Brian Parkinson

Brian is the Director of Taxation at Ball Ventures. He joined the Ball Ventures in October 2003.  He has been involved in the accounting, treasury management, and tax functions for the past 20 years and currently specializes in partnership taxation, and taxation of real estate. 

Prior to Brian’s time at Ball Ventures, he was a CPA at Rudd & Company, a regional accounting firm in the Idaho area.  While at Rudd, Brian sat for the CPA exam and passed with the highest score in the State of Idaho for the November 1995 sitting.

In 2021, Brian worked with the Idaho State Tax Commission in drafting legislation allowing Idaho Pass-Thru Entities to elect to pay taxes at the entity level and receive a deduction at the entity level.  Through Ball Ventures active support and their commitment to the people of Idaho the bill passed and saved Idaho taxpayers millions of dollars in Federal Tax in a revenue neutral bill for the State of Idaho. 

He currently volunteers serving on two golf boards for Madison County and the Idaho Falls Country Club.

Brian earned his master’s degree in Accounting with an emphasis in Tax from Utah State University and his bachelor’s degree from Ricks College in Accounting with an emphasis in Tax.