James Tauber

Managing Director – Chicago

James Tauber has 30 years of business experience and more than 16 years of experience providing tax, technology, and business consulting services in many areas of state and local tax. Specifically, Jim assists companies with all aspects of sales, use and transaction taxes including audit defense, compliance outsourcing, compliance process review/automation, exemption certificate management process review/automation development of technical/procedure manuals, hearings/settlement negotiations, nexus reviews, refund analysis, Sarbanes-Oxley consulting (process documentation, testing & remediation), tax software implementation, training, transactional analysis, and voluntary disclosure.

Prior to joining WTAS, Jim was the Midwest Service Line leader for the Firm Tax/ERP Integration Service practice of an international professional services firm, focusing in the area of transaction tax automation (Sales, Use & VAT). He also worked in the state & local tax practice of another international professional services firm where he had leadership responsibility for its Midwest Operational Tax Consulting practice. Prior to his tenure in public accounting, Jim worked for 15 years in the retail food and drug industry, holding management positions in internal audit, financial accounting and tax.

Jim is a Certified Member of the Institute (CMI) for Professionals in Taxation and has appeared as a guest speaker at the IPT Sales/Use Tax Symposium (IPT).

Email: james.j.tauber@wtas.com 

Office: 312.357.3936

Fax: 312.239.6156

Education:

• Elmhurst College, BS (Accounting)

Affiliations:

• Institute of Professional Taxation (IPT)
• Chicago Tax Club
• Taxpayer Federation of Illinois