Meet Robert Smith, CPA

Robert A. Smith, CPA is a Tax Partner and Leader of Anchin’s Emerging Companies Group. Robert has nearly 15 years of experience advising entrepreneurs and business owners on tax and accounting matters critical to starting, buying, running, and selling fast-growing private companies. He works closely with both domestic and international clients in the technology, consumer products, and public relations industries.

Robert is an entrepreneur at heart. He previously co-owned an art gallery and helped launch several new practices at CPA firms, including founding and leading the international tax team at a Top 200 firm. This experience gives Robert unique insight into the challenges faced by emerging company CEOs and motivates him to help entrepreneurs succeed across all aspects of their businesses.

Robert is a thought leader and frequent public speaker on topics relevant to global entrepreneurs and family businesses. Clients seek out Robert for his insight into mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS), tax planning for complex capital structures, international tax, and Research and Development (R&D) tax credits.

Robert is a licensed CPA in Massachusetts, New York, and Texas.

He speaks Ukrainian and Japanese with intermediate proficiency.