Resume of
Karl Schubert
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Certification & Education
California CPA #37195 / Level A / Active Status.
M.S. Taxation, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California.
Highlights of Areas of Technical Tax Expertise
. ASC 740 (FAS 109 / IAS 12) corporate income tax provisions for world-
wide operations.
. ASC 270 (FIN 18 / APB 28) interim quarterly corporate income tax
provisions.
. ASC 740-10 (FIN 48) analysis, documentation, and
implementation for world-wide income tax risks.
. ASC 740-30-25-17 (APB 23) permanent reinvestment or deferred tax
recognition analysis.
. ASC 718 (FAS 123R & APB 25) tax impact of corporate stock options.
. ASC 450 (FAS 5) indirect taxation risks for sales tax, GST and VAT.
. Sarbanes Oxley 404 implementation and maintenance for
taxation, treasury, and insurance.
. Federal, California, and multiple-state corporate tax returns,
extensions, estimates, and payments.
. Forms 5471 processing with E&P determinations and Subpart F
calculations.
. Corporate acquisitions and spin-offs under IRC 338.
. IRC 382 NOL and R&D Credit limitation analysis for publicly-owned
corporations.
. IRS, California, Santa Clara County, and other state corporate tax
audits.
. State nexus determinations and doing-business registrations.
. Sales/use and property tax filings and audits for California, Santa
Clara County, and other states.
. R&D Credit calculations and qualification surveys.
. Subpart F calculations for FPHCO and foreign base company and IRC 956
income.
. Intercompany transfer pricing with affiliate R&D cost sharing and/or
cost-plus agreements.
. GST and VAT processing for Australian, Canadian and U.K. operations.
. Foreign corporation formation and reorganization in Canada, Mexico,
Germany and Dubai.
. International corporate taxation pertaining to
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Caymans, China, France,
Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico,
Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, U.K.
. Treasury funds investment and world-wide cash management
supervision.
. Treasury line of credit and covenant compliance
monitoring and reporting.
. Insurance management for property, casualty, business
interruption, and D&O policies.
. Professional development, supervision, and training of
staff tax accountants.
Recent Employment History with Detailed Tax Experience
Clifton Douglas LLP CPAs / Senior Tax Manager and Interim Tax
Director for clients of the firm.
Advisor on federal, international, state and local corporate
tax issues, including foreign corporate formation,
transfer pricing, corporate income tax provision reviews,
quarterly/interim tax provisions, corporate returns,
LLC's, IRS and California SBE audits, sales/use tax, VAT and
GST, Jan 2011 to present.
M-blox Inc. & Subsidiaries / $115 mil annual SaaS revenue.
Senior Manager / Head of Tax (one-person tax function), Sep
2008 to Dec 2010.
Performed all tax requirements for GAAP, tax planning,
compliance, and supervised outside tax advisors.
Implemented FIN 48 for domestic and international tax risks.
Tax savings of $331K from re-establishment of Federal and
California R&D credit filings.
Tax savings of $100K from Canadian GST refunds.
No-change determinations from NYS sales tax and Santa Clara
County property tax audits.
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Recent Employment History with Detailed Tax Experience (continued)
Ultra-tech Inc. & Subsidiaries / $112 mil annual equipment
sales.
Tax Director (supervised one sales tax assistant), Nov 2007 to
Feb 2008 (due to surgery).
Reviewed the out-sourced tax provision and in-house sales tax
returns.
Established a new German subsidiary corporation.
Reconciled overseas VAT exposures in Europe and Asia.
Required time-off for recovery from surgery (March to Sept
2008).
Macro-vision Corp. & Subsidiaries / $250 mil annual software
revenue.
Senior Tax Manager (supervised one corporate tax assistant),
Mar to Oct 2007 (due to downsizing).
Reviewed and supervised the in-house GAAP quarterly tax
provisions and corporate tax returns.
Implemented FIN 48 for domestic and international tax risks.
Performed Federal and California R&D Credit surveys of
software engineering departments.
Willis Lease Corp. & Subsidiaries / $75 mil annual leasing
revenue.
Tax Director (one-person tax function), Aug 2006 to Mar 2007
(due to restructuring).
Prepared the in-house GAAP quarterly and annual tax
provisions.
Reviewed and supervised the out-sourced corporate tax returns.
Reconciled overseas VAT exposures in Europe.
Sonic Solutions & Subsidiaries / $175 mil annual software
revenue.
Tax Director (supervised one corporate tax assistant), July
2004 to Aug 2006.
Created a new in-house tax function.
Tax savings of $150K from discovery of Canadian GST refunds
unclaimed.
Reviewed and supervised the in-house GAAP quarterly and annual
tax provisions and corporate returns.
Reconciled overseas VAT exposures in Europe and Asia with
$900K tax refunds.
Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley 404 for taxation, insurance, and
treasury.
Supervised treasury functions and insurance renewals.
Earlier Employment History
Accounting Network Temp Agency.
Interim International Tax Director, Oct 2002 to Jun 2004 for
the following:
Kinetics Inc. / $1.5 bil annual engineering revenue.
Global-star LLC / $150 mil annual telecom revenue.
Samsung Semiconductor Inc. / $2.5 bil annual semiconductor
sales. Senior Tax Manager, Oct 2000 to Sept 2002.
Varian/CPI Inc. / $250 mil annual telecom equipment sales. Tax
Compliance Manager, Jan 1997 to Sept 2000.
CPA Firm Experience
AY&Co. (now called E&Y) / San Jose & San Francisco. Tax Manager.
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