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Donnie Castleman: Tax Professional,
Enrolled Agent, CPA Candidate
CREDENTIALS
I started studying tax law in
back in 1986, simply to be able to file my own
taxes as a self employed musician. After getting a Bachelor's degree in
Audio Engineering/Music Business from Middle Tennessee State University in 1990, I continued playing bass professionally, and as a
personal favor, doing tax returns for musician friends. It was at this
time that I decided to go back to college and get the additional
accounting hours for a second major in accounting and to qualify to sit
for the CPA exam. In 1994, I officially
opened up for business, starting small with 40 clients and growing from
there, with most recent client numbers over 400. My time is split up
between regular tax clients and those that are getting caught up on past
year returns as well as IRS Representation. I successfully passed all
four parts of
the CPA exam, followed by passing the Enrolled Agent exam in 2005, passing all 4 parts the
first time, and becoming an Enrolled Agent in January 2006. I also became a
California Registered Tax Preparer in 2010. In terms of media coverage, I've had tax articles printed in
musical trade papers, and have appeared as a tax specialist on a nationwide
radio talk show.
MY TAX
CLIENTS
My nationwide clientele includes live and studio musicians, producers,
stagehands, guitar techs, keyboard techs, bass techs, singers,
dancers, personal assistants, actors, models, booking agents, symphony members, lighting technicians, pyrotechnicians, sound engineers, studio engineers,
songwriters, song pluggers, mastering engineers,
bus drivers, graphic artists, hairstylists, limo drivers, and
photographers. And, my clients work for nationwide touring shows, Las
Vegas shows, and acts such as Rush, The Charlie Daniels Band, Lynyrd
Skynyrd, Josh Turner, Cirque du Soleil, Terry Fator, Dora Live, Disney
on Ice, Carnival Cruise Lines, Doug Stone, Collin Raye, Danny Gokey,
Madonna, George Thorogood, Diego Live, Donny & Marie, Phantom of the
Opera, Chris Isaak, Jersey Boys, Boz Skaggs, Steely Dan, Hank Williams
Jr, Ringo Starr, Jeff Bates, Lacy J Dalton, Lee Greenwood, Alice Cooper,
Mark Wills, Marty Stuart, Michael Grimm, Gordy Brown, Sheena Easton, Tom Jones,
and numerous other showroom and touring acts.
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