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Joseph A. Bailey, Jr. Rejoins A&FP Board
A&FP warmly welcomes back PwC Tax Partner and U.S. Law Firm Tax Services Leader Joseph A. Bailey, Jr. for a new tour of duty on our Board of Editors. Coauthor of the leading textbook Law Firm Accounting and Financial Management, published by Law Journals Seminars-Press, Joe also heads the New York area Law Firm Tax Services group and is the lead national tax resource for the Law Firm Tax Services initiative of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.
Joe coauthored this edition's page 1 article on tax savings for leasehold improvements. For our September 2004 edition, he coauthored the major article on “Expanding Law Firm Operations Globally.”
The latter article drew on Joe's experience as one of PwC's global technical resources on law firm-related tax matters. He frequently assists other PwC partners on their clients' law firm tax matters throughout the U.S. and internationally. Presently, Joe provides or coordinates a full range of tax consulting services to PwC law firm clients on domestic (federal and state) and international tax matters. He also serves on the extended New York Metro Tax Leadership Committee.
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