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Federal Taxation Committee

Serves in an advisory and SME capacity, to monitor federal tax activity and providing comments to appropriate entities. Develops editorial content and conference sessions to enhance members' knowledge of issues in Federal Taxation. Works with the IRS to plan agendas and presentations for programs like the liaison meeting. Prepares the Legislator’s Tax Guide and writes articles for FCT and the FICPA website.

Leadership

  • Chair

    Peter Stratos, CPA,MST

    Principal

    Kaufman, Rossin & Co, PA - Fort Lauderdale

  • Director

    Mindy P. Rankin, CPA, CCD

    Member, Tax Division

    Warren Averett, LLC - Panama City

  • Staff Liaison

    Jason Harrell

    Chief External Affairs Officer

    Florida Institute of CPAs - Tallahassee

  • Staff Liaison

    Lauren Jones

    Deputy Director of Governmental Affairs

    Florida Institute of CPAs - Tallahassee

  • Vice Chair

    Keith E. Johnson, CPA

    Principal

    Keith E. Johnson, CPA, PA - Jacksonville

Members

  • Ignacio J. Abella

    Abella, Garcia, Guell & Co, LLP - Miami

  • Wendy Barlin

    Wendy Barlin, CPA - Ponte Vedra Beach

  • Lauren L. Buzzelli

    Senior Tax Accountant

    Centurion Wealth Management, LLC - McLean

  • Andreea Cioara

    Berkowitz Pollack Brant Accountants, LLP - Fort Lauderdale

  • Raymond K. Cross, EA & MST

    Fraud lecturer, Author, and Counselor

    Account 417, LLC - Woodstock

  • Paul C. Dunham

    Tax Managing Director

    CBIZ, Inc - Saint Petersburg

  • Jack Fintz, CPA

    Fintz CPA - Sunrise

  • Daniel Henn

    President

    Daniel Henn, CPA, PA - Rockledge

  • Eric H. Higginson, EA, MBA

    Clarity CPA - Fort Myers

  • Keith L. Jones, CPA

    TheCPATaxProblemSolver

    Keith L. Jones, CPA - Jacksonville

  • Ellen L. Joseph

    Managing Member

    Ellen L Joseph CPA Chartered - Jupiter

  • Joseph Krupka

    Teaching Faculty

    Florida State University Panama City - Panama City

  • Odhra I. Labarraque

    Manager

    CBIZ, Inc - Miami

  • Melinda S. Likens, CPA

    Vance & Likens, CPAs, PA - Lecanto

  • Christina Lynch

    Chief Executive Officer

    Trydent Consulting - Tallahassee

  • Julian A. Mejia, CPA,MST

    Senior Tax Accountant

    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Tampa

  • Leif G. Novie

    BDO USA, PC - Miami

  • Kenneth N. Orbach

    Retired, Inactive or Other -

  • Nicole M. Pollock

    Tax Senior I

    Lanigan & Associates, PC, CPA - Tallahassee

  • Manuel E. Pravia

    Principal, Core Tax Services

    BDO USA, PC - Miami

  • Zvi Rafilovich, CGMA,CPA,MST

    CohnReznick LLP - Sunrise

  • Luis A. Sanoja

    Tax Manager

    RSM US LLP - Fort Lauderdale

  • Stephen M. Vinarub

    WithumSmith+Brown, PC - Orlando

  • Nathan L. Wadlinger, EA,JD,LLM

    Lecturer of Accounting

    University of Central Florida - Orlando

  • Marc S. Whitfield

    Stroemer & Company, LLC - Fort Myers

  • Bryan A. Zink

    Bryan Zink, CPA, P.A. - Tampa