Heather Roush

Heather Roush is a managing director in the Andersen US National Tax Office and is a member of the Andersen ASC 740 Services and Tax Accounting Methods teams. Heather has over 16 years of tax experience working with both private and public companies.

A large amount of Heather’s experience relates to advising clients on accounting for income taxes, and review of consolidated federal and multi-state corporate and pass-through tax compliance projects. In particular, Heather helps engagement teams with:

• Complex income tax accounting issues
• Uncertain Tax Positions (FIN 48), including issues related to effectively settled positions, and related disclosures
• Valuation allowance evaluations and related documentation
• Implementing quarterly and annual income tax provision processes and tools
• Deferred and effective tax rate reviews
• Tax accounting for mergers, acquisitions, and discontinued operations
• Performing accounting method reviews and implementing accounting method changes
• Preparation of complex inventory method calculations

Heather regularly delivers presentations to various organizations on the topic of ASC 740: Accounting for Income Taxes.

Before Andersen, Heather worked at KPMG as part of their Business Tax Services practice group.