MICHAEL WILLIAMS

**** ******* **** - **** *

GREENSBORO, NC 27407

[Open to Relocation]

CONTACT: 336-***-****

E-Mail: absy6o@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Progressive experience in a corporate tax environment, with an emphasis on

the domestic compliance function at both the Federal as well as State &

Local levels, for large private and publicly traded companies, working

closely with the Director, Tax Compliance and parent corporation in all

aspects of the domestic tax function, including ASC 740/FAS 109, FIN 48.

Recognized for strong work ethic, open door management style, great oral

and written communication skills, and ability to effectively liaise with

outside departments and organizations. Major accomplishments include:

contract analyses resulting in additional $10mil deduction of IRC 197

Intangible; finding amendment to IRC 181 language, thereby allowing

reality show episodes to qualify for direct expensing, reducing the

corporate income tax burden by several million dollars; discovering

industry specific Michigan Regs., allowing film amortization of over

$600mil to qualify as "depreciation", thereby substantially minimizing

state tax liability.

Professional Experience

Resume Gap Jul

2009 - Present

. The Tax Dept. V.P. of 36+ years retired, and the new V.P. restructured

the department, eliminating my position.

. Shortly thereafter, I was called on to help take care of some personal

family matters. As a result, I have recently relocated to North

Carolina, and have begun the search for a job in my field of

experience, corporate tax. However, I am also open to relocation

elsewhere, should the proper opportunity present itself.

Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Feb 1989 - Jul 2009

Tax Supervisor / Tax Manager - 2 Yrs.

. Assisted in planning, organization and preparation of the Consolidated

& separate company Federal Income Tax returns.

. Prepared, supervised processes and reviewed various Federal Income Tax

Schedule M book/tax adjustments.

. Supervised the preparation of Partnership Income Tax Returns using In-

Source in-house software.

. Filed consolidated & multi-state and local corporate tax returns,

estimates and extensions.

. Handled Information Document Requests (IDR's) from government

auditors, and defended tax filing positions, with favorable results.

. Prepared forecasts of projected taxable income, assisted in the

implementation of FAS 109 - Accounting for Income Taxes, and analyzed

cumulative schedule M-1's under FAS 109 requirements. Also provided

detailed explanations of forecast & provision to tax return variances

to management, for purposes of compliance with ASC 740/FAS 109, FIN

48.

. Effectively interfaced with various corporate departments and outside

governmental agencies.

. Created and improved various corporate spreadsheets and other

department practices and procedures, using database formats, lookup

formulas and pivot tables.

. Analyzed the tax effect of SOP 00-2.

. Provided information under SOX 404 compliance requirements.

. Prepared & reviewed sales/use tax returns for: AL, CA, CO, D.C., IA,

MI, NY & TX

. Researched various technical tax issues using multiple tax software

applications [i.e., Thomson-Reuters, RIA, CCH, etc.], and provided

recommendations for implementation to upper management.

. Investigated and resolved many state nexus issues.

Technicolor, Inc. North Hollywood, CA

Jan 1987 - Feb 1989

Tax Accountant

. Prepared the Federal Income Tax Return and the California Franchise

Tax Return.

. Responsible for filing all state income/franchise tax returns,

estimates and extensions, as well as annual reports and other

miscellaneous state returns.

. Coordinated the implementation of and training for the in-house

Federal Income Tax Return preparation using Fast-Tax System 5.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS

4705 PENNOAK LANE - UNIT C

GREENSBORO, NC 27407

[Open to Relocation]

CONTACT: 336-***-****

E-Mail: absy6o@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience - continued

Collins Foods International, Inc. Los Angeles, CA

Apr 1985 - Jan 1987

Tax Analyst

. Responsible for filing all state income/franchise tax returns.

. Prepared all state income tax estimates and extension requests, as

well as annual reports and other miscellaneous state returns.

. Assisted in the preparation of the Consolidated Federal Income Tax

Return.

Education

Masters in Taxation [40% completed]

Golden Gate University, Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Science

The State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Major: Business Administration / Accounting

A.A.S.

Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, NY

Major: Accounting

Computer Skills / Research Tools

. Experience in Microsoft Windows O/S, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word,

PowerPoint and Outlook

. Database applications: PeopleSoft Mainframe General Ledger System;

Oracle; Access;

InSource CS & RS, and OneSource (in-house server and web-based tax

preparation software)

. Research expertise: Thomson-Reuters, RIA, CCH, Check-point and Lexis

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