EXPERIENCE:
Janet joined BDO in 2011 as the leader for Northeast Region’s State and Local Tax Practice. She brings over 25 years of public accounting experience, as well as tax litigation experience to her clients. As a tax consultant, she has developed a niche for successfully working with Fortune 500 clients involved in a variety of state and local tax matters. Janet’s clients include multistate manufacturing and distribution corporations, retail companies, telecommunication companies, financial service organizations, medical devices and professional service firms.
Janet’s client services include tax compliance, state tax controversy resolution, corporate income/franchise tax planning, corporate restructuring, sales and use taxes as well as due diligence and transactional reviews. Her in-depth background includes assisting companies and local governments with creating and sustaining jobs through tax credits and business incentives plus private-public relationship building through financing opportunities. Her relationships with both tax authorities and economic development agencies have resulted in unprecedented and ground-breaking tax and financial benefits for clients.
Janet directs the firm’s Northeast State and Local Tax Group. In addition to working closely with clients, she frequently shares her expertise with members of professional and industry organizations through speaking engagements on topics related to state and local tax planning, as well as economic development incentives. She has authored numerous articles and has taught CLE and CPE courses.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
New York State Bar
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Federal District Court Eastern District
U.S. Federal District Court Southern District
Aldephi University Robert B. Willumsted School of Business
- Dean’s Advisory Board Member (2018 – present)
- Guest speaker for Women on the Move in Accounting (2018) Stony Brook University
- Advisor Board to former Dean Sacha Kopp of the School of Arts & Sciences (2015 – 2018)
- 2017 Commencement Guest Speak and Distinguish Alumni, Political Science Department
- "Women in the Workplace" Alumni Mentorship, College of Arts & Sciences at Stony Brook University
St. John’s University School of Law
- Alumni Judge, 2018 Peter James Johnson Civil Rights Mock Trial Competition
EDUCATION:
Juris Doctorate, St. John’s University School of Law (1989)
B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook (1986)