Deanne Morton

Deanne Morton is a managing director in the Andersen US National Tax practice. Deanne draws on her over 20 years of experience to serve Andersen clients in navigating Federal Tax Controversy matters.

Deanne represents clients through all stages of IRS audits and appeals, including navigating and responding to information document requests, negotiating proposed adjustments and settlements, and working with outside counsel to support and defend tax positions. Deanne also resolves all IRS practice and procedure matters, including penalty abatement, disaster tax relief, voluntary disclosure, excise tax, employment tax, foreign and domestic information withholding and reporting, employee identification numbers, entity classification, R&D credit, transfer pricing, residency certifications, collection due process, and refund claims.

Before joining Andersen, Deanne was a Managing Editor with LexisNexis where she developed a leading research platform for tax practitioners. She also worked with the law firms of King & Spalding LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

Deanne serves on the ABA Tax Section's Administrative Practice and Standards of Practice Committees. She was also appointed to the AICPA’s Tax Practice Responsibilities Committee.