Thomas E. Spivey

The staff of Thomas E. Spivey, CPA, PA consists of 5 professionals, 1 part-time, and 1 executive assistant who have 55 plus years of combined accounting and tax experience. Thomas E. Spivey, CPA graduated from North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina in May 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting. He began his career in a Fortune 500 Company in accounting in 1976 where he worked for 13 years in general accounting, accounts payable, payroll, and manufacturing and lab development planning. His job titles included travel expense accountant, financial planner for both lab development and manufacturing financial planning, manager of accounts payable, payroll, and cost accounting, cash forecast planner, and business planner for consolidation of multiple site locations. His public accounting experience began in 1977 working part-time preparing income tax returns. In 1989, he started his own CPA practice in Durham as a full service firm offering audits for business and nonprofit organizations, compilation and write-up of financial statement, tax planning and tax return preparation, profit planning, developing internal controls and accounting systems, budgets and forecasts, overhead and indirect cost allocations, and assistance with loan packages. Tom's diverse experience in corporate and public accounting has proven to be an edge in providing services to many clients over the last 25 plus years. Wayland T. Brown, Senior Accountant/Lead Auditor graduated from North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina in May 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting. Wayland began his public accounting career in 1993 and during the past 8 years has been responsible for compilation and write-up of financial statements, tax return preparation including corporate, partnership, fiduciary, and individual taxation, and financial audits for non profit organizations including Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recipients, audits of school districts and local governmental entities. Ranjana Batra, CPA, Senior Account graduated from Osmania University, India in 1985 with a Master of Commerce degree, with a major in Accounting. Ranjana began her accounting career in 1990 in India in the leasing industry, then moved into the securities industry. During this time she was responsible for general ledger accounting and preparing financial statements. Prior to coming to the US, Ranjana was director in a stock broking firm and was responsible for financial planning and management. As a staff accountant in public accounting her responsibilities include compilation and write-up of financial statements, audits of nonprofit organizations, and preparing tax returns for individuals, corporations, fiduciaries, nonprofit organizations, and partnerships. Manasa L. Cooper, Staff Accountant graduated from UNC-Wilmington in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. She began her accounting career in 1990 as a finance officer for a municipality. Manasa has worked in all areas of accounting, from bookkeeping to financial statement preparation and cash management. She has experience in multi-unit businesses and in various industries such as retail(convenience stores), health care(dental management corporation) and management consulting. As a staff accountant in public accounting her responsibilities include compilation and write-up of financial statements, audits of nonprofit organizations, and preparing tax returns for individuals, corporations, fiduciaries, and nonprofit organizations. Korea S. Stephenson, Staff Accountant graduated from North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC in May 2002 with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in accounting. She also graduated from Durham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina in August 1989 with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Administration. As a staff accountant, her responsibilities include compilation and write-up of financial statements, audits of nonprofits, preparation of individual income tax returns, client payroll processing with governmental reporting, and sales tax return preparation. Sharon O. Harris, Executive Assistant has a Certificate of Management from the University of Maryland. Sharon brings to the firm a broad background ranging from retail ownership/management to accounting. Sharon provides administrative support to Mr. Spivey and the staff including data entry, typing, answering phones and directing calls, preparing correspondence, filing and a myriad of activities.