Tax Planning for Small Businesses

Deborah A. Phillips, CPA, MST
Miramar, Florida

Deborah A. Phillips, CPA, MST, operates her own tax controversy practice where she specializes in partnership and S Corporation tax law as well as IRS audits and procedures.

Debbie, retired from the Large Business and International Division (LB&I) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) where she was a Senior Manager in the Flow Through Issue Practice Group (IPG). The IPG specializes in S corporation and partnership tax issues for LB&I. Debbie worked for the IRS for over 31 years ago and she has extensive accounting and taxation knowledge of individual, corporate, and partnership federal tax returns. She was the Operations and Technical Assistant to the Deputy Commission International, the Technical Assistant to the Director of PFTG, a Territory Manager in the Retail, Food and Pharmaceuticals Industry, a Team Manager in the Heavy Manufacturing Industry and the IRC Section 263A Technical Advisor.

Debbie taught graduate and undergraduate courses in accounting and taxation as an adjunct faculty member at Delaware State University, Wilmington College, and Goldey-Beacom College. She has been a seminar presenter for over 17 years as well as a text book author.

Debbie earned her master's degree in taxation from Widener University.