Currently, I'm a full-time accounting and business educator with several years of experience in various areas of higher education, primarily teaching, but also with student services, financial aid and business office operations, as well as program/accreditation regulation. My background professional and educational experience is accounting, general operational business management, and economics. Having myself started, as well as consulted for a number of small business start-ups, I possess an entrepreneurial spirit. My primary consulting specialties include tax preparation and other legal issues related to business, financial accounting and analysis, managerial accounting, and payroll. As a registered tax preparer, I have experience with many types of corporate and individual income taxes; state and local business taxes such as sales, consumer use, excise, franchise, and various others; as well as federal and state employment taxes. Given my location in the greater Tri-Cities area of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, my experience extends across multiple states in terms of taxation and business regulation. I have worked with businesses in various industries including real estate, construction/contracting, energy, retail/wholesale, restaurants, and manufacturing.