Al has over 20 plus years of domestic taxation experience including national public accounting firm, public traded company and foreign owned company. His particular area of expertise is state and local tax, though his background also includes significant experience with federal tax matters. Al advises clients in all aspects of state income, franchise, sales and use tax matters including: tax planning, state audits, appeals and claims for refund, accounting for income taxes, tax compliance and negotiation of state incentives. Additionally, he has extensive experience with tax due diligence and transaction advice. Al has worked closely with companies in various industries including, software/technology, apparel, manufacturing, retailing, financial services and industrial markets.His training includes seminars and coursework at NYU SALT Institute, ITP, Tax Executive Institute, Interstate Tax Corp. and COST.A brief summary of career accomplishments:• Review of State and local tax liabilities and identification of tax reduction strategies. • Analysis of income sourcing methodologies: COP and Market based sourcing.• Tax compliance and provision process documentation.• Timely State reporting of federal adjustments.(RAR)• Determination of tax filing methodologies , elections, apportionment and allocation planning.• Remediation of prior year’s tax liabilities, voluntary disclosure agreements.• Identification of tax saving opportunities and tax risk minimization.• Review of State tax implications of proposed M&A transactions.• Plan, manage and resolve tax audits.• Conduct State Tax Nexus Studies for Multistate taxpayers• Residency Issues.• State Tax Issues impacting Foreign Entities.• Evaluate valuation allowance reserves and FIN 48 financial statement positions.• Identification of tax refund and tax minimization opportunities •. Withholding Issues • Sales/Use tax matrix development and reverse audits