Faith A. Morrison, CPA – Tax Department Manager

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1475 Third Avenue
New Brighton, PA 15066
Tel: 724.843.0165, x122
Fax: 724.843.6577

Email: fmorrison@cottrillarbutina.com
Web: www.cottrillarbutina.com

Faith Morrison is a certified public accountant and Tax Department Manager with the New Brighton office of Cottrill Arbutina Professional Services.

In this role, Mrs. Morrison performs tax planning and preparation as well as auditing services for businesses, not-for-profit organizations and credit unions. She works with clients throughout the year to monitor cash flow, interpret actual financial performance and proactively reduce their anticipated tax liabilities.

Depending on a client’s tax situation, she has helped them reduce their tax burden through such techniques as strategic capital expenditures and upward compensation adjustments for owners and officers. For one fast-growing client, which had doubled its profit from the prior year, Mrs. Morrison made recommendations that resulted in a substantial savings for the business.

In another example, she helped a non-profit agency branch out with a fundraising establishment, based on her knowledge of the IRS’s regulations of “unrelated business income.”

Mrs. Morrison works closely with the firm’s specialists who train small businesses, consumers and accounting professionals in QuickBooks software to provide accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll solutions. More accurate recordkeeping provides useful information on a faster basis, and cuts tax preparation time.

Her audit experience with non-profit organizations and credit unions is based on her expertise in knowing the documentation and guidelines of the tax law and helping clients fulfill these requirements.

Prior to joining Cottrill, Arbutina, Mrs. Morrison worked for Thompson, Dugan, P.C. as a tax accountant. She has over 14 years experience in the following banking fields: credit analyst, commercial and consumer lending, safe deposit, marketing and ATM services.

Mrs. Morrison received her CPA certification in 2003. She serves on the accounting advisory committee of Community College of Beaver County, where she teaches managerial accounting. She also is past treasurer of the Rotary Club of Beaver. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society in Business, Management and Administration. She graduated magna cum laude from Robert Morris University in 2002 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration in accounting.

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