Blue Ridge Tax, Inc.

Profile:  Charles E. Hartman, CPA CFP®

2011 will be Charles E. Hartman’s, CPA CFP®, eighteenth tax season. Charles has spent numerous tax seasons working in the public accounting and in private industry environment.  This upcoming tax season, Charles will hang out his own shingle as the owner-operator of Blue Ridge Tax, Inc. located in historic downtown Leesburg, Virginia at 26 S. King Street. Charles shall provide Certified Public Accounting services specializing in business and individual tax matters through Blue Ridge Tax, Inc. which holds a firm license issued by the Virginia Board of Public Accountancy.

Charles has extensive tax experience and has spent most of his career helping his clients with various tax issues and has expertise in business and individual tax matters.  Below lists several selected areas of expertise.

Charles is a specialist in business taxes and is expert in the following areas:

·         Business tax compliance including corporate and partnership returns
·         Tax planning, tax deferral and minimization of current year reportable taxable
          income
·         Federal and State defense and support for IRS and State income and non-income tax audits
·         Sales and use tax compliance and planning
·         Legal entity selection
·         Tax provision computation for public and private companies
·         Retirement planning for business owners including review of current qualified
         retirement plans and implementation of retirement plans including 401(k), SEP-
         IRAs and other retirement plans
·         Expanded 1099 reporting requirements related to the recently passed healthcare
         act
·         Extensive experience with international tax operations and international tax
         planning, transfer pricing and other international tax issues  
·         Business accounting issues and procedures

Charles is a specialist in individual taxes and is expert in the following areas:

·         Tax planning, deferral and minimization strategies
·         Analysis of the tax expense impact and planning for the exercise of qualified and
         non-qualified stock options and §83(b) elections restricted stock
·         Coordination of personal tax matters with overall financial planning
·         Computation of tax basis in various investments, planning and optimization of the
          timing of the realization of gains on investments and computation and reportable
         gains related to disposition of investments
·         Distribution planning for retirement plans and analysis of Roth conversions
·         Computation of minimum IRA and other retirement plan distributions
·         Retirement planning for Schedule C business owners including a review of
         current qualified retirement plans, assistance with modifications to current plans
         or creation of new qualified plans
·         Schedule C business tax compliance and planning for your small business
·         Schedule E compliance for rental properties
·         Support for IRS and State audits and notices
·         Computation of estimated tax payments
·         Payroll taxes and compliance related to domestic employees
·         Multi-state income tax returns
·         Foreign tax credits
·         Itemized deductions
·         Relocation expenses

Most recently Charles was the Tax Director for Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc. a multi-national publicly traded company with over 800 million dollars of revenue.  As worldwide head of tax, Charles was responsible for all aspects of the tax group including the computation of the Group’s worldwide tax provision and tax footnote for SEC reporting.  In this role, Charles supported tax compliance on a worldwide basis including income and indirect taxes.

Prior to working for Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc Charles held the following roles:
·         Tax Director - Computer Science Corporation
·         Tax Director - France Telecom Group and affiliated companies
·         Tax Manger – Global Telesystems Group, Inc.
·         CPA at several public accounting firms in the Washington DC area

Education:
West Virginia University – BSBA Accounting
University of Virginia – MS Accounting (Tax Option)

Certifications:
Virginia CPA license granted 2009 - active
Maryland CPA license granted 1994 - currently not active
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification granted in 1998 - active

Memberships:
AICPA and Tax Section
Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce
River Creek Country Club – Leesburg Virginia
Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce

Contact Data:
26 S. King Street
Leesburg, VA  20175
Mobile: (571) 201-5268 (Best Contact number)
Fax: (703) 439-2636
Email: chartman@blueridgetaxes.com
Website:  www.blueridgetaxes.com