Speaker Bios 2016 Tax Conference
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Speaker Bios 2016 Tax Conference
ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHY Andrew D. Appleby Counsel New York P: 212.389.5042 E: [email protected] Education LL.M., with distinction, Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center J.D., cum laude, Wake Forest University School of Law, Business Editor, Wake Forest Law Review M.B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst B.S., magna cum laude, Florida State University Bar Admissions Georgia New York Background Andrew Appleby represents clients in all stages of tax controversy—from audit through appellate litigation—and advises clients regarding multistate tax planning and complex transactions. With a practice focused on state and local tax, he has experience in all areas of multistate taxation, including income, franchise, sales and use taxes. Andrew often advises clients and speaks on the taxation of cloud computing, remote access software and web services. Andrew has exceptional experience and industry insight regarding insurance taxation, including premium tax, income tax, surcharges, surplus lines tax and direct placement tax. He advises and represents various types of insurance companies, including captive insurance companies, surplus lines insurance companies, licensed property and casualty insurance companies, and health insurance companies. Andrew also has extensive experience guiding commodities transactions. Andrew combines his dedication to tax law with his passion for sports by regularly publishing law review articles in the area of sports taxation. Emerging as one of the nation’s prolific scholars on this subject, he has been featured in The New York Times and Bloomberg TV’s “InBusiness with Margaret Brennan.” Andrew participated in the Graduate Tax Scholar fellowship program at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to earning an LL.M. at Georgetown, Andrew was an associate with an Atlanta-based firm, where he focused on transactions in the information technology and energy industries. Articles In a New York Minute: A Complete Guide to New York’s New Manufacturer Incentives (April 6, 2015) State Tax Notes A Pinch of SALT: Heads They Win, Tails You Lose: New York Decombination and Discretionary Adjustments (May 19, 2014) State Tax Notes A Pinch of SALT: Courting Independence: The Rise of Effective State Tax Courts and Tribunals (February 6, 2012) Reprinted with permission from State Tax Notes SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP / SUTHERLAND (EUROPE) LLP / WWW.SUTHERLAND.COM ATLANTA / AUSTIN / GENEVA / HOUSTON / LONDON / NEW YORK / SACRAMENTO / WASHINGTON DC ANDREW D. APPLEBY PAGE 2 For the Love of the Game: The Justification for Tax Exemption in Intercollegiate Athletics (Spring 2011) Reprinted with permission The John Marshall Law Review Leveling the Playing Field: A Separate Tax Regime for International Athletes (Spring 2011) Reprinted with permission from Brooklyn Journal of International Law Pay at the Pump: How $11 Per Gallon Gasoline Can Solve The United States’ Most Pressing Challenges (Fall 2009) Cumberland Law Review Three’s Company: Stone v. Ritter and the Improper Characterization of Good Faith in the Fiduciary Duty ‘Triad’ (Fall 2009) Arkansas Law Review The Twilight Zone of Insolvency: New Developments in Fiduciary Duty Jurisprudence That May Affect Directors and Officers in the Zone of Insolvency (Spring 2009) Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice Ball Busters: How the IRS Should Tax Record-Setting Baseballs and Other Found Property under the Treasure Trove Regulation (Fall 2008) Vermont Law Review Presentations State Tax Implications of Commodities Transactions (January 21, 2016) Sutherland SALT Financial Services Roundtable Exploring the Facts and Circumstances of “Nonbusiness” Income (November 5, 2015) California Tax Policy Conference State Tax Implications of Commodities Transactions (September 10, 2015) Sutherland SALT Houston Roundtable Discussion of State Tax Cases, Issues & Policy Matters to Watch (June 3, 2015) COST Mid-Atlantic Regional State Tax Seminar New York State Tax Reform (May 15, 2015) TEI Los Angeles Chapter The Next Chapter in Transfer Pricing (May 15, 2015) TEI Los Angeles Chapter Class Action Lawsuits and False Claims Act Suits: Protecting Your Company (May 15, 2015) TEI Los Angeles Chapter Business in Bitcoins (May 15, 2015) TEI Los Angeles Chapter SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP / SUTHERLAND (EUROPE) LLP / WWW.SUTHERLAND.COM ATLANTA / AUSTIN / GENEVA / HOUSTON / LONDON / NEW YORK / SACRAMENTO / WASHINGTON DC ANDREW D. APPLEBY PAGE 3 New York Update – The Devil’s in the Details (April 22, 2015) COST Spring Audit Session & Income Tax Conference Sales and Use Tax for Cloud Computing, Software, Apps and Other Digital Products and Services (November 20, 2014) Strafford Webinar State Tax Implications of International Transactions (November 19, 2014) TEI Philadelphia Chapter Cloud Computing - Sales and Use Tax in the Digital Economy (October 