Grace Huff is a Principal with Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP. Grace utilizes her background in flow-through entities and extensive experience in research and multi-state issues to manage the tax compliance and perform special projects for private equity funds, service companies, and manufacturers. Grace began her career in public accounting with Grant Thornton in California as an auditor focusing on manufacturing and governmental audits. Ms. Huff left Grant Thornton for a local Denver firm where she continued her practice in tax, focusing on s-corporations and partnerships. Grace relocated to Buffalo in 2000, joining a national accounting firm as a Tax Senior Manager, specializing in income tax planning and compliance for locally-owned businesses. Clients included manufacturers, healthcare, and service providers.
Specializes in tax planning for small and medium-sized businesses and their owners. Business structuring, on-going tax planning and exit strategy planning.
Experienced with pass-through entities and the tax effects on their owners.
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Grace is a member of the AICPA, the American Society of Women Accountants (Membership Committee Chair), President of the Advisory Board for the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, and a member of the Gateway-Longview Children’s Homes Foundation Advisory Board. Grace’s past affiliations include Treasurer, A Coalition for Women Appointments, Treasurer, Amherst Senior Foundation, member, Business and Professional Women (Denver, CO and Clarence, NY), member, SALT Committee for the Colorado State Society of CPA’s, member, Colorado Women’s Leadership Coalition, SALT Committee member of the Leading Edge Advisors.
Grace holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the California State University at Sacramento, and Master’s degree in Taxation from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.