Joseph P. Sebik CPA

Director, Tax Reporting
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Joseph Sebik is CPA registered in New York and is a Director of Tax Reporting at Siemens Corporation where he is responsible for specialized tax reporting for tax-oriented leasing and financial structures. He has over 30 years of lease accounting, tax, financial reporting and financial structuring experience with Price Waterhouse, IBM Credit Corporation, Citicorp Global Equipment Finance, and JPMorgan Capital. Mr. Sebik has co-authored several Accounting Policy and Practice Portfolios, including BNA Tax and Accounting Portfolio 5114, Accounting for Leases: Fundamental Principles; 5117, Leases: Lessee Perspective; 5118, Leases: Lessee Perspective—Selected Topics; 5120, Leases: Lessor Perspective – Economics; 5128, Leases: Lessors – Classification,  5129, Leases: Lessor Perspective – Recording the Lease, and 5174, VIE Consolidation Model: Identifying Variable Interests and Entities Considered VIEs

Mr. Sebik is also a recurring speaker at Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA) Accounting and Tax Conferences and has authored numerous articles on leasing and structured financing transactions. Mr. Sebik is the Chairman of the ELFA’s Federal Tax Committee and has served on the ELFA’s Accounting Committee for over 15 years.

Education:
B.A., Accounting, Queens College of the City University of New York (1977) with Graduate credits towards MBA, Tax/Controllership, St. Johns University

Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Portfolios:
5120 T.M., Leases: Lessor Perspective - Economics
5128 T.M., Leases: Lessors - Classification
5129 T.M., Leases: Lessor Perspective - Recording the Lease
5114 T.M., Accounting for Leases: Fundamental Principles
5117 T.M., Leases: Lessee Perspective
5174 T.M., VIE Consolidation Model: Identifying Variable Interests and Entities Considered VIEs 
5175 T.M., VIE Consolidation Model: Identifying Primary Beneficiary; Reporting and Disclosure Rules
5125 T.M., The New Leasing Standard — Analysis and Application I
5126 T.M., The New Leasing Standard — Analysis and Application II
5118 T.M., Leases: Lessee Perspective — Selected Topics