Leadership Team

Mark Weiss
Mark Weiss
Principal
512.476.0022

PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current

  • Principal, Ryan, Austin office
    – Represents clients at the administrative hearings level. Current
       practice includes franchise tax, fuels tax, gross receipts tax,
       transaction tax, and unclaimed property.
  • Practice Leader, Controversies and Appeals, Ryan

Previous

  • Director, Controversies and Appeals, Ryan, Austin office

PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous

  • Senior Administrative Law Judge, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
    – Led Renaissance Review of the administrative hearings
       process.
    – Drafted legislation and testified as a resource witness for the
       Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
    – Drafted legislation for the Texas Performance Review.
  • Director, Hearings and Research, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • Director, Legal Services Division, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • Supervising Attorney, Legal Services Division, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • Staff Attorney, Legislative Budget Board, 65th Legislative Session, Texas Legislature
  • Briefing Attorney, Honorable Carl E.F. Dally, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Mr. Weiss is a frequent speaker on various tax topics and has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
  • Comptroller’s State Bar Liaison Committee
  • Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Annual Symposium
  • Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • Utility Excise Tax Association of Texas

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Austin Bar Association
  • Institute for Professionals in Taxation
  • State Bar of Texas
    – Taxation Section
    – Administrative Law Section

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

  • Juris Doctor Degree, The University of Texas at Austin, School
    of Law,
    – Licensed in Texas,
       (Ryan is not a law firm.)
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree, Philosophy, Antioch College
British Columbia Introduces Legislation to Return to PST
On May 14, 2012, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon introduced Bill 54, The Provincial Sales Tax Act, to return British Columbia to Provincial Sales Tax (PST),... >More

Manitoba Information Bulletin No. 061, “Insurance”
As announced in the provincial budget, certain contracts of insurance will be subject to the 7% Manitoba Retail Sales Tax (“RST”), effective July 1, 2012. ... >More


Ryan Announces Approval of United States Patent for Innovative Method and System for Extracting Information from Electronic Data Sources.
Ryan, a leading global tax services firm with the largest indirect tax practice in North America, today announced that the Firm’s application for a U.S.... >More

Travis County District Judge John Dietz Reverses His Prior Ruling That “Below-Ground” Equipment Used in Processing of Oil and Gas Qualifies for Texas Manufacturing Exemption.
Ryan, a leading global tax services firm with the largest indirect tax practice in North America, today announced that a dispute between Southwest Royalties, Inc.... >More
©1999-2012 Ryan, LLC. All rights reserved.
Facebook   Twitter   YouTube   LinkedIn   RSS