Guidebook to Texas Taxes (2015)

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G. Brint Ryan , MS, CPA is the Founder and Managing Principal of Ryan & Company, a national state and local tax consulting firm. Mr. Ryan is the practice leader for the firm's transaction tax consulting practice.

Mr. Ryan is a graduate of the University of North Texas, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Master of Science degree in Accounting with an emphasis on taxation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, and the Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association.

Mr. Ryan serves on the Board of Directors of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association and previously served as the Executive Director of the Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association. He is currently an appointee to the Texas Comptroller's Tax Advisory Group.

Eric L. Stein, J.D., LL.M., CPA--is the managing principal of Ryan & Company's Austin office, where his practice includes supervising franchise tax reviews, unclaimed property reviews, transactional analysis, tax planning, nexus studies, and representing clients at the administrative hearings level in various states with franchise tax and sales and use tax matters.

Before joining Ryan & Company, Mr. Stein served as an administrative law judge and supervising hearings attorney in the Franchise Tax Section for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He has also worked as a legal counselor for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, an associate with a Boston law firm, and a senior manager with two national accounting firms in Dallas.

Mr. Stein is a frequent speaker at conferences providing presentations on administrative proceedings and litigation, current Texas franchise tax issues, and unclaimed property. He is a member of the Texas Society of CPAs where he has chaired the State Taxation Committee. He is also a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, the Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association, the American Bar Association, and the Texas Bar Association.

He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the University of Texas at Austin, a J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from the Boston University School of Law. Mr. Stein is also a Certified Public Accountant.