Managing Director
Tel. No: 312.235.3301
Fax No: 312.235.3351
donald.bast@TPCtax.com

Donald Bast is a Managing Director for True Partners Consulting. He has nearly 30 years of state and local taxation experience.

Before True Partners, Don operated his own Chicagoland area tax consulting practice. His practice focused predominantly on providing sales and use tax services to manufacturers, retailers, printers and medical providers.

Prior to his own consultancy, he spent 12 years working in the state and local tax practice of Arthur Andersen’s Chicago office where he provided sales and use tax consulting services to multi-state and multi-national clients across the country.

Before Arthur Andersen, Don was in the audit division of the Illinois Department of Revenue’s Springfield region. During his 16 year career there, he held several positions including Auditor, Audit Supervisor and Assistant Field Audit Manager.

Don graduated from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He was the Program Chairman for the Chicago Area Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT) group until January 2006. He is also a frequent speaker at tax conferences and seminars.