Top US state tax specialist, Jerry Gattegno, joins Deloitte in UK

Deloitte has appointed Jerry Gattegno as group leader – multi-state tax services in its US Corporate Taxes group in London.  Jerry joins from the Deloitte US firm where he was a senior partner and will be focusing on all areas of US state and local taxation across all industries and types of entity.

David Sproul, EMEA head of tax at Deloitte, said: [private]“Jerry is one of the US Firm’s most senior multi-state tax specialists and we are delighted to welcome him to the UK Firm.  He brings 35 years of world class US state taxes expertise and made his name by founding the US firm’s state tax practice and growing it to the 1,000 person practice it is today.

“The United States Corporate Tax Services Group (USCTS) at Deloitte is the largest US international tax consulting team outside of the continental US.  Jerry’s appointment will add considerable expertise to our market-leading offering.”

Jerry Gattegno commented: “US state and local taxes are representing an increasing portion of a business’ US tax liability, however they are often not given the appropriate attention by resource-constrained tax function in the US or UK.

“The issue has been exacerbated recently by the economic pressure faced by state government and a clear trend toward increased state tax audit activity.  Entities reporting on a GAAP basis have found state tax accounting to be one of the more vexing issues in their FAS 109/FIN 48 computations.  For those UK-based companies with operations in the US, minimising tax risks and navigating the complexities of the US state tax system whilst ensuring complete compliance has developed into a key service offering of the Deloitte US Corporate Tax Services Group.”

Jerry has over 35 years experience serving the sophisticated tax needs of the US firm’s largest and most complex clients and has been responsible for the leadership of multi-state tax services provided to the firm’s Global Strategic and M&A Clients.[/private]