Practice Overview
Dave Howard, dual licensed as a CPA and attorney for nearly 40 years, recently returned to the practice of law after completing a 20+ year career as a Tax Partner with Deloitte Tax LLP. Before reaching the mandatory retirement age at Deloitte, he developed tax strategies for large multinational corporations, Silicon Valley start-up companies, family companies, corporate executives and wealthy individuals. Mr. Howard’s former clients and colleagues have encouraged him to return to practice.
Representative Matters
- tax strategies for closely held companies and their owners
- creative executive compensation and fringe benefit plans
- buying and selling businesses
- dealing with undisclosed foreign bank accounts, investments, business interests, foreign trusts, and unreported foreign income; helping clients decide on entering amnesty programs
- business succession planning including successfully keeping the family business within the family
- tax audits, appeals, cases and other tax controversies
- trusted business and family advisor who provides broad insight and creative ideas
Professional, Educational and Community Activities
Mr. Howard has taught extensively, including for the California CPA Society, NYU Tax Institute, San Jose State University Graduate School of Business (Master of Taxation program), and University of California, Santa Barbara (tax and business law). He is a frequent speaker at tax and estate planning conferences for various professional organizations.
While at Deloitte, Mr. Howard held many leadership roles at various times in his career. For the Silicon Valley he led the entire tax practice, the international tax practice, the Japanese tax practice, and the Chinese tax practice. For Northern California he led the estate and gift tax practice. He finished his career as national senior client service executive and managed Deloitte’s largest tax engagement in the world. Mr. Howard has completed the Negotiations Course taught by the Harvard Law faculty and the Deloitte Competitive Readiness program, a concentrated executive MBA type course by the Kellogg School of Business and Columbia School of Business. He also has completed more than 20 courses in continuing studies at Stanford University.
Over the years, Mr. Howard has served on advisory boards for many charitable and educational organizations, and he currently serves on the board of a regional non-profit organization. He is the past Chair of the Business Law Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association, and past Chair of the Budget Advisory Committee to the Goleta School District.
Articles & Speaking Engagements