My Role at BCS
At BCS, my role is to prepare accurate tax returns, ensuring compliance with all the applicable tax laws and regulations. I work primarily with business clients, and I have a particular interest in partnerships due to their unique tax characteristics, strategic possibilities, and compliance challenges.
Over the past two years at BCS, I have had the privilege of becoming the staff lead on our in-house Employee Retention Credit project. This project has brought millions of legitimate federal tax credit dollars to the businesses of The Appalachian Highlands region, and The High Country of North Carolina. Just as importantly, this project has correctly advised hundreds of clients that they do not qualify, many of whom were in the process of claiming and illegitimate credit through an unscrupulous preparer.
Education and Experience
I attended ETSU, graduating in 2014 with a BA in Philosophy. After working odd jobs for a few years, I went back to ETSU and graduated with my BBA in Accounting in 2019. During the final semester of my accounting degree, I was a tax season intern at BCS. Following that opportunity I accepted a full time position as a Tax Associate at another local CPA firm. After two years of seeing public accounting done a different way, I fully realize the value that BCS offers their Clients, their employees, and the community. I jumped at the opportunity to rejoin the firm in July of 2021.
Community Involvement and Personal Notes
Broken and Vulnerable Follower of Christ through Grace Fellowship Church in Johnson City, TN.
Proud father of two wild and wonderful kids: Lincoln & Opal DeHart – Significant other of Ms. Shawna Gragg, Program Coordinator of the Balladeers, a Ballad Health initiative sponsoring family programs and events for the children of Ballad Health employees – Best Bud of Ms. Luna Gragg, who is Ms. Shawna’s most kind and generous daughter.
Numismatist ($10 word for coin collector) with a focus on hyper-modern Lincoln Cent varieties and errors. Discoverer of 15 Spike Head examples, and 1 Liberty Die Break example, listed on Cuds-On-Coins, the preeminent reference to coin die break errors. (Reference: http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-spike-heads-2020-2029/)