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About the Experts
Claudia Hill, EA, MBA is a nationally recognized tax professional and frequent
lecturer on taxation of individuals and representation before the IRS. She is
Editor in Chief of CCH’s Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure and
coordinates the Forbes IRS Watch blog. Ms. Hill has testified before
both the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways & Means Committee on tax
issues, including tax law complexity and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). In
March 2005, she was invited to testify about the individual AMT at the
President’s Tax Reform Panel. Ms. Hill is often called upon by the media for
comment about tax issues, and she served on the 1987 Commissioner's Advisory
Group to the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service.
Ms. Hill is owner and principal of
Tax Mam, Inc., and TMI Tax Services Group, Inc., in Cupertino, CA. TMI offers
quality tax return preparation, tax advisory and controversy representation
services to small businesses and individual taxpayers.
Robert W. Jamison, CPA, Ph.D., is a Professor of Accounting at
Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business at Indianapolis. In addition to
the S Corporation Taxation Guide and the Multistate Tax Guide to
Pass-Through Entities, published annually by CCH, he is also the author of
several courses published by the AICPA. His professional experience has included
employment with Ohio University, University of Illinois, San Diego State
University, Portland State University, Ernst & Young, and other national
and local CPA firms. His articles have appeared in The Tax Adviser, Journal
of S Corporation Taxation, The Journal of Accountancy, and various other
publications. Mr. Jamison has taught several professional education programs
for both national and local accounting firms and has also developed material
used in their continuing education programs.
David J. Cartano, JD, graduated from the University of
Washington in 1972, magna cum laude. He received a JD from Cornell University
in 1976 and Masters in Taxation from the University the Southern California in
1989, where he had the highest GPA in the history of tax program. Mr. Cartano
is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Barton, Klugman & Oetting. He
is the author of our treatise, Federal Taxation of Compensation &
Benefits, and Taxation of Individual Retirement Accounts, both
published by CCH.
Kathleen K. Wright, CPA, MBA, JD, LLM — Ms. Wright is a professor of
accounting at California State University, Fullerton. She has over 30 years of
experience in federal and state and local tax practice and currently has a
private tax practice focusing on personal and small business tax planning and consulting. She is the author of
The Manual of California Taxes 2010 edition and Practical Guide to California
Taxes: The Impact of Economic Crisis, 2010 edition, published by CCH. In
addition, she writes a column for State Tax Notes published by Tax Analysts
(Washington D.C.) where she serves as the California correspondent.
Ben Miller, JD, formerly Counsel, Multistate Tax Affairs, California
Franchise Tax Board Legal Department — Mr. Miller joined the Franchise Tax
Board Legal Department shortly after receiving his J.D. from Stanford
University. He was Director of the Legal Department’s Multistate Tax Bureau for
approximately 20 years and functioned as the manager of the Department’s
Protest and Litigation functions until he retired November 2008. Mr. Miller is
certified as a Tax Specialist by the California State Board of Legal Specialization and is an expert on unitary and combined state tax filings. He
has written and lectured extensively on the subject, and has consulted with a
number of other governmental agencies.