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Biography

Vanessa has worked with R&D tax credit clients since 2010. She has extensive experience providing services to clients in a wide range of industries, including aerospace and defense, manufacturing, technology and software development, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology. Vanessa has significant experience helping companies identify, document, and support claims related to R&D tax credits, as well as helping qualified small businesses with the R&D tax credit to offset employer payroll taxes. Vanessa primarily works with clients in the Washington and California regions. She joined Moss Adams following several years at a Big Four accounting firm.

Professional Affiliations

  • Enrolled agent, Internal Revenue Service
  • Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Education

  • BS, accounting, Santa Clara University

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