Firm Profile

Terry L. Jones, CPA: Ms. Jones has over 40 years of tax and consulting experience working with individuals and businesses, including expatriates and foreign nationals. She began her career with KPMG (then Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.) with assignments in Houston, Paris, and Caracas where she prepared American expatriate and French tax returns. She managed her own CPA firm in Houston for ten years, and launched the Price Waterhouse International Assignment Services practice in the Washington, DC area. She has traveled extensively presenting tax planning seminars for Americans living overseas. Terry is a Certified Public Accountant, holds her BA and Masters of Accounting degrees from Rice University, and is an active writer and speaker on tax planning, international tax and financial issues. In addition, she is a licensed life and health insurance agent.

Kulbhushan Sharma, CPA, EA: Kulbhushan is a Certified Public Accountant and an Enrolled Agent. He is a Tax Manager in our practice, having been with the firm since January 2014. He works primarily on individual and small business tax returns. His main focus is on expatriate taxation including extensive experience in helping individuals come into compliance with foreign bank account reporting, including the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program and the Streamlined Filing Procedures. He is proficient in the Indian languages of Hindi and Punjabi. He graduated from Delhi University, India, in 1980 with a Master’s Degree in Commerce. He was an Indian Diplomat for twenty six years before coming to the USA in 2008. He started a new career in tax accounting and became an Enrolled Agent in 2010. He then pursued continuing education in accounting from Northern Virginia Community College and passed the CPA exam in 2013.

Pranay Vashisht: Ms. Vashisht is a tax accountant who joined Terry L. Jones’ CPA firm in 2014. She has been in the accounting field since 1999 and has experience in preparing complex tax and accounting analyses. Pranay completed her Master’s in Accounting from Strayer University and is currently studying for the CPA exam. Pranay obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Education and in Business Administration. Pranay has worked as a high school teacher for Mathematics and Accounting courses. She is a member of the Alpha Chi Honors society. In her spare time, Pranay loves to read and play Badminton. She strives to acquire new knowledge and develop additional capabilities, and welcomes taking on challenges.