William Buechler, CPA, is a Director with Crowe Horwath LLP and a member of the firm's Insurance Practice. He has more than 27 years of federal and state tax and unclaimed property consulting experience including extensive experience in captive insurance companies, Tennessee franchise, excise, sales and use taxes, and multistate tax planning. Bill was the Tennessee representative for a Big Four firm for 18 years and has co-authored the annual Tennessee Tax Guide for more than 19 years. In addition, he has assisted clients in structuring captive insurance companies and provided federal and state tax consulting on a number of insurance matters including 831(b) and 953(d) elections.