Melissa Tegano

Melissa Tegano is a Managing Director in the State and Local Tax practice with over 20 years of public and private corporate tax experience. Melissa’s primary areas of expertise are the state and local tax aspects of ASC 740 and leading large scale state income tax compliance engagements. She is consistently brought in to consult on the state provisions impact of corporate reorganizations. Melissa leads a team that has extensive experience with co-sourced state compliance outsourcing engagements.

Melissa’s experience spans various aspects of state and local tax including:

• Assisting clients with preparation and review of state components ofASC 740 & ASC 450
• State income tax compliance outsourcing/co-sourcing engagements
• State and local tax implications in corporate reorganizations,acquisitions and divestitures
• Consulting with clients on planning opportunities, nexus and unitaryanalysis
• Audit representation, including multi-state income, franchise,sales/use and gross receipts taxes
• Evaluating potential state and local exposures and securing voluntarydisclosure agreements on behalf of clients

Prior to joining Andersen, Melissa was with the internal tax departments of two publicly-traded, multinational companies, as well as with the PwC compliance practice in New York.