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Ed is an emeritus partner in our firm’s East Brunswick, NJ, office and has over 40 years of public accounting experience. Ed is also admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and has testified as an expert witness in federal and state court regarding business valuations.
In addition, Ed was a founding partner of Mendlowitz Weitsen, LLP, CPAs, which joined with Withum in 2005. Currently, he serves on the NYSSCPA Estate Planning Committee, and was chairman of the committee that planned the NYSSCPA’s 100th Anniversary. The author of 16 books, Ed has also written hundreds of articles for business and professional journals and newsletters. He is the contributing editor to the Practitioners Publishing Company’s 1998/1999 706/709 Deskbook, and the AICPA 2004 edition of the Management of an Accounting Practice Handbook and is on the editorial board of Bottom Line/Personal and Tax Hotline financial newsletters. Appearing regularly on television news programs, Ed has also been quoted in numerous major newspapers and periodicals in the United States.
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Ed is a frequent speaker to many professional and business groups, including the AICPA, NJSCPA, NYSSCPA, American Management Association, the National Committee for Monetary Reform, University of Medicine and Dentistry in NJ and many more. For 11 years, he taught courses on financial analysis, corporate financial policy and theory, monetary and fiscal policy and managerial accounting.
Awards and Accolades
He is the recipient of the Lawler Award for the best article published during 2001 in the Journal of Accountancy.
Latest Thinking
Economic Indicators as Predictive Benchmarks
The economy is in an enigmatic situation with stubborn inflation above the Fed’s targets, pretty much full employment, high-interest rates with an inverted yield curve, stagnant home sales and many other real, perceived or anticipated problems.
How to Identify a Great Tax Preparer
Most clients have no way of knowing whether their tax preparer is good or not, whether the fees paid are worth it, or what value they can expect. Here is a case study that just occurred.
Daniel Snyder’s Donation of His Mansion
I read that American businessman Daniel Snyder is donating his $35 million mansion to the American Cancer Society (ACS) which is an admirable thing to do. However, I also read how it was going to be done and that precipitated this blog. I hope he reads this beforehand since it does not seem like it is being done correctly from what I read.