Julie West
Shareholder, Tax Practice
Office: Palo Alto
Email: jwest@bpmcpa.com
Eight years of public accounting experience with a specialization in corporate tax services for life science, medical device, software, communications, and manufacturing companies. Julie began her career at Deloitte & Touche and understands the complex business needs of pre-revenue startup companies to consolidated publicly-traded companies. She has extensive experience with tax provisions, FIN 48 analysis, Section 382 studies to determine limitations on tax attributes, and stock compensation. She has advised companies involved in a wide arena of transactions, including mergers, asset and stock acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, and succession planning. She consults and reviews a variety of tax returns with multi-state and international filings and analyzes sales tax filing requirements. Julie is a co-leader of BPM’s corporate tax group and is passionate about building and mentoring her team of outstanding professionals.
Professional Affiliations
Member - Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Finance Committee
Member - Financial Executives Institute
Member - Palo Alto Networking Group
Education
BS/ Business Administration- Summa cum Laude- Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Certified Public Accountant
Interesting Tidbit
Julie ran her first full marathon in 2007 and enjoys running and snowboarding in her spare time.
