Associated Sales Tax Consultants, Inc. was founded in 1980 by Joseph F. Micallef, a former field audit supervisor for the California State Board of Equalization. After years of witnessing the unequal struggles between business people and the State Board’s “audit machine,” Joseph decided to help equalize matters by offering his specialized sales and use tax knowledge to taxpayers.

Since then, ASTC has represented thousands of taxpayers before multiple state taxing agencies. Our professional tax consulting firm is dedicated to providing innovative, in-depth solutions to sales and use tax issues. Working as a team with you and your staff, our highly skilled consultants tailor every engagement to fit the unique requirements of each situation. We have provided our services to clients ranging from sole proprietors to multi-national corporations and have represented virtually every type of business subject to sales and use taxes. Our mission for all our clients is to provide the highest level of professional service available in our specialized field of expertise.

On January 1, 2007, ASTC expanded into two entities operating together under a strategic alliance, allowing us to provide our clients superior specialized services. McClellan Davis, LLC provides multi-state sales and use tax audit defense, refund, and compliance services under the Associated Sales Tax Consultants business name. The original corporation, Associated Sales Tax Consultants, Inc., now operates the Transaction Analysis Program, which helps enable prospective buyers and/or seller’s of aircraft, vessels, and recreational vehicles to avoid or minimize California sales and use tax.

Allow our shield to protect your company! ASTC’s audit, refund, and compliance division offers sales and use tax audit defense, reverse audits, and consulting services to companies operating in every applicable state. Our consultants will travel to your location, work from our offices, or do both, depending on which approach will provide optimal solutions to your sales tax problems. All of our audit, refund and compliance consultants are former sales and use tax auditors, audit supervisors, and/or audit reviewers.

Dan Davis, MBA (Taxation), CPA, CFE, FCPA, has practiced in the tax field for over 35 years. His career started with the California State Board of Equalization, where he worked as a senior sales tax auditor, branch office supervisor, and district audit reviewer.

After leaving the Board, Dan spent 11 years as the managing partner of his own CPA firm. He then sold the firm to become a full-time sales and use tax manager/consultant, working in that capacity for Fujitsu America Inc., Arthur Consulting Group, Inc., and Associated Sales Tax Consultants, Inc. During that 15-year period he accumulated extensive “hands-on” experience in dealing with both California and multi-state sales and use tax issues.

In addition to about 20 articles, Dan has written two major reference books on sales and use tax matters. The books, which are published by CCH, Inc. and updated annually, are the Multistate Guide to Sales and Use Tax Audits and the Multistate Guide to Sales and Use Taxation: Construction Industry. Dan also has taught and lectured on a variety of tax and auditing topics at graduate and postgraduate levels.