Principles of Real Estate Accounting and Taxation

Principles of Real Estate Accounting and Taxation combines both accounting and taxation within one book specific to commercial real estate. The book is relevant to students of real estate as well as investors, developers, brokers, lenders, accountants, lawyers, and others working in the commercial real estate industry. The book includes the following features:

• Clear and concise chapters on taxation
• Case studies of typical real estate transactions
• Analysis of economic profitability, including tax implications of transactions

The accounting sections of the book give students a better understanding of the accounting process that ultimately produces the financial statements critical in buying and selling real estate.

Many books cover accounting or taxation. By addressing both areas, Principles of Real Estate Accounting and Taxation provides students and professionals with a uniquely well-rounded educational experience in commercial real estate.

Joel Rosenfeld is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate where he teaches a graduate course on Principles of Real Estate Accounting and Taxation. Before joining the faculty at New York University, Professor Rosenfeld was a senior partner of Mintz Rosenfeld & Company, Certified Public Accountants. He has twice served as Chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Real Estate Conferences and has lectured throughout the country. He is the author of the following articles: Section 1031, Tax Deferred Exchanges, Real Estate’s Best Kept Secret, and Tax Relief from Foreclosures and Cancellation of Indebtedness Issues. Professor Rosenfeld continues to act as a consultant in accounting and taxation real estate matters.