August 4, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ryan & Company Launches Fuel and Excise Tax Consulting Practice.
Dallas, Texas -- Ryan & Company, a national provider of state &
local tax consulting services, today announced the launch of its national
fuel and excise tax consulting practice. This initiative will add professionals
in Ryan & Company's existing Houston, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia offices
and will provide the anchor group for a new office in Kansas City, Kansas.
Ryan & Company named Mr. Robert D. "Bob" Jones, Senior Manager, to lead
the practice. In his new position, Mr. Jones will focus on business development,
service delivery, and recruiting efforts, building on Ryan & Company's
existing presence and service delivery nationally. Ms. Zoë Nungester,
Manager, joined the practice in Houston, Texas and will support Ryan &
Company's national fuel and excise tax consulting initiative.
According to Bob Jones, Senior Manager in charge of the Kansas City office,
"Fuel and excise tax is an extremely specialized area within the tax code
and our team will add a new dimension to Ryan & Company's transaction
tax recovery services. This expansion clearly demonstrates Ryan & Company's
continued commitment to building the most comprehensive technical tax
team in the United States."
"This new practice will greatly benefit Ryan & Company clients by helping
to minimize federal and state fuel and excise tax liabilities and is a
perfect complement to our existing transaction tax services," said G.
Brint Ryan, Ryan & Company Managing Principal. "Bob and his team of tax
professionals are widely regarded as the industry leaders in their field
and they bring a wealth of expertise to Ryan & Company in the fuel and
excise tax area. We are thrilled that they have joined the Firm."
Mr. Jones has specialized in providing multi-state and federal fuel and
excise tax recovery and audit consulting for a variety of industries and
has over 23 years experience in various industry and public accounting
positions. He was a Director in a major national accounting firm and the
National Practice Leader for fuel and excise tax recoveries for the United
States and Canada. Prior to that he was the Operating Tax Manager for
the largest "less-than-truckload" trucking company in the United States.
Ms. Nungester spent 5 years working in public accounting specializing
in implementing state and federal motor fuels and excise tax savings solutions
to Fortune 500 companies and has 20 years of experience in the state and
federal motor fuels and excise tax area.
Ryan & Company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is the largest independent
state & local tax consulting firm in the United States with offices in
Atlanta, Austin, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, El Paso,
Houston, and Los Angeles. The firm specializes in providing state & local
tax services primarily in the sales and use tax, property tax, franchise
tax, and state income tax areas on a multi-state basis. Ryan & Company
employs over 300 professionals and associates serving many leading Fortune
500 companies located throughout the United States.
PRESS INFORMATION CONTACT:
G. Brint Ryan
Ryan & Company
972.934.0022
email: brint.ryan@ryanco.com
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