TWS Tax Advisory PLLC

Corporate tax counsel, without the corporate overhead.

Thirty years of tax leadership at the VP Tax and CTO level — now available to companies that need senior tax judgment without a full-time hire. Provision, controversy, transfer pricing, cross-border structuring: handled by someone who has sat on both sides of the table.

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John Carr, CPA
Principal · TWS Tax Advisory PLLC
Seattle / Lynnwood, WA
30+ yrs corporate tax practice

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Services

§1.1

Fractional Head of Tax

Interim or ongoing VP Tax-level leadership for companies that need senior oversight without a full-time seat.

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ASC 740 & Tax Provision

Provision preparation and review, deferred tax analysis, and audit-ready documentation.

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Transfer Pricing

APA negotiation, competent authority proceedings, and TNMM / CUP methodology and documentation.

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IRS Controversy & Appeals

Representation through examination and Appeals, with a track record of resolution short of litigation.

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Cross-Border & International Tax

Treaty analysis, §864(b) and ECI questions, Form 1120-F, and cross-border withholding.

§1.6

Partnership & Pass-Through Tax

§704(c) and §743(b) allocations, §199A planning, and Form 1065 compliance.

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Background

John Carr, CPA
Principal, TWS Tax Advisory PLLC
CPA, State of Washington

John Carr is a CPA with more than three decades of corporate tax experience, most of it spent at the VP Tax and Chief Tax Officer level inside public and private companies. That work has spanned the full range of what a corporate tax function actually does: provision under ASC 740, transfer pricing strategy and defense, IRS controversy from examination through Appeals, and the cross-border mechanics of §482, treaty analysis, and withholding.

His experience spans senior tax roles at ProQuest, Affinia, Covidien, Bruker, and iRobot — all public companies — followed by ICBD Holdings, a privately held global enterprise, and most recently Grant Thornton, where he served as Chief Tax Officer. In several of these roles, including Chief Tax Officer positions at Grant Thornton and Bruker, he built and led the tax function directly.

John holds an MBA in Finance and a BBA in Accounting, both from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

TWS Tax Advisory PLLC was founded to bring that same experience directly to companies that need senior tax leadership without adding a full-time executive.

Tax Executive

Grant Thornton

ICBD Holdings

iRobot

Bruker

Affinia

ProQuest

Additional Corporate Experience

Covidien

Visteon

Ford

Dana

Public Accounting

PwC

Deloitte

Education

MBA, Finance University of Michigan — Ross School of Business

BBA, Accounting University of Michigan — Ross School of Business