Taryn is a Manager in the Brown Smith Wallace Insurance Advisory Services practice and serves our clients’ tax and audit needs. Taryn has been with Brown Smith Wallace for six years and works closely with clients in the heavily regulated insurance industry.
As a Manager, Taryn is in charge of many of the Insurance Advisory Services tax engagements. She reviews federal income tax provisions—including deferred tax calculations on both U.S. GAAP and Statutory bases of accounting—and reviews federal and state income tax returns. Taryn assists with various tax planning and research projects. Taryn has worked with a number of regulated entities, performing audits under U.S. GAAP and Statutory bases of accounting for life and property and casualty insurance carriers and captive insurance companies.
Prior to joining Brown Smith Wallace, she worked at a firm in Illinois where she prepared and reviewed tax returns and assisted with financial statement audits.
Taryn is a licensed CPA with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Master of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MOCPA), and the Insurance Accounting and Systems Association (IASA). Taryn also enjoys serving on the Brown Smith Wallace Saint Louis University campus recruiting team.