Clarissa Cole is a managing director in the US National Tax practice at Andersen and a subject matter specialist on key tax issues related to international tax issues related to U.S. and foreign individual taxpayers and their payors. She brings 30 years of experience.
Clarissa's specialties include expatriation consequences and planning, treaties, taxation of nonresident aliens and planning opportunities, foreign tax credits, social security, payroll, compensation and benefits, residency, and foreign information reporting, particularly in relation to high net worth and complex individual issues with international angles.
Clarissa has had articles published in For the Record, Tax Management International Journal, Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, the Tax Adviser, the International Tax Journal, International Assignment Perspectives, and Benefits and Compensation International, and co-authored a BNA Portfolio on expatriate taxation. She regularly speaks on tax technical topics related to international tax issues
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- University of Washington, BA (Business Administration & Accounting)
- University of Washington, MPAcc (Taxation)
Affiliations
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- California Society of Certified Public Accountants