NEW YORK and NASHVILLE, Tenn. – FORVIS has hired two new managing directors to bolster its State & Local Tax (SALT) practice in two key markets. Karin Ecroyd has joined the firm in New York City, New York, and Scott Smith has joined in Nashville, Tennessee.
“We are pleased to welcome Karin and Scott to our growing SALT team as the firm’s Tax Specialty practice continues to build on our momentum nationally,” said Jim Regnier, managing partner for Tax Specialty. “Together, they add nearly seven decades of varied and valuable experience to our practice, helping us deepen our commitment to delivering an Unmatched Client Experience.”
Karin Ecroyd has 34 years of experience, with deep technical knowledge and broad multistate tax experience advising large multinational corporations, pass-through entities, and closely held businesses in a wide variety of industries. Ecroyd has split her career between in-house roles and public accounting at local and international firms. She has a wide range of SALT experience including income and franchise, sales and use, provisions, compliance, M&A and transactions work, and audits. She has worked in a variety of industries and has a proven ability to pivot quickly for clients when needed.
Ecroyd is a licensed CPA in New York and Colorado. She is a former member of the Tax Executives Institute’s New York Chapter, where she chaired the State and Local Tax Committee and was a member of the Council on State Taxation and participated in the Legislative Committee. She is a frequent lecturer, facilitator, and published author. Ecroyd earned an M.S. degree in taxation from S.U.N.Y. Albany in New York.
Scott Smith also has 34 years of experience at regional and international professional services firms, including nearly a decade in a national technical practice leader role immediately prior to joining FORVIS. He provided technical leadership on multistate tax issues and focused on developing new service offerings, thought leadership, training, quality control, and risk management. Smith has worked with clients in a variety of industries. His focus is primarily on state corporate income and franchise taxes, but he also has experience with state personal income taxes, sales and indirect taxes, and gross receipts taxes. He started his career at the Multistate Tax Commission in Washington, D.C., regularly speaks on SALT topics and issues of interest to the business community, and has authored articles in leading state tax journals and publications.
Smith is a member of the Tennessee Bar, Washington, D.C. Bar, and Ohio Bar, and is authorized to present in front of the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Tax Court. He received his L.L.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and J.D. degree from The University of Toledo College of Law.
