Snapshot and Years of Experience

Debbie Lenz Clark has over 25 years of tax accounting, income tax compliance and audit defense working with large and small tax departments and Big 4 accounting firms.

Tax Accounting

• Management of all aspects of tax accounting, including monthly provision calculations, tax accounting entries and tax account reconciliations
• Deferred and payable proof analyses
• Provision to return analyses
• Tracking Federal, state and international tax attributes for deferred tax reporting
• Management of all aspect of ASC 740-10 including evaluation, categorization and measurement of uncertain tax positions
• Preparation of tax provisions for carve out financial statements and tax accounting for discontinued operations
• Preparation of tax footnote disclosures and support for annual external attest audits
• Preparation of tax basis balance sheets
• Testing and data validation associated with implementation of OTP software
• Management of SOX controls compliance

Tax Compliance

• Management of all aspects of the Federal income tax compliance function, including separate company and consolidated corporate and partnership returns
• Review of quarterly estimate and extension calculations
• Management of foreign bank account reporting (FBAR) and reportable transactions regimes

Tax Leadership

• Establishment of in-house tax functions for closely-held and private-equity-owned companies
• Creation of formal documentation of tax processes, work product, and project workplans

IRS Tax Audits

• Development of audit cycle plans
• Management of the IRS Information Document Request (“IDR”) process
• Negotiation and resolution of issues and settlement options through the IRS Appeals level

Tax Technology Experience

• ONESOURCE Tax Provision
• TaxInterest (including TaxInterest FIN 48 add-in software)
• Basic proficiency using HFM