Chattanooga Chapter December Meeting

JOHN D. HOUSTON, CPA is founder and principal of John D. Houston CPA, a local Chattanooga CPA firm. His more than 45 years of public accounting experience in the Chattanooga area includes 12+ years with two national accounting firms.

Mr. Houston's tax consulting and CPA services firm provides tax compliance and consulting services for privately held companies, business executives and professionals, investors, self-employed individuals, and estates and trusts. His specialized areas of tax expertise include tax estate and trust planning, consulting on asset sales and acquisitions, choice of business entity, and client representation before the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Mr. Houston is a frequent speaker on Federal income taxation with emphasis on recent tax legislation and current developments. He has held various offices with the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants including the TSCPA and Chattanooga local chapter board of directors and the TSCPA Federal Taxation Committee. He has previously served on the board of directors of the SE Tennessee American Red Cross and is a past president and current director of The Estate Planning Council of Chattanooga. Mr. Houston is a 1977 highest honors graduate of the University of Tennessee's College of Business Administration where he majored in accounting and management science.