits; tax compliance (federal, state, international, corporate, partnership, Confidential); research to support tax positions; planning to minimize tax liabilities; transfer pricing (preparation of federal and state transfer pricing reports and successful defense of transfer pricing policies).
SKILLS:
ONESOURCE Compliance Software, Checkpoint, Microsoft Excel, CCH, BNA, ONESOURCE Transfer Pricing, SAP, INTELLICONNECT, ProSystem FX, Yardi, FAS, Lacerte, BNA tax
EXPERIENCE:
Tax Consultant
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Quickly grasped an understanding of the Decurion entities and tax issues related to each entity
- Prepared and reviewed federal/state Partnership and Confidential - Corp returns Including analysis of book/tax differences and partner/shareholder allocations
- Computed partner/shareholder tax basis
- Made recommendations on the proper treatment of Partnership and Confidential - Corp items including separately stated items. Recommendations were adopted by the Company
- Computed §1033 gain and made required tax return disclosure
- Analyzed FBAR filing requirements and prepared required returns
- Responded to state tax notices
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Assisted in the computation of earnings and profits for the REIT focusing on book/tax differences
- Computed partner proportionate interests in the REIT on a monthly basis
- Updated tax depreciation system
- Prepared various disclosures for outside counsel to determine whether REIT requirements were met
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Reviewed and prepared forms 5471, 5472 including subpart F and deemed dividend calculations
- Computed earnings and profits for US owned foreign corporations
- Researched and resolved federal, state tax, international tax issues
- Assisted in the preparation of the corporate tax provision including calculating book/tax differences, Fin 48 analysis, and analysis of state effect tax rates
- Responded to federal and state information document requests and resolved related tax issues
- Analyzed potential reportable transactions
- Identified approximately $1 million in state tax saving
Senior Manager Tax Planning & Audits
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Managed state income tax (over 20 states) resulting in over $6 million in state refunds
- Prepared state tax transfer pricing studies to support state transfer pricing policies and state tax planning
- Member of the Federal Tax Audit Team responding to federal information document requests and resolving federal tax issues
- Managed federal/California research credit process
- Managed all Confidential employment tax credit programs increasing company compliance with federal requirements from a low of 70% to a high of 98%
- Managed partnership tax filings including review of partnership returns
- Identified, researched and analyzed issues affecting computation of tax provision;
- Computed reserves relating to credits and advised on the computation of other reserves
- Assisted financial planning organization in identifying and quantifying tax implications of acquisitions
- Prepared disclosures for various federal and state filings
- Reviewed state income tax returns
- Reviewed forms 8858
- Interacted with internal/external advisors, senior management, senior scientists, and federal and state tax authorities on various tax matters
- Researched state and federal tax issues
- Prepared forecasts for planning purposes
- Documented processes for SOX purposes
Tax Manager
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Assisted Tesco PLC in drafting inter-company agreements for transfer pricing purposes
- Responded to federal payroll tax inquiries resulting in penalty abatement of $98,000
Tax Manager
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Supervised tax staff in tax compliance for various Confidential entities
- Prepared quarterly and annual tax provisions for Confidential entities
- Proposed state tax planning ideas resulting in over $300,000 in tax savings
Tax Consultant
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Prepared transfer pricing reports for small service provider
- Reviewed various federal/state corporate and partnership tax returns
Tax Analyst
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Defended transfer pricing policies with US, Canadian and UK tax authorities upon audit with no changes to transfer pricing policies
- Managed audits of Canadian federal, Ontario, Quebec and Confidential tax returns resulting in over $2 million in tax refunds
- Prepared Earnings and Profits analysis of Candle controlled foreign corporations
- Prepared partnership returns related to foreign partnerships
- Interacted with federal, state, Canadian, and UK tax authorities on audit matters
- Transition Confidential ’ Confidential tax operations to Confidential