Sales Manager

HARRY SNYDER, CPA

Long Beach, CA ***** E-mail: *************@*****.*** Phone: 310-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hargrave & Hargrave, AAC, Los Angeles, CA September 2014 – August 2016

Senior Tax Accountant

Reviewed and prepared tax work papers and tax returns.

Individual, Partnerships, LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, Trust and Estate returns.

Quarterly projection and estimate filings.

Annual extension projection and filings.

Various tax research projects including Affordable Health Care Act, State Tax Benefit Rule, 2014 Tax Increase Prevention Act, and Income from Discharge of Indebtedness.

Improved out dated work paper processes.

Prepared IRS and state audit responses

Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt LLP, Irvine, CA November 2013 – August 2014

Supervising Senior Tax Accountant

Reviewed and prepared tax work papers and tax returns.

Federal & Multi-State pass-through entities (Partnerships, S-Corps, LLPs, LLCs).

Additional work on C-Corps and Individuals.

Industries include large, multi-tiered real estate investment funds, distressed debt, REIT’s.

Quarterly asset and income tests to maintain REIT status.

Quarterly taxable income projections for Nonperforming Loans (NPL) for reporting to the FDIC.

Various tax research projects including interest tracing rules, limitation on itemized deductions, troubled debt and state tax compliance by entity type.

Train and mentor new staff.

BakerCorp, Seal Beach, CA August 2012 – November 2013

Indirect Tax Manager

In charge of all matters regarding, but not limited to, sales/use tax, property tax, gross receipts tax, business licenses.

Improved the process of information gathering, calculation and filing, primarily through the use of Excel and queries of the accounting software system, to reduce the preparation time to file over 100 monthly sales/use tax returns from 3 weeks to 1.5 weeks. Created a more paperless environment.

Gathered annual fixed asset information and reconciled book to tax to insure accuracy. Reviewed over 600 property tax returns prepared by outside firm.

Prepared annual property tax estimates to book annual accrual and monthly property tax expense, by branch.

CA use tax project to recapture $1.5M of upfront use tax paid on rental equipment.

Handled tax module for upgrade of Wynne accounting system from V.7 to V.11. Created tax rules to be used by the system. Incorporated the CA recapture project into the system.

Successfully outsourced sales/use tax compliance to Taxware (TWE). Created procedures to extract information from the Wynne system that not only tied to the T/B, but formats to TWE’s specifications and time requirements. New procedures tied information, by state, to the T/B, included a monthly reconciliation of sales tax accrual accounts, provided an audit trail and simplified the review process.

Managed audits. Washington, Maine, Baton Rouge, LA sales tax audits. Contra Costa County, Orange County and Kern County, CA property tax audits.

Researched individual taxing jurisdiction issues. Examples include origin vs. destination states, upfront use tax, CO state administered vs. home rule cities, AR additional tax on short-term rentals and taxability of specific invoice items, ME rental property from out of state.

Maintained all system tax codes and exemption certificates. Fielded all calls from branches to not only provide needed information, but to explain why it is necessary for accurate collection and remittance. Assisted billing department in reviewing tax credits to customers.

Created documentation to be included on the company’s intranet to assist branches in sales/use tax matters.

Western Digital Corporation, Irvine, CA April 2011 – December 2011

Business Tax Manager (Consultant)

All business tax matters including, but not limited to, the preparation, review and projection of multi-jurisdictional sales/use tax, property tax, unclaimed property, business licenses, and annual reports, survey filings with the U.S. Census Bureau, audits and appeals.

Updated sales/use tax compliance processes including information gathering, workpaper preparation and tax return preparation with the goal of a paperless environment.

HI Excise Tax, WA B&O Tax, AZ Transaction Privilege Tax.

Handled CA and TX sales tax audits.

Researched sales/use tax Nexus issues.

Filed property tax rendition in AZ, CA and TX for sales, distribution and R&D sites.

Gathered information for CA property tax audits and appeals.

Modified and improved property tax workpapers to enable an electronic review process.

Fixed asset management, including system modifications to enable property tax filing in addition to income tax calculations. Tax depreciation calculation for tax return and provision purposes.

Hyundai Capital America, Inc., Irvine, CA September 2009 – February 2011

Assistant Tax Manager

Tax compliance including preparation of federal and state returns for all entities including federal subcon and state consolidated/combined returns, quarterly estimates and extensions and monthly federal estimates.

Preparation of property tax renditions for Orange County corporate office.

Assisted in calculations for tax provision, including current provision, provision to return, state effective tax rate and NOL analysis; analyzed trial balance for FIN48 purposes.

Reviewed/prepared multi-jurisdictional sales/use, excise, B&O, property tax returns.

Maintained tax fixed asset system for over 75,000 leased vehicles.

Fed & State notices and audit support.

Various research and misc. projects. Maintained tax calendar; Prepared fed forms 1042.

Assisted with creation of a tax preparation manual detailing the book and tax treatment of all tax adjustment items.

Assisted with LKE implementation (evaluation & implementation).

Established numerous process improvements, cutting down preparation time considerably and moving towards a more paperless environment.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Los Angeles, CA June 2006 – May 2009

Tax Senior

State income tax senior/acting manager on CB Richard Ellis engagement.

All state income tax compliance matters, including, but not limited to, state/city income tax returns.

State notices and audit support.

State provision and FIN48

Supervision and career guidance to various staff member.

Various research and misc projects (i.e. state RAR for Toyota Manufacturing).

Drafted various engagement letters and budget analysis.

CB Richard Ellis, Inc., El Segundo, CA May 1999 – June 2006

Tax Supervisor

Federal & State income tax compliance, including review and/or preparation of corporate income tax returns, estimates, extensions. Prepared federal consolidated return.

Facilitated the transfer from an internal tax department to PWC outsourcing.

Implemented extensive process improvements for the preparation of work papers for all tax compliance purposes and integrated electronic uploads from accounting software and downloads to tax software.

Deferred tax analysis and true-up for tax provision & SOX compliance.

Tax basis calculation for partnerships and other investments.

Various research projects and audit support; 5471 foreign tax filing preparation.

Evaluated chose and maintained all tax software (Vantage Tax, Superforms, E-Forms, Fixed Asset Manager, and Tax Calendar).

ADDITIONAL POSITIONS HELD

Senior Tax Analyst ~ Dames & Moore Group, Los Angeles, CA

Tax Accountant ~ Mikasa, Inc., Long Beach, CA

Senior Tax Accountant ~ Silgan Containers Corp., Woodland Hills, CA

Staff Accountant ~ Health Net, Woodland Hills, CA

Tax Accountant ~ Nishihama & Kishida, CPA’s Inc., Honolulu, HI

EDUCATION

University of Hawaii ~ Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Bachelors of Business Administration: Major: Accounting

CERTIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Certified Public Accountant, active – CA (license #101210)

OneSource (federal, state), Vantage Tax / AACTS (federal, state, international, tax calendar), Wynne accounting system, Hyperion, FAS/SAGE Fixed Asset System, Lacerte, ProSystems FX, QuickBooks, Creative Solutions, RIA, CCH, BNA research tools. MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, Adobe Acrobat.

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