Dean M. Fischbeck is a Senior Vice President with Bank of America and is its Federal Tax Audit and Controversy Executive. He has been with the company for over 25 years. During this time he has been in charge of tax audit management for Security Pacific (Los Angeles), BankAmerica (San Francisco), and NationsBank/Bank of America (Charlotte). He has also managed the final tax audits of numerous other acquired banks and corporations, including Continental Bank, Boatmen’s Bank, Barnett Banks, FleetBoston, MBNA, LaSalle, Countrywide, and Merrill Lynch. He has dealt with the full spectrum of domestic and international banking issues at the examination, appeals, litigation, and technical advice stages. In 2002 he was instrumental in helping Bank of America and the IRS conclude the largest single settlement of tax years and issues ever up to that time: 7 major predecessor consolidated groups, 58 tax years, over 3000 exam issues, and over $3 billion of tax in dispute. Before Bank of America he worked in the Los Angeles Tax Department of Arthur Andersen & Co. for 10 years. Mr. Fischbeck is a CPA, has a J.D. from the University of California, Davis, and a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College. He is a member of the Tax Executives Institute and the AICPA and has been a frequent panel participant at BTI in recent years.