Always Thinking.

Arnold Palmer once said golf was "deceptively simple and endlessly complicated."

The same can be said for state and local taxes.

ABOUT BRIAN


Brian Strahle, Multistate Tax Consultant

Brian is a multistate tax consultant to Fortune 500 and middle market companies across the country.  He is based in Richmond, Virginia.

He has experience in the areas of income tax, gross receipts tax, sales and use tax, franchise tax, real estate transfer taxes, and credits and incentives.

This blog is his personal state and local tax blog.  All services are provided through the firm he is employed by.

His mission is to be Your State and Local Tax Partner, and provide clients with Leverage (knowledge, judgment and advocacy) to reduce state tax risk, improve cash flow, and resolve state and local tax controversies.

Background:

He specializes in helping publicly traded corporations and privately held companies reduce their cost of doing business through state and local tax compliance management, planning, and representation. His practice is focused on delivering high-level technical expertise to resolve complex SALT issues for clients. His extensive SALT experience includes identifying areas of risk and resolving exposure, entity structuring and design, complex transactional planning, dispute resolution, cash recovery services and performance of due diligence engagements. His experience encompasses income and franchise, sales and use, gross receipts, transfer taxes and credits and incentives. He also has unique, significant expertise in the state taxation of pass-through entities and their owners, and the transaction taxation of real estate developers/construction contractors.

Thought Leadership:  
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Graduate Fellow of the National Tax Practice Institute
  • Frequent speaker on state and local tax topics
  • Contributing editor to SalesTaxSupport.com,
  • Contributing editor to MyLegal.com
  • Author of a personal state and local tax blog, LeverageSALT
  • Author of the State and Local Tax 360° blog on Accountingweb.com,
  • Guest blogger on SpeedTax.com.
  • Contributing Author to LexisNexis Tax Law Center
Education:
  • Millikin University,  Bachelor of Science in Accounting
  • Washington School of Law, Masters of Science in Taxation

For more details on his background, please check out his LinkedIn profile.  Send him an invite and connect!

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Brian's dad died on 3/11/08 after a nine-month battle with lung cancer. His dad never smoked a day in his life. The doctors said he got lung cancer from second-hand smoke. He was only 66 years old. Don't smoke. Live Strong!

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