16, 2014) CPAacademy.org Webinar Overview of New York State Corporate Tax Reform (September 17, 2014) TEI Seattle Chapter Meeting Sales and Use Tax Trends (August 12, 2014) CPAacademy.org Webinar State Tax Advisory Board Roundtable (July 31, 2014 ) BNA Sales and Use Tax Trends (June 26, 2014) CPAacademy.org Webinar Combined Reporting - New York Becomes California's Little Brother (June 17, 2014) Sutherland SALT Roundtable - Silicon Valley The Latest and Greatest in State Tax Litigation (May 6, 2014) TEI Upstate New York Tax Conference Cloud Computing - Sales and Use Tax in the Digital Economy (April 23, 2014) Avalara CPAacademy.org Webinar Sales and Use Tax for Cloud Computing, Software, Apps and Other Digital Products and Services (December 12, 2013) Strafford Webinar Best Practices for State Audits, Appeals and Litigation (November 20, 2013) TEI Portland Chapter Meeting 2013 State Cases in Review (November 20, 2013) TEI Portland Chapter Meeting Resolving State Tax Audits (October 23, 2013) TEI Philadelphia Chapter Seminar: State and Local Tax Issues Resolving Sales and Use Tax Disputes (October 17, 2013) National Business Institute Sales and Use Tax Seminar SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP / SUTHERLAND (EUROPE) LLP / WWW.SUTHERLAND.COM ATLANTA / AUSTIN / GENEVA / HOUSTON / LONDON / NEW YORK / SACRAMENTO / WASHINGTON DC ANDREW D. APPLEBY PAGE 4 State Income Tax: Accounting and Provision Issues (June 23-26, 2013) IPT Annual Conference Latest and Greatest State Tax Litigation (May 16-17, 2013) TEI New Jersey Chapter Meeting Transaction and Property Tax Planning in Asset Acquisitions (May 8, 2013) TEI Houston Chapter 25th Annual Tax School COST Pacific Northwest Regional State Tax Seminar (August 30, 2012) Council on State Taxation (COST) State and Local Tax Session (February 28, 2012) TEI Florida Chapter Unitary Combined Reporting: The Not So Unitary Application of the Unitary Business Principle (February 8, 2012) TEI Westchester-Fairfield Chapter Meeting State and Local Tax Half-Day Seminar (November 30, 2011) TEI Rochester Chapter TEI Detroit Chapter Meeting (November 18, 2011) Council on State Taxation (COST) North Atlantic Regional State Tax Seminar (August 11, 2011) SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP / SUTHERLAND (EUROPE) LLP / WWW.SUTHERLAND.COM ATLANTA / AUSTIN / GENEVA / HOUSTON / LONDON / NEW YORK / SACRAMENTO / WASHINGTON DC Robert Peters Managing Director, Tax Services Robert Peters is a managing director in the Chicago office and part of the State and Local Tax Services service line. He has 30 years of experience providing state, local and federal tax services to corporate clients. Throughout his career, he has served clients ranging from Fortune 50 to emerging small and mid cap companies, providing federal and state tax services. His specialization includes leading national unclaimed property, sales tax advisory and compliance service areas. Robert assists companies in audit representation, voluntary disclosures, implementation of best practices and co/outsourcing of unclaimed property and sales tax compliance. He has been on the forefront of helping companies to effectively plan in the growing area of issuing stored value, gift card and consumer rebate programs, including working with states and industry leaders in addressing the unclaimed property and sales tax issues resulting from such programs. Duff & Phelps, LLC Chicago +1 312 697 4924 [email protected] Robert serves the consumer markets, retailers, manufacturing, public utilities, transportation, telecommunications, health care, media and financial services industries. He is also a frequent speaker on unclaimed property and multi-state tax topics for many organizations, including Tax Executives Institute, Treasury Management Association, Financial Executives Institute, National Professional Unclaimed Property Organization, Chicago Tax Club and National Association of Credit Managers. Additionally, he has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and authored a series of articles on unclaimed property and state tax topics appearing in Forbes,State Tax Notes, Multi-State Taxation and Incentives, Financial Executives Magazine, BNA State Tax Report and Valuation Insights. Bob’s previous experience includes 29 years with KPMG, LLP as national partner in charge of state and local taxes, Midwest area tax risk advisory partner, unclaimed property leader and tax partner in charge of the Stamford office Robert received his M.B.A. in finance from New York University, his Executive M.B.A from Stanford University and his B.S. in accounting, cum laude, from the University of Denver. He is also a certified public accountant in Illinois and New York. Robert is a prior chairman of the Ct. State Tax Committee, a committee member of the Illinois Tax Federation and he is on the Manufacturing Committee of the Unclaimed Property Professional Organization. Bob serves as member of the Board of Directors for the Chicago Public Schools Career Academy and mentors high school students in the Chicago area. He also is an adjunct professor