Vernon L. Calder is a director in the Salt Lake City office of LECG. Mr. Calder has over 18 years experience in public accounting specializing in tax services. He is a certified public accountant and a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor. For the last 11 years Mr. Calder has specialized in bankruptcy tax compliance and planning. Most recently Mr. Calder was a partner with Neilson Elggren, LLP. Prior to that, he was the senior manager in charge of the tax practice of Neilson Elggren Durkin & Company before it joined its practice with Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Calder was also a manager and tax consultant for the international accounting firms of Ernst & Young and Touche Ross & Co.
Mr. Calder provides a wide variety of tax services. He focuses on special tax issues in bankruptcy; accounting for income taxes for financial statement purposes; tax consulting in change of ownership issues; tax consulting and compliance for U.S. companies operating internationally and for corporations with multi-state income using "water's edge" method; analysis of deductible ordinary and necessary business expenses; and supervising tax compliance for high technology companies.
Mr. Calder's clients include everything from small development companies to those with $1 billion annual sales in many industries such as computer and peripherals, software, semiconductors, and life sciences. In addition, he has provided tax services to a variety of clients including individuals, corporations, partnerships, decedent estates, trusts, and bankruptcy estates. Mr. Calder's services include tax compliance, representation before taxing authorities, bankruptcy court appearances, testifying as an expert witness, and tax consulting and planning. |