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Leadership Team
PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current
- Principal, Ryan, Austin office
– Specializes in providing multistate income and franchise tax
consulting services to clients in all industries.
– Specializes in legislative analysis and review and is responsible
for providing legislative, regulatory, and policy analysis tax
services to clients in all industries.
Previous
- Director, Public Affairs, Ryan, Austin office
- Partner, State and Local Tax Services and Public Policy Research, local consulting firm
- Senior Consultant, Public Policy Research, national consulting firm
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous
- Tax Director, Texas Tax Reform Commission
– Commission appointed by Governor Rick Perry and Chaired by
John Sharp to develop a plan to reform the Texas tax system and
provide for property tax relief. The Commission developed a plan
to reform the Texas Franchise Tax and reduce school property
taxes, which was passed by the 79th Legislature.
- Member, Taxpayer Advisor Group, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
– Advisory committee appointed by Comptroller Strayhorn to assist
with tax policy matters.
- Director of Tax Policy, Comptroller of Public Accounts
– Directed tax policy development and implementation for the
Comptroller, and served as primary resource on tax policy
issues, representing the Comptroller before the Legislature,
taxpayers, and taxpayer organizations.
- Manager, Tax Policy Division, Comptroller of Public Accounts
– Assigned and managed teams responsible for analyzing and
interpreting the impact of proposed and adopted tax legislation.
– Member of Comptroller’s Tax Policy Committee.
- Assistant Manager, Revenue Estimating Division, Comptroller of Public Accounts
– Managed a team responsible for revenue projections based on
current law and proposed legislation.
– Agency Coordinator for fiscal notes, a formal procedure for
analyzing and reporting to the Legislature the fiscal impact of
proposed legislation.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Barton lectures on various tax topics for Ryan clients. Additionally, he has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
- Lorman Education Services
- PESI Education Services
- Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Texas Taxpayers and Research Association
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Texas Taxpayers and Research Association
– Past Chairman of State Tax Committee
EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION
- Bachelor of Science Degree, Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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