John C. Tripp, PhD, CPA

John C. Tripp, Ph.D., CPA is a Professor of Taxation with teaching responsibilities in the School of Accountancy and the Graduate Tax Program at the University of Denver (DU).  Dr. Tripp has been teaching income taxation at DU since 1979, specializing in the taxation of natural resources, property transactions and consolidated returns.  His public accounting experience includes a two year stint with KPMG prior to his teaching career, and while on a leave of absence from DU he worked in the National Tax Department of Ernst & Young as a Visiting Professor for two years.  He has also spent two sabbaticals gaining practical professional experience with the Denver offices of KPMG and Arthur Andersen & Co. 

He is an active member of the American Taxation Association and Co-chairman of the COPAS-Colorado Tax Committee.

John is a former Trustee of COPAS-Colorado and a past member of the Washington, D.C. S Corporation Study Group, as well as past Treasurer of the Denver Tax Group.  He has served on several tax committees of the Colorado Society of CPA's, and has been a member of the University of Denver's Tax Institute Planning Committee for many years. 

His articles have been published in many professional journals including: The Journal of Taxation, Taxes - The Tax Magazine, The Tax Advisor, The Journal of Partnership Taxation, Accounting Horizons, and The Oil and Gas Taxation Quarterly.  He is also a contributing author to Tax Management Inc.'s Tax Practice Series on S Corporations and Thomson's tax textbook series Federal Income Taxation and Individual Federal Taxation.

In addition to writing continuing professional education courses for MircoMash (including: Oil and Gas Taxation and Alternative Minimum Tax - Corporate), he has written and presented programs to numerous professional groups and tax institutes around the country.  Most recently he has made presentations to the 52nd Annual Texas CPA Tax Institute, Texas Society of CPAs; the Kansas Society of CPAs 2007 Annual Tax Institute; and the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 AICPA-PDI National Oil and Gas Conferences.