Partner Profiles

Press

• Ed Bond named to Global M&A Network’s Restructuring & Turnaround Professionals’ 5th Annual Top 100 A-List.
• Valerie Fund’s 22nd Annual Thanksgiving Ball honoring Ed Bond – Fall/Winter edition of the Valerie Fund Newsletter, Focus
• Banks in Oak Rock Case Agree to New Director – May 2013
• Financial Challenges Faced by Hospitals in New Jersey – Commerce Magazine

Press

• IRS Announces tax relief for victims of Hurricane Irma.
• July 27 NJBIZ article, How technology is pushing profession forward- Forecasting the future is now big part of a CPA’s job.
• Mark Mazza authors article about key element of differentiation between small and large business clients published in the Managing Partners Roundtable in the May edition of Commerce Magazine
• Interviewed by Commerce Magazine on advice for new restaurant owners
• Industry Experts Offer Insights for a New Year – Commerce Magazine – December 2013
• How Restaurants Can Succeed as Businesses – Commerce Magazine – October 2013
• Essex County’s Excellence – NJ Business, May 2012
• Managing Partners Roundtable – Commerce Magazine
• Accounting Firm’s Managing Partners Roundtable – Commerce Magazine, May 2011
• Tax Credits for Alternative Energy – Commerce Magazine, March 2011
• 2011 Accounting Firm Managing Partners Roundtable Pg. 40 (Commerce Magazine)
• It’s Not All Fun and Games for CPAs Except in the Breakroom – NJBIZ – March 2010
• Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry – Commerce Magazine

Press

• Steven Bortnick offers insight Into important financial considerations for seasonal business owners – TAP Into 8/17
• Steven Bortnick quoted on Pages 2 and 3 of article, The Ripple Effect- Experts Weigh Impact of Tepper’s Exit From New Jersey to Florida in 6/27/16 edition of NJBIZ.
• Managing Healthcare Costs in an Era of Reform published in May’s edition of New Jersey Business Magazine
• Healthcare Practice Leaders – Commerce Magazine – November 2014
• Residency Tax Planning Advice – New Jersey Business Magazine – May 28, 2014
• Gay marriage in New Jersey: saying ‘I do’ brings change to household finances – NJ.COM – November 2013
• An Ounce of Prevention with Private-Sector Resources – NJBIZ – October 2013
• Ask the Expert (Lesser known types of business insurance) – Bergen Record – June 30, 2013
• How to Competitively Price Your Product or Service – New Jersey Business – April 2013
• Steven Bortnick discusses insight into running a seasonal business in Ask the Expert Section of the Bergen Record
• From Prelude to Crescendo: CPAs and Bank Executives Track the Performance of New Jersey’s Ailing Economy – Commerce Magazine
• Residency Tax Planning for High-Net-Worth Individuals – New Jersey CPA, November 2011
• Personalized, Hands-on Service Is the Key for Dunkin Donuts Franchisees at Bederson & Company – DD Independent Franchise Owners, Aug. 2011
• Uncertainty Surrounds Financial Reform Package – NJBIZ, Aug. 2, 2010

Press

• Sy Bressler interviewed by Star Ledger on Delay in NJ Tax Refunds
• Financial Planning for a Special Needs Child – NJCPA Magazine

Press

• NJICLE seminar, Emerging Ethical Issues in Tax Practice 2012
• Ethics and Other Professional Issues in Tax Practice
• Non-Disclosed Overseas Bank Accounts, Assets and Income are being targeted in New IRS Operation – Commerce Magazine April 2011
• New IRS Program Aims at Offshore Tax Cheats – NJBIZ, February 9, 2011
• IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program: A Critical View (Commerce Magazine)
• Non-disclosed Overseas Accounts, Assets and Incomes Being Targeted in New IRS Operation Pg. 14-16 (Commerce Magazine)
• New IRS Program Aims at Offshore Tax Cheats (NJBIZ)
• Compliance With Offshore Tax Program is Painful, But Better Than the penalty-New Jesery Law Journal

