John L. Otten

John focuses on providing tax services to companies with multi-state and international operations in the manufacturing and distribution, service, and technology sectors. He has worked extensively with Private Equity and other investment/financing groups in structuring deals and providing tax optimization strategies to portfolio companies. With more than 25 years of experience, he has worked extensively in the areas of corporate and pass-through entity tax compliance, and has significant experience in the preparation and analysis of income tax provisions and other ASC Topic 740 reporting matters. John assists customers with complex tax reporting and planning in areas such as state and local taxation, economic incentives, consolidated filings, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he has experience in representing customers before the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.