 Our team’s in-depth experience and relationships makes utilizing the tax incentives a simple and reliable process in every jurisdiction. We want to ensure that the tax syndication and lending procedures are a streamlined process so our clients can focus on their goal of increasing profitability. We value our clients’ business and strive to create on-going relationships by providing flexibility and efficiencies in areas where financial institutions are unable to do so.
Scot. E. Butcher
Principal
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Scot has over 24 years of experience in State and Local Tax, Business Incentives Advisory and Tax Credit Syndication.
Scot is a co-founder and principal of Tax Incentive Finance, LLC, located in Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts and Tax
Incentives Consultants, LLC located in Providence, Rhode Island, Boston, Massachusetts and Charlotte, North Carolina. Scot consults with
companies nationally securing federal, state and local economic development incentives and syndicates tax incentives nationally focusing
on structuring complex transactions for tax-advantaged projects in the real estate industry, film industry and renewable energy sectors as
well as syndicating all related state tax incentives. Scot works closely with companies that are expanding and relocating to negotiate and
secure business and tax incentives and works with developers/producers early in the development process to help maximize tax credit
benefits, identify potential tax credit issues and provide early syndication services to secure early sources of capital.
Through his career, Scot has secured in excess of $700 MM in Federal, State and Local incentive for his clients and has syndicated over $200MM in state and
federal tax credits. Scot worked closely with the Massachusetts Legislature developing the Massachusetts Life Science Tax Incentive
Program and Housing Development Incentive and works closely with State government and the development community on the benefits
of tax programs, potential revisions to the program and revision impacts.
Prior to founding Tax Incentives Consultants and Tax Incentive Finance, Scot worked for more than 14 years at leading international public accounting
and financial consulting firms where he built tax credit, business incentives and site selection practices while serving as a tax partner and managing
director and was recognized as one of the nation’s leading business incentives, tax credit financing and public finance professionals. Before beginning
his career in tax credit syndication, business incentives advisory and site selection consulting, Scot managed the Massachusetts State Revolving
Loan Fund, financing more than $1 billion in infrastructure projects.
Anthony Gudas, CPA
Principal
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Anthony has over 21 years of experience in State and Local Tax, Business Incentives, Advisory, Tax Credit Syndications and Real Estate Development.
Anthony Gudas is a CPA and a co-founder and principal of Tax Incentive Finance, LLC and Sakonnet Capital Partners, located in Providence, Rhode Island. Anthony is well known for being an industry leader in the financing and brokering of motion picture production tax incentives both nationally and internationally. Since 2005 Anthony has been involved with the financing of more than 80 films with budgets ranging from $500,000 to more than $60,000,000.
In addition to being one of the top business incentives and public finance professionals in the New England area Anthony is extensively involved
in Federal and State historic tax credits, State motion picture production tax credits, Brownfields credits, state tax planning, incentives negotiations,
public finance and site relocation and expansion consulting. Since 2002 Anthony has directly been involved with the syndication of more than
$700MM of federal and state credits.
Prior to founding Tax Credit Finance, Tax Incentive Capital and Sakonnet Capital Partners, Anthony worked for more than 10 years practicing
public accounting and consulting on various state tax matters for both small public firms and large national Big Five firms. Anthony also spent
time working as an auditor for the Rhode Island Department of Revenue, and as a State Tax Manager for Textron Financial Corporation.
Lee Higgins
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Lee has more than 12 years of experience as a negotiated and statutory tax incentive professional. He is very effective in regards to managing projects around the often sensitive political environment surrounding incentive negotiations.
Lee is a dynamic negotiator who has successfully secured tax abatements, PILOT agreements, sales tax sharing agreements, employee training grants, job creation grants, sales & use tax refunds and other economic incentives that have a positive and direct impact upon the client’s bottom line. Being a highly articulate and effective communicator with solid platform and presentation skills, Lee is consistently asked to deliver client’s agenda and project summation to community and political leaders.
Lee joined Tax Incentive Finance, LLC after merging Business Economic Incentives, LLC, which Lee was Founder and President, with Site Selection Group, LLC a leading location advisory firm based in Dallas, TX. Lee’s background in incentives has spanned many industries and represents a broad base of clients.
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