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Former CFO of the Chalone Wine Group (Nasdaq: CHLN) French American Accountancy - Francois Muse, Piper Muse | French American Accountancy

Piper Muse, CPA

With a Master’s degree in Taxation, Piper is a former senior-manager with Ernst & Young. She worked in their Sacramento, and Paris (France) offices. In Paris, she served the function of “US Tax Desk” and helped US companies doing business in France. She joined French American Accountancy in 2004.

Piper's years of experience are put to good use when advising our clients with international tax planning, choice of legal structure in the US and, of course, ensuring proper adherence to the highly complex, 50-state and Federal income tax system here in the US for foreign-held companies.

Piper also coordinates complex tax work for our foreign individual clients, once again navigating tax laws that impact French entrepreneurs on a personal level.

Francois Muse, CPA

A UC Davis graduate, Francois is a former Deloitte manager who worked in their San Francisco, Sacramento and Paris (France) offices. In Paris, Francois helped French companies go public on the NY stock exchange and worked with a variety of US companies operating in France. After a few years as CFO of the Chalone Wine Group (Nasdaq: CHLN), Francois started French American Accountancy in 2001.

Francois offers years of experience performing financial analyses of a broad range of companies, from small start-up enterprises to large publicly-traded and multi-national concerns, with heavy emphasis on assisting French companies with financial projections, due diligence, design & implementation of new accounting systems, internal auditing and valuations. 

Angela Shanks, CPA

Formerly a tax-compliance manager with Ernst & Young’s Sacramento office, Angela joined French American Accountancy in 2004. Angela has years of experience working with our French clientele, both corporate and individuals.

Over the years, Angela has helped a wide range of domestic and international clients in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, professional services, real estate (investment trusts, developers and investors), hospitality (golf courses, ski resorts and hotels), high tech, restaurants and venture capital funds.

Angela also assists our clients when faced with audits of 401k plans, workers' compensation, sales taxes and property taxes.

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