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Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Manage the SALT area for SP Plus Corporation. Responsible for over $210-250MM of sales, use, parking and income taxes.Lead the integration of the 2,200 locations of the sales, use, parking and income taxes from the acquisition of Central Parking Inc,.

Prepare and review Federal 1120S Tax Return including five 8858 entities and one 5471 entity.Prepare ASC 740 (FAS 109), deferred tax calculations and tax provision for US and Canada.Prepare FIN 48 analysis and related footnotes for annual report.Review ASC 740 (FAS 109) deferred tax calculation and tax provision for Mexico, China and India.Prepare and review State Tax Returns in 6 states.Prepare Foreign Tax Credit details for shareholders. Supervise public accounting firm's preparation of Canadian and Mexican Income Tax Returns.Gather information and supervise income tax audits, sales and use tax audits, and transfer pricing audits.Prepare and review estimated income tax calculation and payments for shareholders.Gather information for Transfer pricing studies and research transfer pricing issues.Supervise tax issues for our Canadian, Mexican, China and India subsidiaries and advise accordingly.Gather information and submitted proposal for Training Grant from the State of Illinois for three years resulting in $228,618.71 in training cost savings.Supervise outside consultants for special tax savings projects that resulted in tax savings of over $100,000 per year.Responsible for preparation of hypothetical withholding calculation for Expatriates.Review payroll tax reports and research issues as they arise.Software: Oracle, Excel, Word, Onesource

4 Million in assets.Negotiated merger with US Employees Credit Union 60 Million in assets.

Reviewed state and local corporate income tax returns for 31 companies in over 40 states.Prepared combined/unitary state income tax returns for 12 different states.Assisted in the preparation of the Federal Consolidated Tax Return and related schedules.Complied information and handled income tax audits, personal property tax audits, and sales and use tax audits.Responsible for maintaining and updating CorpTax Software and other software packages.Calculated monthly state tax provisionReviewed quarterly estimated income tax payments.Prepared federal and state partnership tax returns for four publicly registered partnerships with over 10,000 partners.Handled investor inquiries regarding their investments in various partnerships.

Prepared federal and state income tax returns for 35 companies in over 45 states. Assisted in the preparation of the consolidated federal tax return.Prepared annual reports and franchise tax returns.Prepared and reconciled multi-state sales tax returns.Assisted Tax Manager in handling sales tax audits.Responsible for maintaining and updating Arthur Andersen Tax Software and other software packages.Gathered information and prepared tax Form 5500 (benefit plans).Transmitted payroll tax information to outside payroll tax service.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Prepared federal and state tax returns.Prepared and entered information for consolidated federal tax return.Entered federal and state tax return information on Arthur Andersen's Tax Director software program.Gathered and prepared information for franchise tax returns, annual reports and licensing agreements.Prepared and reviewed compliance for sales tax returns.Maintained tax department's computers and software programs.Prepared and reviewed payroll reports for federal and state tax returns.Prepared 1099 MISC informational returns for federal and state reporting.Calculated tax information for stock options and supplemental income.

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration In Accounting

Activities and Societies: Delta Chi Fraternity - President, Vice President, Secretary and IFC Representative

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Activities and Societies: Soccer-Bench Warmer Basketball Manager