Boutique tax services with big-firm expertise

Mike has been advising clients on state and local tax issues for over 34 years. He founded KOM in 2005 because saw an opportunity to pair big firm expertise with boutique service. Mike has represented companies of all sizes, from family-owned businesses to Fortune 500^© companies across a variety of industries, including technology, manufacturing, software, telecommunications, publishing, financial services, and retail/wholesale industries. His primary practice area is Washington state and local taxes and multi-state taxes. He also speaks regularly on various state tax topics at educational programs and industry conferences.

Caleb has over 25 years of experience with state and local taxes, including working for big five accounting firms, Fortune 500 corporations, and government tax departments. His expertise spans multistate sales, use, property, and gross receipts taxes, unclaimed property, and state income taxes. His specialized industry knowledge includes telecommunications, software, digital products, and cloud computing. Caleb has been published in both tax and legal publications and is a speaker at industry events and seminars.

Michael has over 25 years of direct and indirect SALT experience, including at Exxon/Mobil, PwC, and other state and local tax consultancies. He loves a challenge and has a particular fondness for controversial cases. His experience in indirect taxes includes Sales/Use, Motor Fuels, Property Taxes, Gross Receipts Taxes, VAT, GST/HST, and Miscellaneous Taxes and Registrations. He also has experience in state income and franchise tax return reviews, appeals, NOL, due diligence for acquisitions, and obtaining and maintaining compliance for jobs and training credits in various states. In addition to saving millions of dollars for the companies he supports, his work provided litigation support for a US Supreme Court case and assisted the Tax Policy Department of his prior employer by providing regular estimates of the financial impact on the company of pending state legislation prior to passage so that the appropriate level of involvement in shaping legislation could be determined for the company. He writes and speaks regularly about the impact of new legislation and policy on tax departments.

Ben has been advising private and public sector clients on SALT matters for over twenty years. He represents a broad range of clients in the high technology, manufacturing, financial services, and service industries. His comprehensive practice includes state and local tax planning and controversy, including Washington B&O and sales and use matters, with an emphasis on legislation and tax policy. Prior to KOM, Ben was a manager of state and local taxes with PwC, where he served as a Washington state specialist on behalf of the national indirect tax practice. He also served as Tax Policy Counsel within the Legislation and Policy division of the Washington State Department of Revenue, where he advised state and local agencies and worked closely with the Legislature and Governor’s office on influential tax matters surrounding digital products, tele­communi­cations, and renewable energy. Earlier in his career, Ben held senior positions in the high technology start-up and financial services sectors.

A Seattle native, John has been advising clients on state and local tax issues for over 20 years. His practice areas include Washington state and local taxes and multistate sales and use, income, and gross receipts taxes. He assists with audit defense, appeals, settlement negotiations, refund claims, ruling requests, corporate transactions and planning. He also oversees KOM’s compliance practice, which prepares and files close to 2,000 sales, use, and excise tax returns annually. His clients range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries including technology, retail, finance, manufacturing, and professional services. John began his career at Arthur Andersen, later moving to KPMG and Alvarez & Marsal. He then launched and ran his own tax consultancy before officially joining KOM in 2011, where he has honed his approach to delivering practical, value-driven service. John also works closely with a number of independent CPA firms to offer state and local tax support on an as-needed basis, providing high-level expertise that would otherwise not be easily accessible for such clients.

Nima has over five years of experience in filing sales and use tax returns for various states. Her expertise includes notice handling, refund claims, preparing tax accruals, and performing tax account reconciliations, as well as specialized expertise in handling payment processing for clients and voluntary disclosure filings. She is also involved in process improvement projects for SUT and state tax registrations on behalf of her clients in financial services and other industries. Prior to joining KOM, she worked with Vertex as a Tax Processing Specialist, with GSA and TaxConnex as an Indirect Tax Associate, and as a Tax Specialist in the banking industry.

Dave has been providing state and local tax services to employers and clients for over 30 years. He assists clients in audit defense, refund claims, corporate transactions registrations and compliance. His expertise is the area of multi-state sales and use taxes, and gross receipts, with a strong emphasis in Washington State and local excise taxes. He also has deep expertise in the telecommunications industry. Part of his focus at KOM involves acting as the state & local tax department for a variety of mid-market companies. As such, he is responsible for overseeing all state and local tax filings, working with outside providers for state and local income tax compliance and consulting, managing audits, preparing tax accruals, performing tax account reconciliations, planning, and coordinating with company personnel for tax planning and to obtain needed information for compliance. Prior to joining KOM Consulting in 2016, Dave was a State and Local Tax Director with various public and private employers in the Seattle area.  

Dave has been providing state and local tax services to employers and clients for over 30 years. He assists clients in audit defense, refund claims, corporate transactions registrations and compliance. His expertise is the area of multi-state sales and use taxes, and gross receipts, with a strong emphasis in Washington State and local excise taxes. He also has deep expertise in the telecommunications industry. Part of his focus at KOM involves acting as the state & local tax department for a variety of mid-market companies. As such, he is responsible for overseeing all state and local tax filings, working with outside providers for state and local income tax compliance and consulting, managing audits, preparing tax accruals, performing tax account reconciliations, planning, and coordinating with company personnel for tax planning and to obtain needed information for compliance. Prior to joining KOM Consulting in 2016, Dave was a State and Local Tax Director with various public and private employers in the Seattle area.  

Nima has over five years of experience in filing sales and use tax returns for various states. Her expertise includes notice handling, refund claims, preparing tax accruals, and performing tax account reconciliations, as well as specialized expertise in handling payment processing for clients and voluntary disclosure filings. She is also involved in process improvement projects for SUT and state tax registrations on behalf of her clients in financial services and other industries. Prior to joining KOM, she worked with Vertex as a Tax Processing Specialist, with GSA and TaxConnex as an Indirect Tax Associate, and as a Tax Specialist in the banking industry.