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Green Incentives for Business – Tax Incentives that Help Alleviate the Cost of Investing in Energy - Efficient Assets and Alternative Energy
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Matthew J. Grigsby, CPA, MST
Senior Tax Manager
Rehmann
Matthew is a Senior Manager in the Tax Department of Rehmann Robson, a member of Rehmann. He is located in the Cheboygan office.
Matthew is responsible for the firm’s cost recovery consulting services. He focuses on technical issues regarding property capitalization and depreciation, particularly as they relate to cost segregation studies. Matthew is also responsible for managing the Cheboygan office’s tax practice. He reviews individual and for-profit entity tax returns, focusing principally on those for partnerships and limited liability companies. He is also involved in many of the Cheboygan office’s tax consulting engagements.
Matthew graduated with high distinction from The University of Michigan – Dearborn in 1995, with a Bachelors of Business Administration in accounting. In 2004, Matthew received a Masters of Science degree in taxation, summa cum laude, at Walsh College. Upon graduation from Walsh College, Matthew received the Research Institute of America Graduate Tax Award for outstanding academic work and contribution to the college.
Professional Organizations:
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
Terry Hudgins
LEED-AP Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainable Services
Ernst & Young, LLP
Terry Hudgins is a member of Ernst & Young LLP’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services Tax practice. He helps clients identify tax and utility incentives, which can partially offset incremental first costs associated with climate change and sustainability efforts. Terry also assists clients with obtaining LEED green building certification for their buildings and identification of sustainability strategies. He has experience in carbon footprinting of businesses as well as the evaluation of energy conservation projects, including sustainable design, solar energy and building operation. In addition, he works with clients to obtain Energy Star or LEED certification for their new construction or existing buildings.
Prior to joining Ernst & Young LLP, Terry was a sustainability consultant, focused on services for architects and engineers, general contractors and building owners. He has experience with green buildings, energy efficiency strategies, demand side management programs, marketing electricity in deregulated markets, and energy efficiency services in Arizona and California.
Terry has been involved in sustainable development projects for more than 30 years, 23 years of which were with a large electric utility where he was the Manager of Environmental, Health and Safety Initiatives. In this role, he had oversight over the introduction and adoption of the corporation’s Environmental Management System, as well as the preparation and publishing of the first EHS Annual Reports.
During the balance of his career, he has been involved in numerous LEED certification projects, including New Construction and Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance. He has worked on both international and domestic projects. He began his LEED career with a LEED 1.0 Pilot Project in 1997 and worked with the USGBC committee to develop LEED for multiple buildings and campuses.
Over the course of his career, he has built a diverse background in sustainability and environmental management across a wide spectrum of industries, building types and disciplines. He has appeared before numerous governmental bodies, public forums and business organizations to discuss the evolving issues surrounding environmental and sustainable management programs.
He is a LEED-AP, having achieved accreditation in both LEED for New Construction and LEED for Existing Buildings.
Arnold E. Grant
Partner
Reed Smith, LLP
Arnold is a partner in the firm's Chicago office. He is nationally recognized for his work on issues relating to the federal tax aspects of business transactions. His practice in that area focuses on complex financial instruments, renewable energy, equipment leasing, mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, restructurings, and other business transactions.
Arnold is nationally recognized for his work in connection with the tax aspects of renewable energy transactions. He writes and speaks frequently on the subject, and has advised members of President Obama's administration on renewable energy incentives.
Arnold was formerly an adjunct professor of corporate tax at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and a former chairman of the Corporate Tax Division of the Chicago Bar Association. He writes and lectures frequently on tax-related subjects.
Arnold has been named a member of the leading lawyer network in the categories of tax and business law, which is a peer-selected listing of the top 5 percent of the lawyers in the state of Illinois.
Todd B. Reinstein
Partner
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Todd B. Reinstein is a tax partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in
the Washington office. Mr. Reinstein is a member of the firm’s
Sustainability, CleanTech and Climate Change Team. As such, he advises
clients on structuring issues associated with claiming the credit for
electricity produced from renewable resources (Section 45) and the solar
investment tax credit (Section 48). He recently has been advising clients
on the new Renewable Energy Grant program and certification of
Qualified Advanced Energy Manufacturing Projects Credit (Section
48C).
Mr. Reinstein advocates for taxpayers on federal (before the IRS
Examination and Appeals levels) and international (Competent Authority
Assistance) tax controversies, including collection issues. He has
experience with submitting successful private letter ruling requests to the
Corporate Branch of the IRS National Office. He also has experience
representing associations and corporate taxpayers on complex federal tax
issues through legislation and negotiations with the IRS. His experience
in these controversies enabled him to achieve favorable and cost-effective results for clients.
Before joining Pepper, Mr. Reinstein was a senior associate in the corporate tax group of a national
law firm. Before that, he worked for six years as a tax manager at two “Big 4” accounting firms. At
the accounting firms, he advised domestic and foreign clients on tax planning, with a primary focus
on acquisitions and divestitures, tax compliance and the financial aspects of accounting for income
taxes. Mr. Reinstein also worked for three years as an internal auditor with the IRS, where he
performed independent reviews and appraisals of various IRS operations, including the Appeals,
Examination and Collection divisions.
Mr. Reinstein also has been a regular panelist at national meetings of the American Bar Association’s
Tax Section and the Tax Executives Institute. Mr. Reinstein is the current vice-chair of the ABA
Section of Taxation’s Committee on Energy and Environmental Taxes. He also is a member of the
AICPA Tax Division’s Corporations and Shareholders Technical Resource Panel and serves as an
editor to The Tax Advisor monthly publication.
Gregory F. Jenner
Partner
Stoel Rives LLP
Gregory F. Jenner is a partner in the Tax practice group. Greg has broad experience in virtually all Federal tax matters, with particular focus on planning and implementing complex tax-related transactions, partnerships and joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. He has worked extensively on energy-and insurance-related tax issues, and has successfully represented taxpayers in Federal and state tax controversies, in both audit and litigation. Greg has been active for many years in the Federal tax policy process, working closely with senior policy makers in Congress, the Treasury Department, and the Internal Revenue Service.
Prior to joining Stoel Rives, Greg was an attorney and consultant in Washington, DC. He served as Executive Vice President, Taxes and Retirement Security, for the American Council of Life Insurers until 2007. Previously, he served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy from February 2004, to December 2004, and was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Assistant Secretary. Prior to his elevation to Acting Assistant Secretary, Greg served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, beginning in 2002.
As the Acting Assistant Secretary, Greg directed the Treasury's Office of Tax Policy, which is responsible for providing the Administration with policy analysis, advice and recommendations relating to all aspects of domestic and international issues of Federal taxation, including all legislative proposals, regulatory guidance, and tax treaties. The Office of Tax Policy is also responsible for providing the official estimates of all Federal Government receipts for the President's budget, fiscal policy decisions, and Treasury cash management decisions.
Prior to his appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Greg was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, specializing in tax policy issues before Congress, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service. Greg previously served in the Treasury Department as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) from 1989 through 1992. He also served as Tax Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance from 1985 through 1989, where he helped write the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
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