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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Prepare and review federal and multi-state corporate and partnership tax returns, including adjustments to client’s Quickbooks.• Prepare and review federal and multi-state individual returns, including client correspondence, and estimates for extensions.• Prepare trust, and not-for-profit tax returns.• Prepare reviewed and compiled financial statements for corporations.

Prepares and reviews a variety of types of income tax returns, including corporate, partnership, individual, trust and estates, and non-profit.Correspondence with the IRS on behalf of clients.

Prepared federal and multi-state corporate (Subchapter S and C) and partnership tax returns, including making adjustments to client's QuickBooks.Prepared federal and multi-state individual returns, including client correspondence.Correspondence with the IRS on behalf of clients.Prepared estimated tax payments for large individual clients.Prepared Forms W-2 and 1099 for business clients.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Prepared and reviewed federal and multi-state individual income tax returns.Prepared S Corporation income tax returns, including making adjustments to client's QuickBooks.Prepared Forms W-2 and 1099s for client base.

Greenville, South Carolina, Us

Prepare and review federal, multi-state and city tax returns for C Corporations, including consolidated returns, with gross revenues in excess of $300 million in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, technology, consumer finance and hospitality.Prepare and review complex partnership and individual income tax returns.Prepare returns for employee benefit plans (5500).Assist the assurance team with preparation of FASB 109 calculations and reporting requirements.Software Champion group leaderResponsible for calculation of Federal Tax Credits including Work Opportunity Tax Credits, Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community Employment Credits and Retention Credit.Research legislation on various tax issues.Planning and performing audits.Assist in the hiring process..

Preparation of income tax returns, including individual, partnership, corporate, estate and gift, trust, payroll, and sales & use tax. Review of individual and corporate income tax returns prepared by other associates.Experience with FAS 109 and FIN 48.Correspondence with firm clientele.Research of tax issues, including state investment tax credits.Saved company shareholders over $350,000 in taxes by utilizing Section 168(k) depreciation rules under the IRS Code when the prior CPA did not.Found bad debt for a contractor client that had deleted their receivable in Quickbooks instead of writing it off, ensuring accurate financial statements and saving the company over $200,000 in taxes.Implemented planning techniques such as having the sole shareholder of a company raise its rent on a piece of commercial property that he owns personally that had a loss in the prior year. Saved individual contractors tens of thousands of dollars by deducting losses on rental properties as real estate professionals.Advised self-employed individuals to incorporate as S-Corps, thereby minimizing self-employment taxes.Filing necessary federal and state forms for companies and trust and estates to conduct business.Assisting on audits of construction companies (non-public).Preparation of financial statement reviews and compilations of construction companies.Streamlining organizational processes for attestation clients by sending them a checklist of what we need from them to complete the service.Assisting on audits of 401(k) plans.

Prepared and/or reviewed monthly compiled financial statements for approximately 50 companies in the real estate, restaurant, and consulting industries.Prepared financial statement account analysis and related supporting work papers.Reviewed financial trends and record keeping controls.Prepared corporate, partnership, and individual tax returns.Worked with IRS on audits of corporations and individuals.Research of tax issues for regulatory compliance, including whether or not a widowed taxpayer can utilize the married filing joint exemption when selling their primary residence.Made appropriate recommendations regarding tax planning opportunities for clients.

Prepared corporate income tax returns for corporations ranging from small to mid-size.Prepared individual income tax returns.Write-up of corporate books to financial statements.Wrote letters to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of clients.Prepared payroll and sales and use tax returns.Prepared property tax returns for corporations.Prepared year-end W-2's and 1099's.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Involved in monthly closing processes.Reconciled inter-company accounts.Prepared journal entries using international currency.Helped in the transition from the Las Vegas office to the Atlanta office, saving tens of thousands of dollars.Prepared invoices.Reconciled monthly balance sheet accounts, including accruals, monthly aging of receivables, bankruptcy, client settlement, account payables and receivables.Assisted in consolidating the general ledger system that created a more efficient closing process.Developed Excel spreadsheet to reconcile multiple bank accounts.