Trends in Multistate Taxation Panel (Multistate Tax Conference)

ON-DEMAND

Online

1-Tax
CPE Credits

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Hear from a panel that includes Frank Czekay, Candice Polsky and Drew VandenBrul moderated by Timothy Billow on the following:

Federal tax reform and its impact on SALT
Apportionment
Nexus
Combined reporting

Registration

PICPA Member: $29
Nonmember: $39

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Course No. ON-DEMAND Level: Update

Prerequisites:

None

Notes

You will have up to 90 days after the date of purchase to complete the course and take the exam.

Speaker(s)

Frank Czekay

Senior Director - State & Local Tax

Drew VandenBrul

Managing Director - State & Local Tax

Drew VandenBrul has 30 years of experience as a state & local tax professional advising companies across all industries on complex Pennsylvania and multistate tax planning, tax controversy, transaction and compliance matters, including income, franchise, realty transfer and sales & use taxes.

His time in Philadelphia includes 10 years with Arthur Andersen, 5 years with Exelon Corporation, and 11 years with KPMG, where he was a State & Local Tax Partner.

Drew leads Grant Thornton’s national Legal Entity Optimization (LEO) practice, helping clients drive business efficiency and tax value through their legal entity structures. Drew co-leads Grant Thornton’s State Tax Return Review (STaRR) practice.

He has served middle-market companies, private equity funds, and publicly-traded traded companies in the financial services, real estate, telecommunications, manufacturing, power & utilities, automotive, life sciences, and healthcare industries.

Drew regularly consults with companies and economic development agencies on complex matters involving Pennsylvania’s Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) program, including qualification for, and quantification of tax benefits.

As an adjunct professor in the Villanova Graduate Tax program, Drew teaches two courses in income & franchise taxes and advanced state and local tax issues in business transactions.

Professional qualifications and memberships:

Drew is a member of the AICPA and an active member of the state and local tax committees of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs (PICPA), Philadelphia Chapter of the Tax Executives Institute (TEI), and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (co- chair).

He serves on the Villanova Graduate Tax Program Advisory Board. He served on the 2003 Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission and has been actively involved in the 2021/2022 Philadelphia Tax Reform Working Group.

Drew has spoken before many organizations, including Council on State Taxation (COST), State Tax Roundtable for Utilities & Power (STARTUP), Northeastern States Tax Officials Association (NESTOA), PICPA, TEI, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Broadband Tax Institute (BTI), Pennsylvania Economic Development Association (PEDA), Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT), and Villanova and Temple University Schools of Law.

Community involvement:

Drew is on the Board of Trustees of Natural Lands trust and Chairs the Finance Committee.

Education:

Drew received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Lehigh University and his Master of Taxation from Villanova University

Candice Polsky

Director, State and Local Taxes

Candice I. Polsky, CPA, JD, LLM, MBA
Managing Director
Grant Thornton LLP

Candice is a Managing Director in the State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice. She has over 20 years of tax experience in both public accounting and private industry focusing on state and local income/franchise tax compliance for both C corporations and flow through entities. In addition to extensive compliance experience, Candice has handled numerous nexus studies, state audits and voluntary disclosure agreements. Candice has also spent time at our shared services center in Bangalore, India training professionals and acting as a liaison between the U.S. and Bangalore offices.

Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Candice was a Senior Manager in the SALT practice at LECG-SMART and a Tax Manager with Elko & Associates Ltd., a local public accounting firm. In her role Candice was the firm expert on state and local taxes and lead training sessions on state and local issues for the firm. Prior to joining Elko, Candice was the State Tax Manager for Smiths Group, a UK based, publicly traded manufacturing and engineering conglomerate. She was responsible for managing the completion and filing of over 300 state tax returns for over 60 subsidiaries as well as forecasting state taxable income for estimate and extension purposes. She also handled state tax audits and notices and forecasted the impact of tax law changes, acquisitions and disposals on state tax liability. Candice also conducted state tax training sessions for financial controllers and finance staff for various businesses.

Candice started her career at Andersen LLP, where she was a member of the SALT team.

Candice is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

Candice received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Duke University, her Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in Taxation from Villanova University, and her Master in Business Administration from Temple University.

Nov. 2014