Eckhard Walter

Eckhard has over 17 years of experience providing individual and partnership tax consulting and compliance services. Eckhard’s subject matter specialization is partnership taxation. In serving flow-through entities, he helps his clients to navigate complex partnership tax issues, including partnership allocations, tax basis adjustments, debt allocations, recapitalization, and mergers & acquisition transactions. Eckhard’s industry experience includes serving professional services firms, including in-depth knowledge serving global talent agencies. His industry experience also includes private equity, real estate, and high net worth individuals. For his private equity clients, he provides tax consulting and compliance service for the entire fund/joint venture cycle, including the sponsor, fund entities, general partner promote vehicles, and executive co-investment vehicles, among others. Eckhard provides tax advisory services to upper-tier entities, property/fund level, lower-tier entities, and management companies within the real estate industry. In serving high net worth individuals, Eckhard believes that tax planning is not a once-a-year activity. The process should occur in real-time and year-round. He evaluates tax implications in their entirety—to the individual, business, estate, and his client’s overall financial objectives.

Eckhard began his career in public accounting at HCVT. He is a graduate of California State University, Northridge and has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s of taxation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Professional Experience

HCVT

Professional and Community Involvement

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
California Society of Certified Public Accountants

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