Executive Director Staff Accountant
Resume:
Richard A Stasewich
Certified Public Accountant
Cary, IL 60013
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Self-employed accountant 1983-present Tax returns, monthly accounting, certified audits, representing clients before IRS, business consulting
VITA program at McHenry College January-April 2025 worked with IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program which offers free tax return preparation to individuals who need assistance
Staff Accountant 1981-1984 Blumenfeld Wieser Friedman and Co CPA’s
Short Term Accounting Projects 1978-1981 GD Searle Pharmaceuticals, Oak Industries, Head Start Program audits, City of Chicago, First Jersey National Bank and other clients
Visual Artist 1974-present figure drawing, installations, performance, horticulture projects and other work
Model for figure drawing classes 1972-present NIU, Harper College, Northwestern, Columbia College and other art schools
Accounting clients:
Individual artists, painters and sculptors, actors, writers, musicians, filmmakers, art galleries
Commercial artists, graphic designers, photographers, architects
Faculty at art schools and universities
Nonprofit organization clients have included Goat Island, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago Actors Ensemble and Chicago Filmmakers, presenter of Reeling: Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival
Randolph Street Gallery – an alternative nonprofit gallery. In the mid 1980’s I was asked to take a look at the books by a friend on the board and found a total financial disaster. The executive director had quit before she could be fired, eventually the doors were locked and the gallery shut down. I was asked to clean up the mess and took the position of president of the board. There was an old expired $25,000 bank line of credit which I was able to renew by getting personal guarantees from board members. I was able to hire a new executive director by setting up a salary escrow account to ensure he would get paid. Negotiations with IRS convinced them to refrain from going after $10,000 in back payroll taxes until grant money started to roll in. Then the executive director and I began writing grants. The gallery recovered and flourished for another ten years until the executive director left.
US Tax Court Represented a client before US Tax Court on two separate occasions. Unfortunately, in both cases we lost. Even more unfortunately, in both cases I was also the client.
McHenry College Spring Semesters 2024 and 2025 Accounting, Quickbooks, figure drawing and sculpture
Northern Illinois University 1971-1977 Fine Art major, Accounting minor, CPA Certificate September 1978
Barrington High School 1967-1971 Russian and Math
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