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• Tim King, CPA/CFF, CFE writes article featured in June edition of Commerce Magazine on how fraud was ultimately detected in the Madoff case and how it might have been detected earlier.
• Tim King named Seton Hall University “Distinguished Alumni” by Commerce Magazine in the November edition. In the 2015 Accounting Education Directory of New Jersey’s Top Colleges and Universities, Bederson’s Insolvency and Litigations Services Co-Managing Partner is listed as a distinguished alumni
• White Collar Criminals are Hiding Behind the Numbers – Commerce Magazine – September 2013
• Getting to the Root of Ponzi Schemes – New Jersey Business

Press

• Toni Klimowicz quoted in New Jersey Business Magazine June edition, The Employee Benefits Balancing Act
• Sep. New Jersey Business Magazine On ACA Employer Mandate
• Own it Ventures Franchise Webinar, Franchisers are From Mars, Franchisees are From Venus
• Bederson Names Toni Klimowicz, CPA, Partner – Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, Oct. 6, 2011
• Getting a True Picture of Financial Well-Being: Healthcare Clients Turn to CPAs for Answers – Commerce Magazine, Oct. 2011

Press

• Chuck Lunden appears live on 77WABC discussing financial aspects of matrimonial and business dissolution
• Discounts on Embedded Capital Gains for Real Estate – New Jersey CPA, Sept. 2011
• Caught by CPAs and Cuffed by Law Enforcement, White Collar Crooks Can’t Outrun Honest Math – Commerce Magazine, Sept. 2011

Press

• Accounting Professionals Often Have the Rx for the Financial Challenges that Tax Healthcare Clients – Commerce Magazine, March 2010

Press

• Tax Manager, Tim Brennan, CPA, MST interviewed by Financial Advisor Magazine on the Pros and cons of Married Filing Separately.
• Managing Partner, Mark Mazza quoted in March 5, TAP Into article, Experts Weigh in on Federal Tax Reform’s Effects on Local Businesses and Their Employees.
• Insights on Tax Reform for Closely-held Manufacturing Businesses
• Michael Caro Jr. CPA, CFE, PSA is Named Partner effective January 1, 2018
• TAP Into 11/16 lead article, Bederson Serves as Drop Off for Local Food Drive – Tim King and Susan Wernick quoted.
• Charles Persing elected for 3-year term to NACVA Ethics Oversight Board
• On January 30, 2017 M&A Advisor announced its 11th Annual Turnaround Award Winners.
• Matt Schwartz to serve as panelist at ECBF CLE, NJ Trust and Business Accounting: Surviving an Audit on March 21 from 8am to 11am in Livingston.
• Bederson Accounting Firm Hosts Annual Holiday Party at Crystal Plaza – TAP Into West Essex, December 22 edition
• Matt Schwartz makes prediction for 2017 in Commerce Magazine- December edition, page 32
• Chuck Persing appointed Receiver in A-1 Special Services and Supplies Inc. case – reported June 22 by Law 360°
• Tim King and Chuck Persing in NJ Business Magazine article, Law Firms in Transition published in the May 2016 edition of New Jersey Business Magazine
• April 22, 2016 Fit Small Business.com article, Debt Service Coverage Ratio – What It Is and How to Calculate It
• Charles Persing presented at an Essex County Bar Asso. CLE on How to Using Accountants and Valuation Experts Effectively in Estate Planning. The seminar will be held at the Essex County Veterans Courthouse , 50 West Market Street, Room 714, Newark, NJ. The CLE is titled, NJ (Not so) Basic Estate Administration & Planning. Other panelists include Honorable Theodore N. Stephens, II, Essex County Surrogate; Susan Dromsky-Reed, Esq. of Brach Eichler, Denice P. Gilchrist, Esq. and Moderator, Michael Rankin, Esq. of Kozyra & Hartz LLC.
• Chuck Persing vignette on forensic accounting in September edition of Commerce Magazine
• “Responding to Emerging Fraud Issues” at Brooklake Country Club with Sean Callagy of Callagy Law
• Distinguished Advocate – The Support Center for Child Advocates
• How to Value Entities with Complex Capital Structures – NJ CPA Magazine – November/December 2014
• Charles Persing interviewed by EXEMPT Magazine
• The Big Install – Deciding When You Need Lots of Help – EXEMPT Magazine – Summer 2014, Pgs 14-15
• Bederson Day
• Legal Aid for Children in Cases of Abuse, Neglect – NJBIZ, March 8, 2010
• Do What is Necessary to Bring in Donations – NJBIZ – March 2010
• Helping Non-profits See a Better Way to Do Business – Commerce Magazine