at DePaul University Graduate Business School. Duff & Phelps 1 Sheryl Vander Baan, CPA Sheryl Vander Baan is a tax partner with Crowe Horwath LLP in Grand Rapids, MI. Her primary responsibilities include leading the firm’s tax accounting services practice and serving as tax engagement partner for public and private financial services clients. Sheryl is Crowe’s tax services leader for captive REIT subsidiaries and mortgage/agency REITs. She also serves as liaison to the firm’s National Tax Office for financial institutions tax matters and income tax accounting issues. Her 30 years of tax experience include working with financial accounting for income taxes, REITs, investment subsidiaries and other special purpose entities. She also has expertise with mergers and acquisitions and Sec. 382 loss corporation issues. Sheryl is a member of the Michigan Bankers Association’s Taxation Committee and facilitates a community bank CEO forum for that organization. She has spoken and authored articles at the national and state level on matters of bank taxation and income tax accounting, and leads the firm’s internal education efforts on income tax accounting. Prior to joining Crowe, Sheryl spent 12 years at a $24 billion banking group, where she was tax director. In that capacity, she served on the American Bankers Association’s Taxation Committee, co-founded a peer group of bank tax professionals, and was a director of her local Tax Executives Institute chapter. Sheryl started her accounting career with another national CPA firm. She holds a BS in Accounting from Aquinas College and an MBA in Business Administration from Western Michigan University. Crowe Horwath LLP Crowe Horwath LLP (www.crowehorwath.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Horwath International, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 120 countries around the world. www.crowehorwath.com © Copyright 2015 Crowe Horwath LLP, Independent Member Crowe Horwath International 1 IRS Hot Topics 57th Annual TEI Upstate New York Tax Conference Buffalo-Niagara & Rochester Chapters May 3, 2016 Thomas D. Greenaway is a Principal in the Tax Controversy Services practice of KPMG LLP, resident in the firm’s Boston office. Mr. Greenaway served as a senior attorney in the Large & Midsize Business Division of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, and also served as U.S. Counsel to the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre. A graduate of Columbia College and the University of Connecticut Law School, he currently serves as a Council Director of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation and past chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Tax Section. Speaker bios David Reichow is a Director in Deloitte Tax LLP’s national transfer pricing practice and serves clients in Deloitte’s Central Region and is responsible for the Michigan and Ohio markets. He has more than 20 years of experience in international tax, trade, and economic matters. His expertise includes: strategic transfer pricing planning; aligning intercompany transactions with tax and treasury objectives; headquarter cost allocation; post-acquisition/merger integration; transfer pricing audit defense and litigation support; transfer of intellectual property; FIN 48 reviews; customs planning and valuation; international trade treaties and trade development; and global trade policy. David has led large transfer pricing projects for global companies both private and public across a variety of industries: industrial products, automotive, medical device, office furniture, technology, pharmaceutical, food processing, telecom, and ecommerce. David earned his M.P.P. in International Public Policy – Economics, Law and Business from the University of Michigan, after earning a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Wayne State University. He is a frequent lecturer on topics relating to transfer pricing and has taught Masters courses at the University of Michigan and Walsh College of Business. Phone: +1 312 486 4979 Email: [email protected] Jeff Mensch specializes in international tax and transfer pricing, with a focus on global tax and treasury optimization. Jeff has extensive experience assisting taxpayers to design, implement and execute structures within operational and treasury constraints that facilitate tax-efficient financing, intellectual property development and supply chain optimization. In addition, Jeff has advised several taxpayers to develop acquisitive structures that reduce corporate and shareholder tax costs and leverage tax-efficient funding sources. Jeff began his career working for seven years in the Transfer Pricing group of Deloitte’s National Tax practice in Washington, D.C. Since 2001, he has been a member of the International Tax group in Deloitte’s Pittsburgh office. Jeff received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center after earning a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He is a frequent lecturer on international tax and transfer pricing related topics and has taught graduate courses at the