Tax Advisers - Deloitte

United States
Herbert N Beller
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
US
Tel: (1) 202 383 0120
Fax: (1) 202 637 3593
Email: herb.beller@sablaw.com
Website: www.sablaw.com
Herb Beller has practised federal tax law in Washington since 1969, with an emphasis on
corporate and other transactional tax planning, tax controversies, IRS national office
representations and exempt organization matters. He has significant experience with tax
issues arising in connection with taxable and tax-free acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs
and other restructurings involving both domestic and foreign entities. In the tax
controversy area, Mr Beller has negotiated settlements with IRS appeals offices
throughout the country and litigated cases at both the trial and appellate court levels. In
the exempt organizations area, he has represented numerous private foundations, public
charities and other non-profit entities on a broad range of planning and controversy
matters.
Mr Beller is a frequent speaker at federal tax institutes, conferences and other tax
programmes throughout the US. He has taught corporate tax courses at Georgetown
University Law School and authored numerous articles on corporate tax and other
subjects. From 1993 to 1996, he served as editor-in-chief of The Tax Lawyer.
In 2002 to 2003 he was chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. He
previously served as a Tax Section vice-chair and council member, as section liaison to the
AICPA, and as chair of the section’s committees on government submissions and closely
held corporations. Mr Beller has also served as co-chair of the National Conference of
Lawyers and CPAs, a regent of the American College of Tax Counsel and a trustee of the
American Tax Policy Institute. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and
president of the Tannenwald Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship.
Following his graduation from Northwestern University School of Law, Mr Beller served
as a law clerk for Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr of the United States Tax Court. Also a
CPA, he is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, The International Who’s
Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers and Euromoney’s US Best of the Best (tax).
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