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Yoko T. Status: Offline
Minneapolis, United States
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J.D., C.P.A., M.B.A.

Hi By way of my background, I am an active licensed attorney with a CPA license. I also have worked at a tax practice of Big 4 accounting firms for nearly a decade. I have been assisting individuals and business owners across multiple industries for their legal, tax, and trademark matters. For my credential, my attorney ID is 0400465 and CPA license ID is 06002. For my accounting experience, the job responsibilities at the firm include as follows: • Managed over 30 global clients in the U.S., in industries such as automotive, industrial machinery, imaging/optical, financial services, insurance, and IT. • Provided tax and payroll related services to approximately 1,000 inpatriates and expatriates within the clients’ organization. • Performed double taxation treaty analysis including an assessment of residency, a source of income, and the appropriate withholding tax rates. • Led special projects such as resolving a tax dispute with the IRS concerning the status of trainees, assisting global mobility planning, setting up operations in the U.S., and assessing on tax consequences of Japanese stock options. • Completed work process improvement project by streamlining IT platform and increasing usage of off-shore office in Kochi, India. • Spoke at external seminars and internal training sessions in Japanese and English on topics such as U.S. employment taxes for international corporations, and U.S. income tax law for inpatriates and expatriates. I have substantial legal experiences at a government (attorney general), non-profit, and private entity. The cases I have conducted include as follows: • Conducted client meetings, researched cases, and analyzed agreements and regulations pertinent to start-up formation, commercial lease, smoking regulations, EIN applications, work capacities of unsupervised emergency medical technicians, business license and sales tax requirements in various states, membership restrictions on board of directors of nonprofit organizations, food business implementation. • Researched and drafted letters to clients and tax authorities, reconciled a self-employed taxpayer’s business expenses and income. • Drafted policy related to e-signature, analyzed class action case involving inmates’ medical records under the Eighth Amendment, and prepared deposition summaries regarding deceptive charitable activities.
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Skills

Skills

  • Tax Law
  • Patent Law
  • US Taxation
  • Tax Preparation
  • Civil Law
  • Employment Law
  • International Taxation
  • Corporate Law
  • IRS Income Tax Audits

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