11/29/2006 - Mary K. Thomas Joins Weaver and Tidwell as Director of International Services
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Weaver and Tidwell LLP announces that Mary K. Thomas, CPA, has joined the firm as director of international services. With offices in Dallas and Fort Worth, Weaver and Tidwell is ranked by Practical Accountant magazine as the Southwest’s largest regional independent accounting firm.
“Mary is a talented professional and a skilled leader,” said W.M. “Mack” Lawhon, Weaver and Tidwell’s managing partner. “We are delighted to have her on board as Director of International Services.”
Weaver and Tidwell assists companies that seek to grow internationally by providing sound international tax planning that is fully integrated with a “go global” strategy. The firm offers a broad range of global tax minimization and revenue enhancement services – such as global restructuring and refinancing strategies, cross-border transactional planning and management, and transfer pricing compliance, documentation and planning – as well as a spectrum of international services that includes planning techniques for structuring cross-border acquisitions, repatriation strategy for foreign earnings, and global tax planning for intangible property among many others.
Thomas has over 25 years of experience. She joins Weaver and Tidwell from Kinetic Concepts, Inc., where she served in positions including transfer pricing manager and director of international tax. She previously held senior positions with Ernst & Young LLP and the Internal Revenue Service. She earned both a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in taxation from University of Texas at San Antonio, as well as a law degree from Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C.
She has served as a graduate adjunct professor at University of Texas at San Antonio and as the lead instructor for San Antonio’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. Thomas has also published articles in the Journal of Taxation and Tax Management Inc.
Weaver and Tidwell has been designated a “Best Place to Work” in Dallas-Fort Worth by the Dallas Business Journal, and received a 2006 Momentum Award by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce for firm growth.
Founded in 1950, Weaver and Tidwell currently includes 206 accountants and 230 employees. The firm represents a broad range of clients including large national and international corporations, publicly and privately held businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government entities.
In addition to the firm’s audit, accounting and tax services, its accountants and consultants practice in the areas of international services; risk advisory services; state and local tax; business valuation; estate planning/wealth transfer; information technology; forensic accounting; and property tax. It also performs peer reviews for other accounting firms.
To meet the growing needs of its clients in the areas of employee benefits and financial planning, the firm has two affiliate firms: Retirement Plan Concepts, and Weaver and Tidwell Financial Advisors, Ltd.