Diane L. Yetter

312-701-1800
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Diane L. Yetter is president of Yetter Consulting Services, Inc., a sales tax consulting firm, and founder of the Sales Tax Institute. Prior to her current position, Diane was a state and local tax manager in the Chicago office of Andersen LLP. Additionally, Diane served as the sales and use tax director for the Quaker Oats Company with the responsibility for all sales and use tax functions for all subsidiaries and locations. Diane also has served as a sales and use tax auditor for the Kansas Department of Revenue.

Since beginning her career in 1985, Diane has provided various sales and use tax services to numerous clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 to small, family-owned companies. These services include system analysis and recommendations of improvements, Vertex and Sabrix implementation assistance, training, audit defense, refund reviews, manuals, transactional planning and general consulting concerning the taxability of issues. Diane specializes in numerous industries including manufacturing, printing and publishing, computer software and electronic commerce, with secondary specialization in retail, service and construction.

Diane has made numerous presentations before industry and tax groups concerning sales and use tax issues including the Council on State Taxation (COST), Chicago Tax Club, Progressive Business Audio Conferences, the Institute of Management and Administration, National Institute for State and Local Taxes, the Institute of Professionals in Taxation, World Research Group, Associated Industries of Missouri, Vertex User Conference, RIA User Conference, National Association for Retail Marketing Services and the Information Technology Association of America. She is a frequent contributor to Sales & Use Tax Alert and serves as a member of its editorial advisory board; has written articles concerning sales and use tax issues; was editor for the 1995-1996 edition of the Information Technology Association of America Software & Services State Tax Report and authored Drop Shipments: Taxation, Compliance and Planning and Multistate Guide to Sales and Use Tax: Manufacturing, both published by CCH. Diane also represents client concerns as a member of the Federation of Tax Administrators Business Processes Task Force. Diane is also a member of the Practitioner Connection with the Council on State Taxation and the Association for Computers and Taxation (ACT).

Diane received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and business administration from the University of Kansas in 1985 and a Master of Science degree in taxation from DePaul University in 1994. She is a CPA and a member of the AICPA, Chicago Tax Club and the Institute of Professionals in Taxation, where she serves as a member of its Uniformity in Administrative Requirements - Sales Tax Committee. She is a Certified Implementation Partner and Certified Trainer with Sabrix as well as a Certified Training Specialist and Certified TDM Specialist for Vertex, Inc. Diane serves as Director, Board of Advisors, University of Kansas School of Business where she is also an adjunct professor, teaching topics on state and local taxation.

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