E. Charles Bowling Email & Phone Number

Norwalk, CT

Greater New York City Area

Stamford, CT

• Global Head of Indirect Tax, managing the tax functions in Singapore, China, Uruguay, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the Stamford, Connecticut corporate headquarters.
• Initiated, developed and advised on new business model for obtaining tax credits associated with butane gas blending resulting in 45 million dollars of tax credits previously not realized (status ongoing).
• Initiated, developed and advised on new business model for obtaining tax credits associated with propane blending resulting in a potential 20 million dollars of tax credits annually.
• Advised on ad valorem tax implications for newly constructed Port Nickel metals facility and assisted with the creation of a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone to alleviate 15 million dollars of tax exposure annually.
• Led tax group transition team for Morgan Stanley Commodities Trading Group acquisition. Transferred and integrated the indirect tax function’s personnel and IT systems to CCI platforms.
• Led tax group transition team for Ingenco power plant acquisition. On boarded 16 power plants with various departmental groups, evaluated tax profiles for each asset and integrated personnel and IT systems to CCI tax.

Houston, Texas Area

• Introduced energy excise tax function to firm to extend and diversify client service lines.
• Expanded client base of Commodity Trading and Energy Sector firms and improved revenues for the State and Local Tax division by approximately 300 thousand dollars.
• Primary resource for U.S. excise tax compliance and consulting for oil and gas industry for Grant Thornton U.S. and Grant Thornton Canada.
• Presenter and key speaker at Energy Industry and Tax Symposium in Calgary, Canada.

Houston, Texas Area

• Successfully built in house tax function, previously held by outside consultants, resulting in the creation of the indirect tax department in the United States.
• Worked with London based information technology team to develop activity reports for more accurate tax reporting.
• Built Bio Fuel Tax Credit Procedures and integrated tax credit filing with inventory management for the successful return of over 50 million dollars in realized Bio Fuel Tax Credits.
• Developed Bio Fuel Matrix detailing responsibilities for employees and defining documentation requirements for the United States Bio Fuel Business.
• Developed global wide indirect tax procedures with counterparts in Lucerne, Switzerland and Amsterdam, The Netherlands to unify US excise tax and European VAT related to company wide information systems.
• Investigated tax implications and completed analysis on new lines of business in the United States and the Caribbean to reduce tax risk associated with potential new business.

White Plains, NY

• Expanded information technology systems to reform tax preparation procedures, improve efficiency, and productivity for excise tax department.
• Contributed with new management team to change and improve inter-departmental and corporate structure as part of post petition bankruptcy reform.
• Successfully proposed and implemented campaign for tax department relocation from Philadelphia, PA satellite office to White Plains, NY corporate headquarters.
• Created controls by expanding rolls of the tax department to eliminate audit discrepancies, maintain accurate records, and bring firm back into compliance with taxing authorities.
• Contributed to sales tax audit court of appeals and successfully reduced audit assessment by half the original amount assessed.

Old Greenwich, CT

• Prepared and Filed Fuel Excise, Sales and Use, and Environmental Taxes for both state and local governments by specific deadlines using Zytax and other related software.
• Reconciled and maintained tax general ledgers, as well as isolated any problems and worked efficiently to resolve inconsistencies.
• Determined tax reporting amounts and was responsible for over 80 million dollars in annual tax liability.
• Contributed in rebuilding Tax Department including the relocation of offices, interviewing potential employee candidates, and establishing new work levels.
• Reformed previously outdated filing procedures and incorporated new processes to become more efficient.
• Worked with state revenue departments on amendments to previously filed returns as well as any state assessments and discrepancies.

Ann Arbor, MI

• Determined tax liability for all individual customers which involved the isolating, determination of products and services, and the location in which sales took place.
• Advised all customers and management on related tax laws including but not limited to changes in rates, changes in points of liability, and state and local policies.
• Coordinated work between compliance tax accountants and state revenue departments in regards to laws and accepted tax principals.
• Supervised and worked with internal and external auditors, explaining procedures, obtaining tax records, and determining taxable events as it pertained to business.
• Reported Federal Excise Tax 720 and other associated tasks.
• Used expertise with various Tax researching tools CCH, RIA Check Point, and Vertex to research Tax law and create company wide tax manual