University of Pittsburgh. Phone: +1 412 338 7948 Email: [email protected] 32 Draft: For Discussion Purposes Only 32 Copyright © 2016 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. David Franklin David Franklin is a Principal in the Partnership Transaction Planning and Economics Group of the National Tax Department of Ernst & Young LLP. He is based in New York City. He specializes in partnership taxation, focusing primarily on the use of partnerships in acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, restructurings, and debt workouts, the taxation of real estate transactions, and the taxation of private equity funds and their investors. (212) 773-2174 [email protected] Matthew Wallace Partner, International Tax Services PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Cleveland 216 875 3499 [email protected] Matt is a partner at PwC and leads the International Tax Services practice in PwC’s Cleveland office. Prior to joining the Cleveland practice, Matt completed a rotation through PwC's National Tax office in Washington, DC, where he worked with some of PwC's leading technical experts and thought leaders. His experience ranges from value chain transformation and Asia principal and procurement company planning, tax optimization for both outbound and inbound companies, subpart F planning, foreign tax credit planning, and cross-border M&A, to inventory capitalization and federal tax compliance. Matt has extensive industry experience with industrial products companies, and is also part of PwC’s National Retail Specialist team. Matt is a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences. He holds a B.S. from The Ohio State University and an MST from American University. TEI Tax Conference – International Update PwC May 2016 57 Brandon Roytberg Director, International Tax Services PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Cleveland 216 875 3218 [email protected] Brandon is a Director in PwC’s International Tax Services in the Cleveland office. He has over 9 years of experience working with outbound and inbound multinationals in leveraging and enhancing their global competitiveness through cost-effective tax planning and execution. His diverse client base experience covers, among others, industrial manufacturers, software developers, retailers, and financial service providers. His work has included a major PwC New York Metro office assignment involving tax-efficient acquisition and integration into a world-class outbound holding company structure of subsidiaries in over 50 offshore jurisdictions. His passion is in delivering full-service international tax compliance and consulting solutions to his clients. Brandon brings extensive and broad international tax knowledge grounded in accounting and law. He is a licensed CPA and a member of the Bar in the State of Ohio. He has a B.S. in Accountancy, cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University and a J.D., cum laude, with a concentration in Business, from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where he served as an editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. TEI Tax Conference – International Update PwC May 2016 58 Marianna G. Dyson Member [email protected] 202-626-5867 Practice Areas Payroll Taxes & Information Reporting Fringe Benefits Tax Controversy Marianna Dyson is a member of the Employee Benefits and Tax groups, and is the immediate past Chair of Miller & Chevalier's Executive Committee. She practices in the areas of payroll tax, fringe benefits, and information reporting, with a specific focus on perquisites provided to employees and independent contractors (including directors), worker classification, tip reporting, cross-border compensation, backup withholding, information reporting (e.g., Forms W-2, 1099, and 1042-S), and penalty abatement. At a time when perquisites of executives and directors are the subject of intense government and shareholder scrutiny, Ms. Dyson's practice provides experienced consulting, compliance, and tax controversy services related to commonly provided perks, such as cars and chauffeurs, airplanes, spousal travel, de minimis fringe benefits, employee discounts, no-additional-cost services, working condition fringe benefits, qualified transportation benefits, gifts, prizes, awards, frequent flyer awards, home security and bona fide business-oriented security protection, skyboxes, vacation homes and other entertainment facilities, cell phones, laptops, club dues, lodging provided for the convenience of the employer, meals and meal allowances, company cafeterias, outplacement services, severance benefits, dependent care, relocation and moving expenses, settlement payments, attorney's fees, and employee business expense reimbursement plans. Ms. Dyson advises large employers, both U.S. and multinational corporations, on the minimization of employment taxes (FICA taxes, FUTA taxes and income tax withholding) the special FICA tax timing rules for nonqualified deferred compensation, the successor employer rules for FICA taxes, the voluntary correction of employment tax