cpa-tax

SCOTT R. KRUPNICK

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Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089

Cell Phone 847-***-**** Home 847-***-****

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EDUCATION

**** – 1981 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois

J.D. granted May 1981

Passed Illinois Bar exam on first attempt - May 1981

1974 – 1978 ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, Illinois

B.S in Accounting - GPA 3.82/4.0

Graduated with high honors, Top 3% of class

Passed CPA exam on first attempt, Illinois May 1978

Licensed Certified Public Accountant, Illinois 1982

TAX EXPERIENCE

2006 - May 2010 GRAFF, BALLAUER & BLANSKI, Northfield, Illinois

Tax Manager – Graff, Ballauer & Blanski is a regional public accounting firm. Responsibilities included: supervision of staff and review of individual, business and tax-exempt tax returns prepared by the staff. Also preformed tax planning, tax research and provided solutions for various client tax questions and problems. Incorporated businesses with the State of Illinois, worked with the IRS to establish an organization’s tax-exempt status, handled sales and use tax issues, Federal and state income tax audits, and reviewed payroll tax returns.

1996 – 2006 MANNING SILVERMAN & COMPANY, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Tax Manager – Manning Silverman is a regional public accounting firm. Responsibilities include: supervision and training of staff; tax consulting for clients; review and preparation of business and individual tax returns; tax research; and extensive experience in successfully dealing with the IRS, including corporate and individual income tax audits and offers in compromise. I have also been responsible for: Illinois Department of Revenue sales tax audits; IDES payroll tax audits; petitions with the Illinois Board of Appeals; incorporating new business and registering them with the State of Illinois; and the filing of 501(c) (3) non-for-profit applications with the IRS and preparation of the Form 990 annual tax returns.

1989 – 1996 DYWIDAG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL USA, Bolingbrook, Illinois

Tax Manager – Dywidag Systems International is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty construction materials. The company is a subsidiary of foreign parent and had sales of approximately $60 million in the U.S. and Canada. Responsibilities included the preparation and review of the company’s U.S. consolidated and multi-state income tax returns (25 states), Federal and Provincial Canadian income tax returns, sales and use tax returns, and personal property returns and appeals. I was also in charge of the company’s IRS audit and the company’s sales and use tax audits with Illinois, California, Arizona, Washington and Louisiana including successfully negotiating appeals of our original Illinois sales and use tax assessments. In addition, I was responsible for tax research and planning and any legal filing requirements, i.e., annual reports, annual licenses, etc.

1987 -1989 ALTSCHULER, MELVOIN & GLASSER, Chicago Illinois

Tax Supervisor – Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser is a medium size public - accounting firm. Responsibilities included: supervision of a tax staff of five people; review of consolidated and closely-held corporate tax returns prepared by the tax staff; research of corporate and individual tax issues, tax planning for individuals and corporations which included manufacturing, service, wholesale and retail clients; and handling audit examinations before the IRS.

1984 -1987 BLACKMAN, KALLICK BARTELSTEIN, Chicago, Illinois

Tax Specialist – Blackman, Kallick, Bartelstein is a medium-size public accounting firm. Responsibilities included; supervision and review of various tax returns prepared by the audit and tax staff; managerial responsibility for a list of corporate and individual clients; and research of various tax issues and tax planning for closely-held corporations. Member of state and local tax team. Wrote tax court petitions.

1981 – 1983 ARTHUR ANDERSEN & COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois

Member of Professional Tax Staff – Arthur Andersen is a large size public accounting firm. Responsibilities included the preparation of Federal and state consolidated corporate, partnership, tax-exempt, fiduciary and individual tax returns. Researched, summarized and presented written conclusions on the implication of tax questions and the tax planning opportunities for various entities including Fortune 500 companies.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Illinois CPA Society

Lake County Bar Association

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