Ronald Murph Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Provide Sales & Use / Indirect Tax Advice, Assistance and Guidance to Robert Half Clients

• Managed NSI & Subs.’ sales & use and non-income tax, tax compliance, audit defense, and tax research & planning.
• Prepared, reviewed and filed sales & use, property and other indirect tax, tax returns.
• Analyzed and reconciled sales & use tax liability accounts.
• Managed sales & use tax audits and assisted with income and franchise tax audits.
• Managed policies/procedures to ensure full compliance with state and local tax laws and regulations.
• Researched and documented tax positions regarding the taxability of new product offerings.

• Sales & Use Tax Audits, Compliance, FAS 5 Provisioning and Tax Research & Planning (incl. Acquisitions & Divestitures) for Scholastic, Inc. and its Domestic Subsidiaries.
• Managed the preparation, review and filing of sales & use and non-income tax, tax returns. Returns are prepared by KPMG but reviewed and approved by me and filed online by a Senior Tax Accountant.
• Reviewed, monitored and reconciled sales tax payments to the sales tax liability accounts.
• Managed sales & use tax audits; Partnered with internal and external counsel when negotiating settlements.
• Performed quarterly analysis of FAS 5 reserve. Presented results to management for disclosure to external auditors.
• Recommended and implemented policy and procedural changes to ensure full compliance with state and local tax laws.

Menlo Park, CA, US

Client - Open Text CorporationDirect OTC and its U.S. subsidiaries transaction/indirect taxes tax compliance, audit, research & planning, FAS 5 reserve, product taxability matrix, M&A sales tax due diligence, SOX controls, and tax legislative responsibilities.Immediate focus: automation of sales & use tax compliance and creation of company-wide sales tax.

New York, NY, US

• Directed MHFI and its U.S. subsidiaries transaction/indirect and property tax compliance, audits, research & planning, FAS 5 reserve, product taxability matrix, M&A sales tax due diligence, SOX controls, and tax.
• Managed four direct reports in the preparation/filing of approximately 2,000 returns including business license, excise, Ohio commercial activity, sales/use, property, & Canadian GST/HST returns.
• Supervised account reconciliations of approximately 350 sales/use and GST tax liability/input/output accounts.
• Negotiated with Vertex and TCI to automate MHFI sales, use and property tax compliance function using Vertex’s On-Demand sales/use and TCI’s property tax software solutions thereby reducing tax compliance costs by 50%.
• Evaluated, tested and documented quarterly SOX 404 control and procedures. This effort resulted in the elimination of significant audit exposure related to sales/revenue reporting gaps.
• Managed sales/use and property tax audits, negotiated audit settlements, filed protests, and partnered with internal/external Tax counsel to formulate legal positions in anticipation of appeals and litigation.

- Provided oversight and direction, assumed full responsibility, and ensured due diligence i/c/w Verizon's acquisition of GTE and the transition of GTE's indirect/sales & use tax function from Texas to New York. - Directed the preparation and filing of 300 monthly Sales/Use and Federal Excise tax returns for three regulated companies. - Performed.

Master Of Science (Ms), Taxation

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration / Accounting