Tom Alston, President, CEO

Mr. Alston is the CEO of AERO&MARINE Tax Professionals. Previously, he spent 6 years as Division President of a professional sales and use tax consulting firm where Mr. Alston's passion for research and thinking outside the box led to the creation of the Aircraft and Vessel Division. He was personally involved in the preparation and filing of hundreds of tax returns with a 100% success rate. His division rose from an idea to the reality of producing over fifty percent of the total volume of the firm.

Mr. Alston's management and marketing experience are the foundation and guiding hand for all of AERO&MARINE Tax Professionals’ activities. He was trained in the Hubbard Management Technology by International Executive Technology in Sacramento, California. His four decades of running companies, creating new services, public speaking experience, communications skills and the ability to select and train great people have resulted in AERO&MARINE Tax Professionals being the premier California sales and use tax consulting firm specializing in the area of Mobile Transportation Equipment (aircraft, vessels and vehicles).

Additionally, he has written many California Sales and Use Tax articles for the following publications: The Successful Accountant, Inflight USA, The Log, San Diego Business and Aviation Journal, Van Nuys Business and Aviation Journal, Orange County Business and Aviation Journal, Sacramento Business Journal, Latitude 38, and other legal and professional journals. He is the publisher/editor of a publication called TAX MATTERS which is dedicated to keeping California owners of aircraft and vessels informed about taxes.

Tom and his family live in Elk Grove, California, a suburb of Sacramento, where he has spent three decades as a high school baseball coach. He continues to coach varsity baseball. He co-wrote, "A Baseball Coaches Survival Guide", which is available at Amazon.com and for the last three decades has also published a column titled, "The Winning Pitch", for a national sports publication titled, "Collegiate Baseball.”