Senior Tax Manager
Baskes Zell Family Office
• Experience as building up a 26 year expertise in Trusts , Gifts , Estates , Tax Planning , Tax Compliance , Tax Representation, Family Office Services, Business Transactions and Real Estate Transactions. • Revamped the firm’s operations and delivered significant savings. Shared tax and accounting advice, managed projects, and oversaw over 400 accounting entities that included partnerships, trusts, corporations, foundations, and individuals. • Managed direct reports including a bookkeeper and accountant who prepared financial statements and tax returns as well as trust and estate administration.• Delivered a $3 Million profit by uncovering a 3rd party held asset while reviewing the client’s old financial statements.• Partnered with lawyers to settle a client’s tax issues, bringing to a close to a 20-year old Tax Court Case; at the conclusion of the case, prepared Tax and Accounting schedules, and consolidated 400 entities into 37 partnerships, trusts, foundations, and individuals. • Successfully teamed with the Office Manager to integrate the increased workload, caused by eliminating the bookkeeper and junior accountant positions, into a more efficient office and accounting management system.• Initiated strategic business improvements such as launching the Lacerte Tax program e-filing for Federal and State Tax Returns; in addition to speeding up processing of financial statements for Fair Market Value Basis Quarterly reporting. • Significantly speeded up Tax Return filing to achieve 99% completion by April 15th.