Sidney Kess, Esq., CPA, JD, LLM
Sidney Kess, Esq., CPA, JD, LLM, selected “Most Influential Practitioner” for 2006 by CPA Magazine, is a nationally renowned tax expert and author/coauthor of hundreds of tax books on financial and estate planning. Having lectured to more than 715,000 practitioners on tax, financial and estate planning, he is one of the nation’s best know lecturers in continuing professional education.
Mr. Kess is consulting editor of CCH Incorporated’s Financial and Estate Planning Reporter, and consultant for the CCH Estate Planning Guide. Mr. Kess is chairman of the advisory board of Tax Hotline and is a member of the PPC Tax Action Panel. He has edited a column on “Tax Tips” for the New York Law Journal for the past 37 years.
Mr. Kess edits the AICPA’s CPA Client Bulletin and CPA Client Tax Letter. He is Executive Editor Tax of CPA Magazine. He has also written several AICPA tax workshops, audio and video programs, and is the recipient of the AICPA Distinguished Lecturer Award. Mr. Kess is often quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and other national publications.
He was included in Accounting Today’s “100 Most Influential CPAs in the U.S.” for several years as well as CPA Magazine’s 2005 “100 Most Influential CPA’s in the U.S”. Mr. Kess was the national director of taxes at KMG Main Hurdman and a tax partner at KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Kess is the recipient of the AICPA’s “Special Recognition Award” for his many years of contributions to the AICPA’s continuing professional education program and the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils’ “Distinguished Accredited Estate Planner Award” for his distinguished service to the field of estate planning. He received his JD from Harvard University School of Law and LLM from New York University Graduate School of Law.