Deadlines
School of Accountancy Conference 2017
Presenters
Brandon Carlton
Brandon has 20 years of professional experience and became an EY principal in 2012. He advises clients on federal tax methods, credits, and inventory issues, and is currently assisting clients nationwide with implementation of the new revenue recognition and leasing accounting standards, and potential changes related to tax reform. Brandon served in the US Treasury Department's Office of Tax Policy from September 2007 to January 2012, where he was Associate Tax Legislative Counsel. At Treasury, Brandon was the lead tax policy advisor on a variety of legislative and regulatory matters in the areas of accounting methods (including income recognition, expense recognition, capitalization, depreciation and expensing, long-term contracts, and inventory), accounting periods, the R&D credit, the section 199 manufacturing deduction, the new markets tax credit, the Alternative Minimum Tax, and loss provisions, among others.
In his time at Treasury, he helped publish nearly 75 pieces of formal guidance including the tangible property capitalization proposed and temporary regulations, a number of capitalization safe harbors for specific industries, and several pieces of guidance on tax revenue recognition including guidance on advance payments and proposed regulations on the percentage completion method of revenue recognition. Before joining Treasury, Brandon coordinated Ernst & Young LLP’s national retail and consumer products tax network. Brandon is a frequent speaker at the American Bar Association, Tax Executive Institute, and other professional conferences. Brandon holds an LL.M. in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, an M.B.A. from the University of Utah, and a B.S. from Brigham Young University. He is an attorney licensed in the state of Texas. Brandon is also an adjunct professor of income tax accounting at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught since 2007.