Gabriel is the managing principal of Baker Tilly Western region. Throughout his career, Gabriel has delivered tax consulting and compliance solutions for clients across multiple industries, with his primary focus being real estate.
- Primarily serves multifamily, residential, retail and commercial real estate developers and owner operators
- Works with real estate clients throughout the life cycle of a project, including advising on structuring entities and acquisitions, maximizing profitability during operations and minimizing or deferring tax on disposition
- Other industries served include entertainment, hospitality, service providers and federal equity receiverships
- Expertise in tax compliance for syndicated partnerships, closely held businesses and high-net-worth individuals
- Provides creative transaction structuring including techniques for tax deferral and minimization, recapitalizations, and identification of optimal tax accounting methods and periods as they relate to revenue and expense recognition
- Experience with federal equity receiverships includes advising on receivership entities, accounting for recoveries and distributions, and qualified settlement fund federal and state compliance
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)
- Instructor for professional education courses covering partnership tax issues
- Speaker at real estate trade organization events, receivership conferences and the University of California
Location
Orange County, CA
Education
Master of Science in taxation
Golden Gate University (San Francisco, California)
Bachelor of Science in accounting
University of Arizona