Phyllis Stengl

Experience

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  Darigold

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

  Accounting Analyst

  Fixed asset management, Capitalization of state of the art cheese plant, Collaborated with outside appraiser on revaluation of plants, Created construction in progress system to improve project cost tracking, Implemented two fixed asset systems during tenure.

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  BioRad Laboratories (was Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, Genetic Systems)

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Accountant

  Official duties: Fixed asset accounting and Business expense reimbursement tracking. Unofficial duties: Introduced the manufacturing exemption Washington State since 1995, including buyer training and hiring of consultants to reach back for a refund.

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  Spacelabs Healthcare

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Tax Accountant

  Selected and set up property tax system (PTMS) and streamlined reporting and payment activities, managed real and personal property tax filings, Prepared apportionment schedules, Negotiated with government appraisers and auditors, Motivated plant reviews of fixed assets, State annual reports.

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  Univar Solutions

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  Property Tax Analyst

  Property tax compliance, Asset reviews, Property tax software implementation (PTMS,) Obsolescence identification, Reporting personal property to counties, Property tax audits.

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  Darigold

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2016

  Management of property tax function of over 22 sites in 6 states: Data gathering, Asset listing reviews, Leased asset analysis, Leased asset maintenance, Detailed asset addition analysis, Property tax software implementation (PTMS,) Compliance reporting, Review of county listing values, Positive negotiations with government appraisers, Appeals, Government property tax audits and appraisals, Collaborated with consultants.Accomplishments:• Amended subsidiary property tax return resulting in both a 40% reduction in value and an 80% reduction in frequency of state ratio audit. Built trust between corporate tax department and both subsidiary and subsidiary’s county assessor’s office.• Saved the company $140K in property tax for the first year by analysis of 19M project that was able to demonstrate $8M in cost that did not add market value to the plant. • Saved $25K-$30K in property taxes per year by presenting state appraiser with a convincing written argument demonstrating that plant computer controls have a shorter life than the equipment that the controls operate. • Managed hectic new property tax compliance workload when company acquired 4 additional sites in 3 new states with new legal requirements and new appraisers.• Implemented new platform for property tax software, documenting the uses for all the new fields and creating better information, and greater efficiency.• Identified and presented to county appraisers land restrictions due to creek setbacks on two land parcels. Land value on developed parcel was reduced by 25% while the land value on the smaller undeveloped parcel was reduced by 80%.• Assessed values were reduced on two plants upon conclusion of state advisory appraisals by the Department of Revenue due to careful management. Reductions from $33.0M to $30.5M on the larger plant and $7.0M to $6.4M on the smaller plant. Show less New project analysis to determine sales/use taxability, Sales tax training, Sales tax exemption requests, Application through audit of special project sales tax exemption (incentive exemption,) Unclaimed property compliance, Relocation tax analysis, State income tax apportionment, State income tax credit application/sale of credit.Accomplishments:• Discovered, researched, applied for, received and sold state energy tax credits that were not needed on company income tax return bringing in more than $150K in other income. • Qualified project of setting up the corporate lab in a business park as sales tax exempt under special exemption for manufacturers. This special exemption exempted work on the building and saved an estimated $115K in sales tax paid.• Trained plant and purchasing personnel in what is taxable (sales/use) and exempt, reducing exposure upon audit.• Initiated review of relocation policy by demonstrating results of the loose policy. Collaborated with Human Resources to simplify and strengthen the system to remove the abuse. This effort reduced administration of the relocation function by at least 50%. • Collaborated with operations director to create a working process to keep plant asset list scrubbed training the on-site plant controllers as point persons for this activity. Show less

  • Senior Property Tax Accountant

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2016

  • Senior Tax Accountant

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2016