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Jim Crandall
Jim Crandall
Principal
313.230.0104

PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current
  • Principal, Ryan, Detroit office
    – Specializes in providing tax and business solutions in the areas
       of property tax, asset inventories, and software.
    – Practice focus includes specialization in upper Midwest states.
      – 22 years experience in property tax appraisal and consulting
         representing complex industrial manufacturing, commercial
         retail, healthcare, and multi-tenant residential housing clients
      – 14 years experience representing large retail
         development clients
      – Concentration in the automotive manufacturing sector for
         ten years

    Previous
    • Senior Manager, State and Local Tax Practice, national
      accounting firm
    • Manager, State and Local Tax Practice, national accounting firm
    • Senior Appraiser, Local Government Services, regional
      appraisal firm

    PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
    Previous
    • Commercial and Industrial Appraiser, Detroit metropolitan area
    • Personal Property Examiner, Detroit metropolitan area
    • Chairman, Capital Acquisitions Committee, Southeast Massachusetts
    • Member, Finance Committee, Southeast Massachusetts

    PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
    Mr. Crandall lectures on various property tax topics for Ryan clients and seminars sponsored by national professional associations and has participated as a guest lecturer in the area of property taxation as part of the MBA State and Local Tax programs for two Michigan universities.

    PUBLICATIONS
    • Editor, Michigan Chapter of the ABA Property Tax Deskbook

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
    • Institute for Professionals in Taxation

    EDUCATION/ACCREDITION
    • Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Western Washington

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