University Research Park, PO Box 5510, 440 Science Drive, Suite 300, Madison, WI 53705-0510
Phone: (608) 661-4500 Fax: (608) 661-4510

 

 


rberman
@neiderboucher.com

608.661.4530

Ronald C. Berman


PLACE OF BIRTH:

Chicago, Illinois

 

AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Taxation – Business and Individual; Estate Planning, Business Transactions, Employee Benefits

 

PRACTICE SINCE:
1974


EDUCATION:
J.D. 1974, with honors, Order of the Coif, University of Illinois Law School at Urbana-Champaign; B.S. 1971 in Accountancy with highest honors; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


OTHER:
Certified Puplic Accountant – licensed in Wisconsin


PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT:
Elija Watt Sells Honorable Mention from the AICPA for achieving one of the top 40 scores out of 25,000 people on the May, 1971 CPA exam; 2003 WICPA Spirit Award for 20+ years of leadership on Federal Taxation Committee


GUIDING MOTTO:
To do my best – always


PUBLISHED WORKS

Author: "Fiduciary Income Taxations-Annual Update-CLEW Tax Workshop," 1999 through 2007; "Wisconsin's Reaction to Check-the-Box," The Wisconsin CPA, June, 1997; The Tax Advisor, Tax Clinic "Treatment of Deferred Compensation in Divorce in a Marital Property State." February, 1994; Tax Clinic "IRS Targets Retirement Plan Funds," February, 1992; Tax Clinic "Marital Deduction for Estate Tax Purposes," February, 1989; Tax Clinic "Re-classifying Ownership of Qualified Plans in Community Property States," February, 1988; Taxation for Accountants, "New Safe Harbors for Separate Plan Coverage," May, 1992; Physicians' Tax & Investment Adviser, "What You Should Know About Section 410(b)," April, 1991; "New Tax Rules for Medical Seminars," April/May, 1990

 

Co-author: Principles of Effective Employee and Benefit Plan Risk management in Wisconsin, National Business Institute, 1997; Family Limited Partnerships in Wisconsin, National Business Institute, 1996. Lecturer, Fiduciary Income Taxation, CLEW Tax Workshop, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1999 through 2006.

 

ORGANIZATIONS

Member: Dane County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member, 1976 --; Chair, 1990-1992; Federal Taxation Committee, 1980--; IRS Liaison Subcommittee, 1985--); Continuing Legal Education for Wisconsin (Instructor, CLEW Tax Workshop, 1999--); Madison Estate Council (Member, 1985--; Chair, 1994-1995); Wisconsin Planned Giving Council (Member, 1990--); WEB-Madison Chapter f/n/a Madison Pension Council (Member; Founding, 1984--; President 1986-1987).