Johnston specializes in the tax issues of closely held businesses and families, and advises clients in the areas of real estate ownership, stock option planning, and investment partnerships. His practice also focuses on the tax aspects of estate planning, including gift and generation skipping taxes, children's' trusts, life insurance trusts and charitable giving. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, Johnston is also a Certified Financial Planner.
Mohler, Nixon Promotes Two
Mohler Nixon & Williams has promoted senior manager Trevor Gillespie to audit partner, and senior manager Toby Johnston to tax partner. Gillespie focuses on financial statement audits and reviews of software and software-as-a-service venture-backed technology startups, as well as distributors and manufacturers.
He also concentrates on the audit of defined contribution employee benefit plans and serves as the firm's accounting and audit quality control partner. He was a senior at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2001 to 2004. He joined Mohler, Nixon in 2004 as audit supervisor and manager.