mistakes, and the abatement of late deposit, information reporting, and Combined Annual Wage Reporting (CAWR) mismatch penalties for reasonable cause. She also specializes in the application of the deduction disallowance rules under Section 274 of the Internal Revenue Code. On behalf of the restaurant industry, her practice provides experience with tip reporting, service charges, Tip Reporting Alternative Commitment (TRAC) agreements, and Section 45B credits. Moreover, Ms. Dyson is experienced in resolving disputes with federal and state tax authorities over the employment tax classification of workers (independent contractor v. employee), including the application of Section 530. While working in the Office of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Associate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits and Exempt Organizations) Ms. Dyson was responsible for managing employment tax disputes and implementing the then-new regulations applicable to Section 132 fringe benefits, which ultimately resulted in her authorship of More Basics: The Basics of Fringe Benefits, an audit guide for IRS employment tax specialists. She also assisted with worker classification litigation, in particular the test case of Michael D. Weber v. Commissioner (1994), involving Methodist ministers. Miller & Chevalier Chartered 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 900 • Washington, D.C. 20005-5701 • 202-626-5800 • 202-626-5801 FAX • millerchevalier.com Because of Ms. Dyson's extensive experience in both the government and private sectors, she is a frequent speaker at Tax Executives Institute (TEI), the American Gas Association, the Edison Electric Institute, the Southern Federal Tax Institute, the National Restaurant Association, and the American Bar Association (ABA). Ms. Dyson also writes articles related to fringe benefits and was one of the original co-contributors to several publications, including; Employer's Guide to Fringe Benefit Rules and Complying with IRS Employee Benefits Rules, two loose-leaf publications of the Thompson Publishing Group; and A Guide to Federal Tax Issues for Colleges and Universities, published by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Government Experience Special Assistant for Fringe Benefits, Office of IRS Associate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits and Exempt Organizations), Internal Revenue Service, 1993 - 1994 Senior Attorney, Office of IRS Associate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits and Exempt Organizations), Internal Revenue Service, 1990 - 1992 Rankings and Recognition Chambers USA: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (District of Columbia), 2008 - 2013 The Best Lawyers in America : Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Litigation & Controversy - Tax, ® 2010 - 2014 Legal 500: Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 2010 - 2013; Leading Lawyer, 2011 - 2013 Named to The National Law Journal’s list of Washington’s Most Influential Women Lawyers, 2010 Professional and Community Involvement Former Member, IRS Commissioner’s Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee Member, American Bar Association Bar Admissions District of Columbia Florida Kentucky Miller & Chevalier Chartered 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 900 • Washington, D.C. 20005-5701 • 202-626-5800 • 202-626-5801 FAX • millerchevalier.com Court Admissions United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky United States Court of Federal Claims United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States Tax Court Education LL.M. (Taxation), Georgetown University Law Center, 1990 J.D., University of Louisville School of Law, 1979 B.A., University of Louisville, 1975 Representative Engagements Assisted a large technology company before IRS Appeals with its successful resolution of an IRS employment tax dispute over the employer’s de minimis fringe benefit treatment of certain food and beverage benefits. Reviewed the federal income and employment tax implications of a large technology company’s travel plan for executives and directors, including spousal travel, personal use of corporate aircraft, mixed business-personal flights, and deduction disallowance rules for entertainment use of corporate aircraft for the purpose of revising the internal polices applicable to the use of the aircraft by both executives and directors. Launched a successful coalition of large companies from a wide range of industries for the purpose of urging IRS and Treasury to develop simpler rules applicable to substantiating the business use of cellular telephones, BlackBerry smartphones, and similar telecommunications. This initiative was ultimately instrumental in raising awareness of ongoing payroll tax controversies with the IRS, resulting in proposed legislation to remove cell phones from the category of "listed property" under IRS rules. Miller & Chevalier Chartered 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 900 • Washington, D.C. 20005-5701 • 202-626-5800 • 202-626-5801 FAX • millerchevalier.com