MICHAEL D. MIZIANTY
*** ******** *****, ********, ** 92011
760-***-**** (H); 760-***-****(C)
abhi1e@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE: Responsible position in state and local tax or corporate
accounting.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Seasoned tax professional with over 20 years of in-depth experience in
sales and use taxes, state income/franchise taxes and property
taxes. Led and conducted compliance, research and audit management,
business license compliance and the auditing of state income and sales
taxes. Guest Speaker at Tax Executive Institute Seminars on technology
transfer sales tax issues, automating the sales tax function and third
party drop-shipments.
EXPERIENCE:
Contractor 2001 -
2010
L-3 Services - Linkabit (Titan Corporation), San Diego, CA, Seasonal 2001
- 2010
. Generated Tax Information Package
. Completed sales tax and property tax returns.
. Performed monthly close, account reconciliation and government accounting
transactions.
. Conducted maintenance of fixed assets.
Astec America (Emerson Network Power), Carlsbad, CA, Jul 2010 - Oct 2010
. Managed reconciliation of sales by state and prepared sales tax returns
and annual reports
. Conducted analysis of property tax billings
. Actively researched sales taxation trends and other projects as assigned.
. Performed audit of subsidiary for sales and property tax compliance, and
provided recommendations based on findings.
Bilstein Shock Absorbers, Poway, CA, 2005
. Performed sales tax and property tax returns
. Prepared state apportionment factors.
Hemotherapies, Inc., San Diego, CA, 2002
. Filed Sales and property taxes
. Prepared business licenses and franchise taxes.
North Carolina Dept of Revenue, Carlsbad, CA
Jan 1998 - Mar 1999
Revenue Field Auditor
. Conducted audits for all corporations within San Diego and Orange
Counties that held nexus for North Carolina tax purposes.
. Conducted audits for compliance with state income and sales tax laws.
. Advised taxpayer's on best ways to meet compliance goals.
Sun Microsystems, Inc, Palo Alto, CA
Jan 1989 - Dec 1997
Manager, Sales and Property Tax Audits
. Led all sales and property tax audits including any appeals and
subsequent presentation for associated hearings.
. Prepared monthly analysis of sales tax reserves.
. Designed ad hoc reporting and analysis, along with subsequent
recommendations.
Senior Tax Analyst
. Sales/use tax, income/franchise tax, property tax, and business license
compliance for most states.
. Prepared and calculated apportionment factors. Managed or assisted with
tax audits.
. Conducted monthly download of sales tax information and assimilation into
reports using Paradox database.
. Provided approval of tax credit memos. Calculation of monthly property
tax expense. Tax research and planning.
Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc., San Jose, CA,
Feb 1986 - Jan 1989
Senior Tax Accountant
. Responsible for filing all state taxes in the income, sales, and property
areas for the ninestates in which Fujitsu and subsidiary had nexus.
. Acted as main point of contact for all state tax audits and research.
. Calculated state income tax provision and apportionment factor, plus
monthly analysis and reconciliation of state/local tax accounts.
Michael Mizianty
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Triad Systems Corporation
Tax Compliance Supervisor, Livermore, CA
Apr 1985 - Feb 1986
. Supervised and reviewed the work of staff of two employees.
. Responsible for filing of state and local sales and property taxes,
business licenses, annual reports, income/franchise taxes, and property
taxes for over forty states.
. Conducted all sales and property tax audits, income tax apportionment
factors, international monthly currency translations, and all tax
research.
Tymshare, Inc., Cupertino, CA
Mar 1982 - Apr 1985
Senior Tax Administrator
. Filed state and federal tax returns
. Prepared apportionment factor base information,
. Conducted fixed asset analysis, balance sheet and income statement
accounts.
. Trained and supervised one employee.
Senior Sales and Property Tax Specialist
. Prepared and analyzed sales, use, and property tax data and returns
. Reconciled sales and property tax accounts, and prepared business
licenses.
. Researched, recommended and implemented new tax laws.
OTHER
Consultant, McDonnell Douglas Network Information Systems 1985
. Filed net operating loss carryovers for various subsidiaries
Guest Speaker, Tax Executive Institute (TEI)
. Seminar training on Sales & Use Tax to audience of 150+ persons.
Self Employment
. Licensed Realtor - Broker: Realty Executives, 2002 - 2007
. Notary Public - On The Fly Mobile Notary, 2004 - present
EDUCATION B.S., Business Administration - Accounting
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
SPECIAL SKILLS Use of PC and Sun Workstation with software programs -
Microsoft Office, Paradox database,
and Lotus Smart Suite. Familiar with Oracle database
system. Income tax calculation using CorpTax and
FastTax.
REFERENCES ON REQUEST
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