The Tax Department in AFM handles foreign, federal, state and local tax planning and compliance issues. Since UT Austin is a large complex organization, the Tax Department was conceived to centralize tax planning and compliance with a goal to improve its compliance posture by placing certain tax specialists in a single department. With the recent appointment of Kyle ZumBerge as director of the Tax Department, the department is being reformed and adding new team members.
In February the department added Cynthia Roberts and Lori Monson as non-resident alien and independent contractor experts. Effective May 1, the department will add Kara Stoner, Juan Polio and Maribel Laredo, all formerly of Payroll Services. This change will allow for the transition of the payroll tax compliance piece to the Tax Department. Over the coming months the Tax Department will be reaching out to educate stakeholders on these changes and what will be done moving forward.