Andrew R. Ben-Ami leads the Tax Practice Group at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP. He has extensive experience in tax planning for businesses, individuals and tax-exempt organizations.

Mr. Ben-Ami advises clients on a broad range of federal, state and local tax matters, including:

• Formation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies for new business and investment transactions, including advice on choice of entity, and drafting of related agreements.
• Structuring business and investment transactions such as corporate and partnership acquisitions and business reorganizations to achieve favorable tax results, including drafting tax allocation and cash distribution provisions.
• Advising businesses on operational and employment tax issues.
• Formation of tax-exempt entities, as well as other issues affecting tax-exempt organizations, especially matters involving unrelated business taxable income and investments.
• Advising on state and local tax planning, including review of exposure for income taxes, review of sales tax exposure, and personal income tax residency.
• Planning for estate and gift taxes, including drafting of trusts and restructuring of closely-held businesses to minimize taxes.

He also represents clients in tax examinations and controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and state and local tax authorities.

Mr. Ben-Ami is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has written numerous articles for professional journals and has lectured on issues involving tax-exempt organizations at conferences sponsored by New York University and the New York State Bar Association, among others.

Before joining TKD, Mr. Ben-Ami was a partner at Heller Ehrman LLP. He also worked in the tax practice of a national accounting firm.

Phone: 212.216.8025
Fax: 212.216.8001
Email: abenami@tarterkrinsky.com
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Education

• Georgetown University Law Center,
  LL.M. 1981 (Taxation)
• Syracuse University College of Law,
  J.D. 1980
• Lehigh University, B.S. 1977 (Accounting)

Practice

• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
• International
• Tax
• Trusts and Estates

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. Tax Court

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