Scott is a tax director based in Baker Tilly’s Orange County, California office. As a respected tax professional, Scott focuses on delivering comprehensive solutions for public and privately held companies. His particular areas of expertise include real estate and pass-through entities.
- Specializes in pass-through entity taxation, real estate investment trusts (REITs), real estate investment, ownership, management and construction
- Advises on structuring of entities, mergers, transactions, accounting methods, and debt workouts
- Provides consulting and planning services for S-corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, REITs, individuals, and funds
- Experience includes transactional structuring, including the use of partnerships and corporations, to minimize and defer federal and state taxes
- Advises clients regarding tax efficient methods of acquiring and disposing of assets and businesses, specifically, luxury hotel owners and hotel management company contracts with hotels
- Assists REIT hotel owners with entity structuring in conformity to U.S. REIT tax laws
- Collaborates with the development of transfer pricing models as it relates to hotel management services
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)