John Iannotti

John Iannotti, CPA, has more than 25 years of experience as a tax executive, working in both public accounting and industry, and focusing on the state and local tax (SALT) issues that matter most to his clients. John is adept at coordinating the tax function with other non-tax functions and leveraging tax as a strategic consideration in significant events such as a merger, acquisition, expansion, or divestiture. His industry experience includes manufacturing, technology, investment portfolio, and government contracting companies.

John’s services to clients include state compliance reviews for multistate clients, nexus studies, tax credits & incentives reviews, audit defense, restructurings, M&A tax due diligence, voluntary disclosure agreements, and tax return diagnostic reviews that identify refunds and optimal filing positions.

Before joining CohnReznick, John was a partner in the Southeast SALT practice of a large top 20 accounting firm. While there, he led engagement teams in the implementation of nexus reviews (including planning and remediation), ASC740 state tax provisions, entity rationalizations, compliance, and addressing business owner state residency matters. He also implemented firm-wide processes to formalize SALT quality control procedures for mandatory SALT practice reviews of client multistate income/franchise tax returns.

John has worked for several Big 4 accounting firms and served as the Director of Tax for an $800 million U.S. subsidiary of an Australian privately-owned manufacturing company.