Claudia A. Howe

About Claudia A. Howe

International Mobility Tax and HR Consulting and Compliance Services, including- Strategic International Tax Planning for Global Mobility Employees - Payroll for global employees- Assignment Letter Review- Individual income tax return preparation for employees

Experience

1. Partner, CPA

   Glomotax Consulting

   Feb 2005 — Present

   Custom tailored tax compliance and consulting services for Global Mobility - personal touch service at reasonable prices:TAX PLANNING • Income tax consulting, including review and analysis of special filing elections and income tax treaty provisions• Payroll tax consulting to ensure local payroll compliance,• Social security consulting, including analysis of International Totalization Agreements,• Pension benefits & performance-based equity plan consulting, including tax projections.GLOBAL ASSIGNMENT PLANNING• Development, review and implementation of company tax equalization policies• International tax calculations and assignment tax costing for budgetary accruals• International assignment compensation delivery and structuring• Global strategies for Equity compensation & benefit plans• Structuring expense reimbursement procedures in compliance with statutory regulations• Drafting of assignment letters• Coordination with other third-party service providers i.e. relocation companies• Indefinite and short-term assignment planning• Tax Briefings of international employees for home and host countries.ASSIGNEE TAX COMPLIANCE • Home & Host Country income tax return preparation international assignees• Response to tax notices and taxpayer advocacy for tax audits from tax authorities both in home & host countries• Preparation of annual tax equalization, tax protection, hypothetical tax and/or tax reconciliation calculations• Setting up and maintaining payroll, including mandatory filing, reporting requirements and tax withholdings (e.g. monthly wage tax returns, monthly journal entries, payment instructions, etc.)ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION• Tax consultation meetings with employees in home & host countries prior to expatriation and repatriation,• Application for special regulations (e.g. expat regimes, certificates of coverage),• Year-end compensation reporting: proper year-end tax gross-ups, foreign allowance and reimbursement reporting, etc

Education

• Universidad de Zaragoza

  Language Certification, Spanish

• San José State University

  BS, Economics

• Boston College

  MA, Economics

Skills

• Tax Compliance
• Project Planning
• Finance
• State Tax
• Tax Accounting
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Management
• Employee Benefits
• Tax Research
• Accounting
• Tax Advisory
• Tax Returns
• Expatriate Management
• Human Resources
• International Tax
• Expatriate Tax
• Planning
• Tax Law
• Due Diligence
• Tax
• Consulting
• Payroll
• Cpa
• Corporate Tax
• Compliance
• Income Tax
• Global Mobility
• Auditing
• Tax Preparation
• Internal Audit