Sean Johnson

About Sean Johnson

Sean is a North Texas lead tax partner, based in Dallas, and is PwC\'sUS Transportation & Logistics Airline Tax Lead. Sean provides advice to large-multinational clients across many sectors - including transportation, industrial products, consumer products, technology, and others.Sean provides his clients with technical tax advice and leads client engagement teams focusing on cross-border planning strategies, foreign investment in U.S. companies, large-scale corporate and partnership income tax compliance, and frequently addressing complex matters under ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes.Whether working with external clients or his engagement teams, Sean is known to take a strong personal interest in the people he works with, to recognize their strengths, to understand their constraints and to collaborate at a deep level. He has become a trusted advisor to both his clients and his staff and is appreciated by his clients for his consistent ability to add value, thoughtful ability to anticipate roadblocks, and ability to provide an up-front assessment of risks.

Experience

1. Tax Partner

   PwC

   Jul 2013 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Sean is a Dallas-based Tax Partner focused on advising large, public multi-national clients. Sean is the lead tax partner and has led many federal, state and international initiatives primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, cross-border planning strategies, foreign investment in US companies, foreign tax credit utilization strategies, transfer pricing studies, and ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. Sean has extensive experience in complex accounting for income tax areas - including business combinations, accounting for uncertain tax positions, carve-out financial statements, and process improvements. Sean\'s industry experience includes working with companies in the airline, retail, financial services, internet, and technology sectors, and he is the Greater Texas leader for Tax Accounting Services.

Education

• Washington and Lee University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Adminstration and Accounting

  1991 — 1995

• Georgia State University

  MST, Taxation

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Cpa
• Engagement Management
• Tax Accounting
• Partnership Taxation
• Sox 404
• Financial Reporting
• Income Tax
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Auditing
• Tax-Planning
• Tax Advisory
• Corporate Tax
• Tax Research
• Internal Controls
• Tax