PRESS RELEASE
Stowe & Degon LLC Recognizes Excellence
Westborough, Massachusetts, February 20, 2013
Stowe & Degon LLC, in recognition of their expertise and commitment to excellence, is proud to announce the promotion of Barbara H. Fuller to the position of Director of Audit Services, Vera Raposo to Audit Supervisor, Lauren Seibold, Daniel Sargent and Steven Scannell to Audit Senior, Barbara Cowen to the position of Marketing Manager and the addition of Michael O’Connor as Director of Tax to their staff.
 Barbara Fuller has been with Stowe & Degon for five years and has over twenty years of public accounting experience including eleven years at the Big Four level. Barbara serves a number of industries including life sciences, manufacturing, and high technology.Barbara’s experience includes due diligence, SEC reporting and compliance, and addressing issues such as purchase accounting, consolidations,including foreign subsidiaries, stock-based compensation and other equity arrangements. Barbara also directs the firm’s employee benefit plan practice. Barbara received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Valparaiso University and a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana University.
 Vera P. Raposo has over ten years of public accounting experience serving clients within the nonprofit, service and manufacturing industries. Vera spent the first three years of her public accounting experience providing accounting and tax services to a variety of closely held businesses and their owners. Vera has financial reporting and compliance experience. Vera has supervised audits of small and medium size organizations in a role as auditor. Vera earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Central Connecticut State University, graduating magna cum laude. She has completed all required M.B.A. courses from Nichols College and will be graduating soon.
Steve Scannell has been with Stowe & Degon for over three years. He graduated from Assumption College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
Daniel Sargent Earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Assumption College where he is in the process of completing his MBA and studying for the CPA exam. Daniel has been with Stowe & Degon for over three years.
Lauren Seibold earned a Bachelor’s in Accounting at the University of Connecticut and is currently working towards her Masters of Science in Accounting at the University of Connecticut as well. Lauren has been with Stowe & Degon for 3 years. Lauren is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, a business honor society.
Barbara Cowen has been with Stowe & Degon for four years. In addition to managing the office, Barbara’s responsibilities include designing all the company’s marketing materials, marketing campaigns, redeveloping the corporate website, and participating in regional networking events for Stowe & Degon. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Northeastern University and took many post-graduate courses in graphic design and web development. Before coming to Stowe and Degon, Barbara had a diverse and extensive background in marketing and advertising. Barbara is also a member of Stowe & Degon’s Swing for Wishes committee that raises funds to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Michael O’Connor brings over 20 years of tax expertise to the firm. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland, graduating Magna Cum Laude. His areas of expertise include advising closelyheld business entities and their owners on tax and business matters. Michael’s experience and expertise also include domestic and international tax issues for corporations and partnerships (C corporations, S corporations, partnerships and LLCs). Planning projects include business purchases and sales, compensation and succession planning for closely-held businesses, and tax issues associated with real estate. His experience with international planning generally involves designing the most tax efficient business entity structure and approach for conducting cross border activities, including business nexus issues, taxation of employees working abroad, and tax analysis under US Income Tax Treaties.
Stowe & Degon, LLC is a full service public accounting and consulting firm serving the New England area. Stowe & Degon consists of seasoned accounting, tax, and consulting professionals with both domestic and international experience is comprised of individuals who are truly seasoned professionals with more than 70 years of combined National and International Accounting Firm experience. Stowe & Degon’s experience includes service to privately held, SEC and venture capital backed clients and cover software, manufacturing, distribution, technology, professional services, not-for-profit, insurance, construction and retail industries.
Stowe & Degon’s combination of experience, education, and commitment to excellence allows them to positively impact businesses by bringing fresh ideas and best practices to every engagement.
