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Griffin Valuation Group,
Ltd. is comprised of tax accounting, valuation and
cost engineering experts dedicated to the construction
cost segregation, and the commercial and industrial property tax and valuation fields. We are based just outside of
Chicago with tax and valuation professionals located throughout the
country.
We provide tax savings to corporations and property owners nationwide.
The specialty composite of professional skills
we have enables our clients to utilize us for all of their depreciation and property tax-related needs across the United States. With over twenty years
of experience within the engineering and accounting firm environment,
Griffin Valuation Group, Ltd. has the knowledge and qualifications
required for today’s complex tax world.
We have garnered
significant tax savings in such diverse
industries as:
Below are biographies for the two leaders of our firm:
Executive
Profiles
Barbara J. Wiggins
Barbara
Wiggins is the Founder and a Principal of Griffin Valuation Group, a company she
formed in order to provide businesses with a more cost effective means to tax
reductions. She has 2 4 years of cost segregation, property
valuation, engineering and construction experience.
Barb's extensive
background includes 14 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago where she co-developed,
managed and trained the cost segregation and property tax practice. Her
cost segregation studies and property tax analyses resulted in significant savings for
Fortune 500
clients throughout the United States.
Barb has performed
cost segregation studies and achieved substantial property tax reductions for very
large corporations including:
national chain restaurants and retail stores, several of the nation's largest financial
institutions, public utilities, hotels and resorts, casinos, refineries, pharmaceuticals, light and heavy manufacturing, food processing, and
many other ventures.
In addition to her cost segregation
expertise, Barb has valued both real and personal property throughout the country and won substantial
property tax reductions through negotiations and testimony in state and
local hearings as an expert witness.
Alone, and in conjunction with major law
firms, she has been instrumental in achieving millions of dollars in tax reductions for numerous Fortune
500 clients.
Prior to her tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Barb
was an Engineer at Sargent & Lundy Engineers in Chicago, specializing in
cost engineering, design and construction project scheduling for the
international power industry.
Her work on both new and retrofit electric
utility projects included ventures in Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China as
well as throughout the United States.
Preceding Sargent & Lundy, Barb was an Engineer at
Envirodyne Engineers in Chicago where she was a construction manager
specializing in cost engineering for the expansions of both the DuPage Airport and O’Hare International
Airport.
Also at Envirodyne, her expertise in cost engineering was
utilized during the renovation of the city of Chicago’s elevated rail
track system.
Barb is a graduate of
Purdue University with both an Associate of Applied Science and a
Bachelor of Science degree in Construction.
She has continued
her education through such organizations as the American Society of Appraisers,
the International Association of Assessing Officers and the Institute for Professionals in
Taxation.
Barb recently completed a one year
appointment as a State Administrative Law Judge to hear property tax
cases and also continues in her third term on the Property Tax Appeals
Board in her home county.
Barb is a
member of the Society of Women Engineers, the Association for the
Advancement of Cost Engineering International, the National Association of Tax
Professionals, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals, the Women's Leadership Exchange, National
Association of Women Business Owners, PricewaterhouseCoopers Alumni
Association, Purdue University Lifetime Alumni Association, Chamber of
Commerce, and the
National Association for Female Executives. Barb is listed as a lifetime
VIP in Who's Who of Global Industry Leaders, and she was formerly awarded the
Senior
Member designation in the American Society of Appraisers.
Barbara J. Ericks, CPA
Barbara Ericks is a Principal
of Griffin Valuation Group, Ltd. She is a certified public accountant and is licensed in the State of
Arizona.
Before joining Griffin Valuation
Group, Ltd., Barbara was with a large national public accounting firm and specialized in cost
segregation studies,
accounting method changes and purchase price allocations.
Barbara has performed studies for a
wide variety of clients including national chain restaurants and retail
stores, hotels, medical and surgical facilities, thoroughbred race
tracks, mortuaries, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial and apartment
complexes.
She has
completed significant tax compliance work including multi-state
single entity and consolidated returns as well as returns for trusts and
pass-through entities. Special issues tackled include Section 754
elections, Section 1031 exchanges and changes in accounting methods.
Barbara was also with the Big-4 accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.
Barbara holds a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Columbia College and a Master of Accounting degree
from the University of Arizona. She is a member of both the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Arizona
Society of Certified Public Accountants.
This “real world"
cost engineering and tax accounting expertise of our Principals makes Griffin Valuation Group one of the most
qualified cost segregation and property tax firms in the country.
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