Press

• Sean Raquet featured in 1/23/17 NJBIZ for EZ Worldwide Express Chapter 11 Reorganization. Ed Bond served as CRO, Sean served as crisis manager.
• Sean Raquet, CPA,CFE featured in November New Jersey Business Magazine spotlight on forensic accounting, Forensic Fundamentals article.
• Sean Raquet featured in July 11 NJBIZ article, Bederson finds new market for its services – Bankruptcy specialist: Company valuations needed in marital disputes, too
• Accounting Firms are Tackling Industry-Specific Problems Using Niche Practices and Special Skills – Commerce Magazine – November 2014
• Handshakes to Handcuffs: A Stricter Trust Paradigm – Commerce Magazine – October 2014
• The Impact of Federal Rule 26 Changes – New Jersey CPA – December 2012
• Accounting Firms Deliver Superior Performance with Niche Practices and Specialized Expertise – Commerce Magazine
• Busted! CPAs and Law Enforcement take on New Jersey’s White-Collar Criminals – Commerce Magazine
• Sean Raquet Profiled in NJCPA Magazine

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• NJCPA Magazine May/April edition – Lease Accounting Update
• Partner Jim Ruitenberg named to NJSCPA 2013 Class of “50 Over 50” honoring 50 CPAs who make ongoing contributions to the CPA profession, the Society and the community.
• How Pronouncements Affect Covenants – New Jersey CPA – December 2012
• New Jersey Private Schools for Students with Disabilities Face Many Financial Challenges – Commerce, April 2012
• Analysis Urges Changes in Financial Reporting Standards – NJBIZ, March 11, 2011

Press

• Matt Schwartz appointed Treasurer of the NJAPM (New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators)
• Matt Schwartz delivers Key Note Address at Rutgers Business School
• Matthew Schwartz makes prediction for what will drive change in 2016” in January edition of Commerce Magazine
• Interviewed on state of Business Bankruptcies by New Jersey Business
• Accounting Firms Grapple with Lack of Bankruptcy Specialists – NJBIZ – February 23, 2015
• West Orange Chamber of Commerce Honors Community Heroes – April 2013
• New Jersey Law Journal sponsored In-house Counsel CLE seminar
• On June 9, Partner Matthew Schwartz, CPA/CFF, CIRA, CFE served as a panelist at the 28th Annual AIRA Bankruptcy and Restructuring Conference in San Francisco. Matt spoke on Turnaround Challenges in Today’s Environment.
• How Bederson Helped a Healthcare Client with a Buy-out Challenge – Commerce Magazine, March 2011
• How We Beat a NJ Ponzi Scheme – Commerce Magazine – Sept 2010
• 2 CPAs Get Recognition for NJ Affordable Homes Case – NJ BIZ, April 12, 2010
• Improve Profitability and Liquidity – Enterprise Magazine, Sept. 2009

Press

• A Closer Look at IRS Form 8300 – Commerce Magazine – November 2014
• Form 8300 – Are You in Compliance? – New Jersey Law Journal – 2014 How-To-Guide
• Best Practices: Setting Up Checks and Balances for Law Firms – NJALA’s Jer-Z-Journal – Volume1, 2014
• Best Practices for Trust Accounting – New Jersey Association of Legal Administrators – 4th Quarter 2013
• Best Practices for Setting Up Checks and Balances for Law Firms – May 2013
• 8th Annual Accountant/CPA Bowl-a-Thon benefitting Junior Achievement of New Jersey
• Comic Books are a Serious Business – Commerce Magazine – July 2011
• How Bederson Helped a Construction Client with a Sales and Use Tax Audit – Commerce Magazine