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JANUARY 2013
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support during these times of economic uncertainty, and to wish you all the best in 2013. As December 31, 2012 and the “fiscal cliff” approached with President Obama and Congress seemingly unable to reach an agreement on how to resolve the situation, we were left with many anxieties. The scheduled changes in the tax code resulting from the aforementioned “fiscal cliff” or any agreement between the President and Congress, would affect both business and individual taxpayers for 2012, 2013 and beyond.
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Don't Be Left Out in the Cold
by Leaving Money on the Table! |
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On November 8, 2011, Stowe & Degon LLC hosted a timely seminar and breakfast on how new tax legislation will impact and improve your business’s bottom line.
 Westborough, Massachusetts, November 22, 2011: On November 8, 2011, Stowe & Degon LLC hosted a timely seminar and breakfast on how new tax legislation will impact and improve your business’s bottom line featuring Dean Zerbe J.D., LL.M. National Managing Director of alliantgroup’s Washington, D.C. Office.
Prior to joining alliantgroup in February, 2008, Dean was Senior Counsel and Tax Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he worked closely with the Chairman (and currently Ranking Member) of the Finance Committee, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) on tax legislation. During his time on the Finance Committee, Dean was intimately involved with almost every major piece of tax legislation that was signed into law – including the 2001 and 2003 tax reconciliation bills (representing two of the largest tax cuts in the nation’s history); the JOBS bill in 2004 (corporate tax reform); and, the Pension Protection Act. Dean provided his insights about Washington legislation regarding tax reform and other topics.
Stowe & Degon LLC’s strategic alliance with alliantgroup provides additional and powerful specialty tax service offerings allowing a business to reduce its pending tax liability and receive cash infusions from the government for past qualifying activities.
alliantgroup works with Stowe & Degon LLC and their clients to identify powerful, government-sponsored, cash-generating credits, incentives, and deductions, such as:
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Federal and state R&D tax credits
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Federal export incentives
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Federal and state manufacturing incentives
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State and local tax incentives
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Sales & use tax reviews
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Federal and state hiring credits & incentives
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Energy-related tax incentives
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Captive insurance companies
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More than 7,000 other federal, state & local credits & incentives
About Stowe & Degon LLC
Stowe & Degon LLC provides audit services, tax advisory, business consulting and due diligence to publicly-listed, private, not-for-profit and employee benefit plan clients. The firm's experience spans a wide range of industries including manufacturing, technology, not-for-profit, healthcare, managed care, insurance and retail. Stowe & Degon is registered with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure in Public Accounting, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the SEC Practice Section of the AICPA, the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center of the AICPA, and the Massachusetts Society of CPA's.
The firm is highly experienced in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), Governmental Auditing Standards (GAS), auditing standards issued by the United States Department of Labor and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The firm has also invested hundreds of hours in examining Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) to assess its practical implications. For more information visit www.stowedegon.com.
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The BDO Seidman Alliance ADVANTAGE
STOWE & DEGON, LLC is a proud member of the BDO Seidman Alliance, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting and service firms with similar client service goals. As an independent member firm, the BDO Seidman Alliance allows us to:
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Enhance our client services and broaden our capabilities overall
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Expand our domestic and international coverage
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Gain greater technical knowledge in specialty areas
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Utilize professionals with experience in a wide range of industries
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Access the most up-to-date technical information
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Participate in the latest training programs
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Utilize state-of-the-art, customized computer systems; and
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Provide our clients with key business contacts throughout the U.S.
By supplementing our existing services, the BDO Seidman Alliance brings us the necessary tools to better serve our clients with greater flexibility, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. As an independent member firm, we are able to offer expanded capabilities in select specialty areas.
The BDO Seidman Alliance presents an opportunity for firms, by accessing the resources of BDO USA, LLP and other Alliance members, to expand services to their clients without jeopardizing their existing relationships or their autonomy. The BDO Seidman Alliance was developed to provide member firms with an alternative strategy for gaining a competitive advantage in the face of a changing business landscape. The Alliance represents an opportunity to enhance relationships with reputable firms that share a mutual business understanding. |
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