Pennsylvania Tax Update for the Oil and Gas Industries (Marcellus & Utica Shale Conference)

Jane L. McCurdy, CPA, MT
Revenue Fiscal Analyst Supervisor
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue

Jane is a Revenue Fiscal Analyst Supervisor with the Department of Revenue’s Pass Through Business Office. She is involved in the enforcement of Pennsylvania’s tax requirements for pass through entities, their owners, individuals and beneficiaries.  She also is involved with identifying non-filers, under-reporters and abusive and illegal tax avoidance transactions.

Jane is a Certified Public Accountant. She joined the Department of Revenue in 2010. Prior to joining the Department, she had over twelve years of public accounting experience having worked at a local public accounting firm. There she was responsible for managing the compliance for pass through entities, individuals and nonprofits as well as preparing and teaching educational sessions for staff and clients.

She has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business Administration from Shippensburg University where she had a dual major of accounting and economics. She also has a Master of Taxation from Villanova University.

Kenneth A. Perry, CPA
Sales and Use Tax Audit Program Administrator
Commonwealth of PA Department of Revenue

Ken is the Program Administrator of the Sales and Use/PIT Division of the Bureau of Audits, and is responsible for establishing audit policies and procedures, audit selection, auditor training, quality control, and field audit support for the following field audit programs: Sales and Use Tax, Public Transportation Assistance Taxes and Fees, Vehicle Rental Tax, and Employer Withholding of Pennsylvania Personal Income.

Ken has been with the Department of Revenue for twenty-six years, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Accounting from Shippensburg University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. 

Jeffery S. Snavely, Esq.
Deputy Chief Counsel
PA Department of Revenue, Office of Chief Counsel

Mr. Snavely is Deputy Chief Counsel to the Department of Revenue.  He has supervisory responsibilities in the sales and use tax, tax credits, legislative and regulatory areas.  Mr. Snavely previously served as Chief Counsel on three different occasions.  From 1996 to 2001, he was in private practice with the State Tax Consulting Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Philadelphia.  Mr. Snavely received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Shippensburg University and a Juris Doctor degree from The Dickinson School of Law.  He is a frequent speaker on Pennsylvania sales and use tax at various forums and seminars.