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Kiersten Gaudet, CPA

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Kiersten has 25 years of experience serving clients in the manufacturing, consumer products, healthcare, non-profit, and service industries. Kiersten has focused the majority
of her career in State and Local Tax with an emphasis on sales and use tax, although her career began in federal and state income tax. Kiersten has significant experience managing sales and use tax reviews, tax planning, tax compliance issues, tax technical research, and sales and use tax audits. She has also added Research and Development and Energy tax credits to her resume of service offerings.

Kiersten has spent the majority of her career in the public sector, twelve of those years at Big Four accounting firms.

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  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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  • Certified Public Accountant

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  • Masters of Science in Taxation, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

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