Fergus Matthews is Tax Director-EMEA with Microsoft Corporation in Dublin, Ireland with a reporting relationship to Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, USA. As a Value Added Tax (VAT) expert, he provides VAT advice on local and cross-border tax planning, licensing and supply chain issues for the company. Prior to Microsoft Corporation, Fergus was with Deloitte [...]
The greatest challenge you may face in your tax career is the development of your management and leadership skills. Vince Lombardi stated, “Leaders are not born, they are made; and they are made just like anything else, through hard work.” The continued improvement of your leadership skills are important in the development of your career. [...]
It is interesting to observe the distinctively different attitudes of French and US business relationships. In order to understand these differences you must also be cognizant of the underlying cultural values on which they are based. More importantly will be the opportunity to utilize this knowledge in order to succeed in these two distinctively different [...]
The strength of your international tax team is key to your success in the region! Developing an effective strategy for building and managing an international tax team is critical to your success when operating in a foreign location. You must have a well-defined strategy that ensures a more expedient hiring process; understand the market availability [...]
Philip Rogers is Tax Partner with DLA Piper LLP in New York, New York where he specializes in international tax law. Philip Rogers represents numerous Fortune 500 companies on international tax matters and advises clients on a broad range of cross-border tax and business issues. His international tax expertise includes international restructuring, post-merger and [...]
Mr. Gregory Viggiano is the Senior Director of Taxes at Maersk, Inc. in Madison, New Jersey. Gregory Viggiano is responsible for all aspects of the company’s tax function including research, planning, compliance and tax reporting. Maersk, Inc. is a 4 billion dollar company with activities in offshore oil and gas exploration, US flag shipping, [...]
Mark F. Sommer is Chair of the Tax and Finance Practice Group of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald located in Louisville, Kentucky which is a six office southern central US regional law firm. Mark Sommer joined Greenebaum Doll & McDonald twenty years ago after he completed law school. He has successfully counseled and advocated in [...]
Ruslan Vasutin is Partner, Head of Tax at DLA Piper LLP in St. Petersburg, Russia. Prior to joining DLA Piper LLP in 2005, Ruslan Vasutin worked at Ernst and Young Law, St Petersburg, Russia as a Senior Tax Manager. Prior to Ernst and Young Law, Ruslan was with the consulting and legal arm of [...]
John Basseer is Tax Partner for Ernst & Young LLP in the San Jose, CA office. He has more than fifteen years of national public accounting firm experience with extensive technical expertise in tax including GAAP, SEC reporting and FAS 109 reporting. As Tax Partner for Ernst & Young LLP, John Basseer is Tax Accounting [...]
A.J. Haas is Managing Director of Hedge Count, LLP. He has been involved in the hedge fund industry since 1997 and has more than fifteen years of experience in the field of tax and accounting. A.J. has thirteen years of national public accounting experience with firms such as Ernst & Young in the New York [...]