Marcus Panasewicz

Tax Managing Director, Deloitte Tax LLP

Marcus Panasewicz is a Managing Director in the National Credits and Incentives Group and is based in the Nashville, TN office. He has spent the last 25 years of his career focusing on securing credits and incentives for clients. His experience includes assisting clients with their site selection projects, negotiating credits and incentives for clients, performing large multi-state credit studies, assisting client in monetizing incentives for new facilities or expansions of existing facilities, assisting clients in establishing compliance procedures for claiming tax credits/incentives and representing clients in state tax examinations. He leads the Employment Incentives offering which includes the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). His team and him are responsible for helping clients identify and implement the WOTC program for screening its employees. His clients include Fortune 1000 companies in the manufacturing, retail, distribution, transportation, aerospace and defense, engineering, financial services, healthcare and technology industries.

Marcus has held various leadership positions working with the organization The Institute for Professionals in Taxation to further the awareness and growth of the credits and incentives industry.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Marcus held leadership positions in national credits and incentives practices in accounting and other professional services firms. During his career, Marcus served as a state tax auditor for the California Franchise Tax Board and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Revenue.

Marcus holds a Bachelor’s of Science Accounting from California State University Fullerton and is a Certified Economic Developer. He is also a member of the International Economic Development Council and Institute for Professionals in Taxation.