Accounting Tax

Melinda Barb Payne

CPA License in Georgia

**** ******** ***** *****, ******** Township, Michigan 48382

H 248-***-**** C 770-***-**** Email: *******@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tax Associate June 2017 - Present

Cendrowski Corporate Advisors (CPA firm), Bloomfield Hills, MI

Prepare individual, corporate, partnership, and trust and fiduciary income tax returns for high net worth (HNW) clients.

Maintain QuickBooks Online files and prepare the partnership income tax return for a real estate development company based in New York City, NY with approximately $20M in total net worth.

Trace spending of trust assets from inherited trust with initial value of $200M for litigation purposes.

Perform forensic accounting examination for a real estate development company client in which company’s assumptions of relative market value of assets were analyzed and distribution priorities were examined to estimate amount due to member in the event of a buyout of member.

Family Sabbatical/Tax Season Roles January 2013 - June 2017

Worked in temporary tax season roles during 2014 and 2015 utilizing ProSystemfx Tax, UltraTax CS, and Accounting CS tax/accounting software to prepare individual, partnership and corporate tax returns.

Senior Accounting Associate May 2002 - December 2012

Thurman Financial Consulting, P.C., Roswell, GA

(CPA firm specializing in forensic accounting and business valuation for family law litigation).

Prepared and maintained marital balance sheets and traced separate and marital portions of assets, including, investments, retirement plans, stock options, and real estate for family law litigation cases ranging from $1M in total assets to up to approximately $275M in total assets whereby these marital balance sheets and tracing schedules were used by the attorneys of our client as exhibits in depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and court trials.

Analyzed income, cash flow, and spending for purposes of calculating alimony and present value of life insurance and preparing Domestic Relations Financial Affidavit of Husband/Wife.

Assisted in preparation of business valuations.

Prepared individual, corporate, partnership, and trust and fiduciary income tax returns including HNW individuals with up to $12M in AGI.

Maintained QuickBooks files for individual, partnership, and fiduciary clients for preparing returns.

Senior Tax Accountant January 2001 - May 2002

AGL Resources, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Reviewed partnership returns of a related entity prepared by a “Big 5” accounting firm.

Performed all of the functions of the income tax department alone for two months.

Maintained FAS 109 inventories and current and deferred income tax expense/liability rollforward schedules for twenty business units.

Prepared corporate federal and state income tax returns, estimates, and extensions for various business units.

Prepared accumulated deferred income tax schedules for rate case analysis.

Calculated the consolidated, monthly effective income tax rate.

Researched potential tax issues and tax savings strategies for a new acquisition.

Melinda Barb Payne

CPA License in Georgia - Page 2

Senior Tax Specialist December 1998 - December 2000

First Data Corporation, Atlanta, GA

Prepared federal, state, and local government corporate income tax returns for the parent company, First Data Corporation, and several subsidiaries and unitary and combined state returns.

Researched tax laws and recommended positions and communicated with taxing authorities.

Maintained an inventory of FAS 109 book/tax differences for purposes of the company’s financial reporting requirements.

Prepared quarterly estimated tax payment calculations and extension calculations.

Calculated allocation and apportionment schedules for multi-state companies.

Assisted with annual report filings.

Staff Accountant December 1994 - December 1998

Smith, Adcock and Company, CPA’s, Atlanta, GA

Prepared corporate, Subchapter S corporate, partnership, individual, estate, fiduciary, gift, pension, profit sharing, property, intangible, sales, and payroll tax returns and performed tax research when necessary.

Prepared correspondence for clients to the Internal Revenue Service and the Georgia Department of Revenue.

Calculated estimated tax projections for clients.

Prepared reviews and compilations.

Assisted in the audit of companies, which entailed performance of tests of controls, substantive testwork, and workpaper preparation.

Prepared write-up work.

Maintained fixed assets programs.

Created amortization schedules.

Staff Accountant - Golden Pantry Headquarters; Athens, GA January 1994 - December 1994

Assisted the Controller with daily responsibilities of the company.

Oversaw the payroll department including initially preparing payroll upon joining company and then hired and supervised a payroll staff to process payroll for all administrative and store level personnel.

Implemented MAS 90’s payroll module software.

Prepared the quarterly federal and state payroll tax returns.

Prepared workpapers for annual audit of company.

Maintained fixed assets program and prepared bank reconciliations of cash accounts.

SOFTWARE

Proficient in Microsoft Office, ProSystemfx Tax, UltraTax CS, Accounting CS, Laserfiche, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Quicken, MAS 90 and FAS2000

EDUCATION/LICENSE/MEMBERSHIP

University of Georgia, Athens, GA- MAcc -Tax - December 1993

University of Georgia, Athens, GA - BBA Accounting - June 1992

Certified Public Accountant - state of Georgia - March 1997

Member - Association of International Certified Professional Accountants

Melinda Barb Payne

CPA License in Georgia

2684 Trillium Hills Drive, Commerce Township, Michigan 48382

H 248-***-**** C 770-***-**** Email: *******@*****.***

Addendum to Resume

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2009 AICPA National Business Valuation School - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Atlanta, GA, July 27-31, 2009

Investigative Accounting in Divorce -Forensic CPA Society

Completed online December 11, 2007

Forensic Accounting in Matrimonial Divorce - Forensic CPA Society

Completed online December 26, 2006

Advanced Forensic Techniques for Accountants - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Atlanta, GA, 2005

2003 Jobs and Growth Tax Act - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Alpharetta, GA, December 4-5, 2003

IRS Nationwide Tax Forum-Internal Revenue Service

Atlanta, GA, August 21-23, 2001

CORPTax-Basic Federal & State -Deloitte & Touche Tax Technologies, LLC

Chicago, IL, June 19-22, 2001

Interstate Tax Planning -Interstate Tax Corporation

Atlanta, GA.; June 19-21, 2000

Federal Tax Course-Level I-Tax Executives Institute Education Fund

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, May 2-7, 1999

CLR Fast-Tax-Insource Income Tax Program Training–ComputerLanguage Research, Inc.

Dallas, TX, March 16-18, 1999

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