dean michael wahrenbrock, cpa

***** ********** ****** • Huntington Beach, CA 92646

acvi4f@r.postjobfree.com • 714-***-**** • cell 714-***-****

Tax Manager • Certified Public Accountant

Provided diversified accounting, tax, business practice and analysis skills over a 35 year career as a C.P.A., tax manager and chief financial officer.

Core competencies include:

•Accounting Management • Cash Management • Income Tax Compliance

•Financial Analysis • Budgeting • Efficiency Improvements

•Income Tax Audits • Cost Reduction Projects • Domestic & Int. Tax Issues

CAREER EXPERIENCE

WAHRENBROCK CONSULTING - Huntington Beach, California, January 2015 to Current

•Consulting regarding accounting and tax matters. See Michael Wahrenbrock, CPA below.

MAPLERIDGE INSURANCE SERVICES/NORTHSTAR LIFE/INSURANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES-- Irvine, California, February 2006 to 2015

Tax Manager

Initially in the Family Office Group preparing and supervising accounting and income tax preparation for over 70 entities and individuals operating as controller for many. Ultimately tax manager primarily for life insurance settlement and servicing entity and affiliates with operations in Luxembourg, Germany, Cayman Islands and Ireland. Significant representation in income tax audits with IRS and FTB, much with the IRS LB&I Group.

•Prepared and provided data in support of sale of entities to Belgian bank.

•Preparation & supervision of accounting records for financial statement audits and reporting to

the California Department of Financial Institutions.

•Income tax preparation, tax planning, tax provisions, tax audit representation. "No Change"

result on IRS audit of entity with $550,000,000 in revenues.

•Tax research, planning and implementation in new foreign entity structures.

•Research and planning for tax implications of U.S. entity ownership of Controlled Foreign

Corporations and related entities.

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EPIC INVESTMENTS/MERIDIAN MEDICAL, Newport Beach, California 2003-2005

Tax Manager

•Involved in all phases of real estate rental/management company- acquisition, operations & sales

of investments

•Company owned properties including restaurants, hotels, single and multi-unit rentals

•Preparation of all Federal & California payroll, sales and income tax returns

•Oversaw liquidation of properties & rights owned by related company

•Oversaw partial liquidation of company and maintenance of during transition stages

IDC ITALDESIGN CALIFORNIA, INC., Irvine, California July 1999 - February 2003 Director of Finance

•Supervised staff of 2 accountants in maintenance of books for company engineering and building

automobile prototypes and parts for OEM automobile companies

•Preparation of all Federal & California income tax returns

•Supervised cost accounting for individual projects

•Prepared and monitored budgets through operations, shutdown and liquidation

•Prepared and "translated" accounting reports for ownership in Italy

•In charge of acct. dept. and financial reporting to parent company and their auditors in Italy

MICHAEL WAHRENBROCK, CPA, Huntington Beach, CA 1983-1999 Sole Proprietor- CPA

•Sole proprietorship CPA practice

•Full service- accounting (compilation and review reports), payroll taxes, investment counseling,

income tax preparation and planning (Ind, Corp, S Corp, Part, Fid) and estate planning, business

valuations, income tax audit representation

•Staff of two employees

ERNST & ERNST/ERNST & WHINNEY (Currently Ernst & Young) Newport Beach, CA 1979-1982

•Staff accountant in Small Business/Emerging Business Dept- Full service accounting for small

businesses with "Big Eight" client potential followed by transfer to Income Tax Dept.

•Research and preparation of Federal and California income tax returns

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice (1976) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- IRVINE, CA

Certified Public Accountant (1982) California

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