Joshua J. Gifford, CPA/ABV, CFE
Manager
Business Valuation & Fraud Investigations
Tax Services
Background
Joshua Gifford is a Manager with Rocky Mountain Advisory, LLC, a Marshall & Stevens company. He works primarily in business valuation, fraud investigations, and tax services.
Mr. Gifford has over eight years of experience in tax and over five years of experience in performing business valuations, fraud investigations, investigative accounting, lost profits and economic damages analyses, and bankruptcy case work.
Mr. Gifford is an expert in preparing tax returns for various entities, and handling tax-related issues for businesses and individuals in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
He also has experience in preparing business valuations for companies in a wide range of industries. Mr. Gifford has performed fair market value valuations for estate tax, gift tax, potential transactions, marital estate dissolutions, oppressed shareholder, and other disputes in litigation settings.
Mr. Gifford’s experience in cases of fraud includes investigations of Ponzi schemes, investigations of suspected embezzlement, and discovery of indicia of alter ego and two separate corporations operating as one. He has prepared and rebutted calculations of lost profits and economic damages in various business disputes.
Professional Highlights
- Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member, Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants
- Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Rocky Mountain Advisory, LLC
Manager, 2018-present - Tanner, LLC
Tax Senior, 2016-2018 - University of Utah
Accounting Specialist, 2011-2015