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Terry W. Vincent Partner
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- Biography
Mr. Vincent serves as Chair of Brouse McDowell’s Tax Practice Group. A tax attorney with over 30 years of experience, he represents clients on a variety of IRS examinations, appeals, collection and criminal matters. Terry also represents public bodies and non-profit entities on tax and business issues affecting formation, operations, bidding procedures and Sunshine Laws.
Terry has served the Central Collection Agency ("CCA") as Special Prosecutor initiating criminal proceedings in communities throughout the State of Ohio to enforce and support their municipal income tax ordinances. He currently serves as Commissioner for the City of Lakewood Civil Service Commission.
Prior to joining Brouse McDowell, Terry worked as senior attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel in the Tax Litigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. and as a senior attorney in the Office of District Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service in Cleveland, Ohio. He also taught Accounting at The University of Akron and Tax practice and Procedure at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Terry was recognized in Ohio’s SuperLawyers® for numerous years, as voted by his peers. - Professional & Civic Activities
- City of Lakewood, Civil Service Commission, Commissioner
- American Bar Association, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Ohio State Bar Association, Taxation Section, Federal Taxation Subcommittee, Member
- Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, Board Member, 2005-2013, Chairman of Board, 2009-2011
- Lakewood Rocky River Rotary Sunrise Club, President, 2012, 2013
- Case Western Reserve University Estate Planning Advisory Council, Member
- William K. Thomas Inn of Court, Barrister
- Harvest for Hunger Allocations Committee, Member
- Lawyer's Guild of Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Former Board Member
- Northeast Ohio Sourcing Office, Former Board Secretary
- Partnership for a Safer Cleveland, Former Trustee
- Case Western Reserve School of Law, LLM Tax Program, Former Adjunct Professor
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, General Tax Committee, Member, Past Chair, 1995, 1996
- Articles & Presentations
- "Congress and the SBA Spread Some Much Needed Holiday Spirit," Co-Author Shelby Ranier, Business Transactions and Corporate Counseling, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (December 21, 2020)
- "October Surprise - Ohio Small Business Relief Funds," Co-Authors Shelby Ranier & Elizabeth Schultz-Horbus, Business Transactions and Corporate Counseling, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (October 28, 2020)
- “PPP: Understanding the New, Flexible Guidelines,” Co-Speaker with Tom Fraser of First Mutual Holding Company, and Will Costello, CPA of Laskey Costello, LLC, LakewoodAlive and the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce Webinar (June 24, 2020)
- “PPP: Making the Most of It,” Co-Speaker with Tom Fraser of First Mutual Holding Company, and Will Costello, CPA of Laskey Costello, LLC, LakewoodAlive and the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce Webinar (May 15, 2020)
- “’Show Me the Money’ - PPP Loan Proceeds and Forgiveness Considerations,” Co-Author Shelby L. Ranier, Business Restructuring and Corporate Counseling, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (April 23, 2020)
- “3 Actions Your Small Business Can Take Immediately and Other Key Updates to the CARES Act,” Co-Author Shelby L. Ranier, Business Transactions and Corporate Counseling, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (March 31, 2020)
- “10 FAQs - SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans,” Co-Authors Louis P. Alexander, and Shelby L. Ranier, Business Restructuring and Corporate Counseling, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (March 24, 2020)
- “$2 Trillion Stimulus Package – "The CARE Act" – To Aid Businesses and Individuals During The Coronavirus Pandemic,” Co-Author with Nicholas P. Capotosto, Tax - Business & Corporate, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (March 27, 2020)
- "’Do you feel lucky?!’ The Top 3 Trends in IRS Tax Audits and Compliance," Co-Author Shelby L. Ranier, Business, Brouse McDowell Blog (March 11, 2020)
- "Reading Financial Statements - The Basics," co-speaker with Shelby L. Ranier, ACC NEO CLE Seminar, Cleveland, Ohio (February 11, 2020)
- “Trust fund taxes: ‘Borrowing' from the government? Or ‘theft' of government funds?” FOCUS, a publication of the Association of Corporate Counsel, Northeast Ohio Chapter (January 1, 2020)
- "Trust fund taxes: ‘Borrowing’ from the government? Or ‘theft’ of government funds?" Smart Business, Akron/Canton (October 1, 2019)
- "Has the County Established a Value for Your Property That is Too High?" Co-Author Thomas A. Gattozzi; Real Estate/Tax, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (March 20, 2019)
- Mr. Vincent has given numerous presentations on various tax, nonprofit law and business topics.
- Brouse McDowell Business Minutes - Pitfalls of Treating the Government as Lender (September 21, 2015)
- Distinctions
- The Best Lawyers in America© through a peer-review survey as listed in the Tax Law section — 2023
- 2016 Outstanding Tax Professional — April 2016
