Robert H. Piper, Jr.

Robert H. Piper, Jr.

CPA, CFF, CVA

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
National Association of Certified Valuators & Analysts
Southwest Florida Estate Planning Council
Sarasota Collaborative of Family Law Professionals

Bob Piper has been a licensed CPA in Florida since 1978. Previously, he worked as Internal Revenue Service agent for five years. He is Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), and is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). In 1976, he received the Elijah Watt Sells Certificate of High Grades on the CPA examination.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts with honors, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida

Professional & Community Affiliations

Tax Experience

  • Training by Internal Revenue Service in corporate, partnership, and individual taxes
  • Designing and implementing retirement plans for clients over the last thirty (30) years
  • Extensive trust and estate planning, tax preparation, and trust accounting for over thirty (30) years

Trial Experience

  • Qualified as an expert for litigation support and valuation approximately 200 times in Sarasota, Manatee, as well as, numerous occasions in Polk, DeSoto, Charlotte, Lee, Collier and Hillsborough Counties
  • Completed work on more than 700 litigation engagements

Litigation & Valuation Experience

  • Divorce litigation and small business valuation
  • Litigation involving business disputes, shareholder disputes and economic damages
  • Buy-Sell agreements
  • Business purchases and sales
  • Valuation for estates and gift tax returns
  • Trust accounting and beneficiary disputes