Dana Lance

Executive summary

Dana Lance is the National Tax Leader of Solutions & Growth at Grant Thornton Advisors LLC. Dana is based in San Jose, California.  

Dana has in-depth experience in providing a wide range of tax advisory services to businesses operating in a number of industries, but focuses primarily on technology, media and entertainment.  Dana’s practice concentrations include:  state tax minimization services including assisting taxpayers with the development and design of effective state tax planning; state due diligence reviews and M%26A transaction analysis and consulting; nexus reviews; voluntary disclosure agreement negotiations to minimize state tax exposures; accounting for income taxes and uncertain tax positions for both federal and state taxes; and compliance outsourcing and reviews.  

Professional qualifications and memberships

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA)
• FICPA State Tax Committee
   

Presentations and publications

• Dana is a frequent presenter at various industry and professional conferences.  Recent presentations include:  Multistate Tax Update (2014) FICPA Annual Road Show, Fort Lauderdale, FL; State Taxation of Partnerships and Pass Through Entities (2015) FICPA MEGA Conference, Orlando, FL; State Tax Update (2013 & 2014) Grant Thornton’s Annual Alumni & Friends Event, South Florida; Quarterly ASC 740 Update (Q3, 2015) External Grant Thornton Webcast.
   

Education

• Master of Taxation degree, Florida Atlantic University
• BS in Accounting, Barry University