Richard Lai

Richard T. Lai, LL.M.
Associate Professor of Accounting and Taxation

Associate Professor Richard T. Lai, holds an LL.M. degree in Taxation from New York University School of Law and is currently registered as a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and an Attorney at Law in the State of New York. Professor Lai has published thirteen articles in such peer-reviewed journals as: The Practical Accountant, TAXES - The Tax Magazine, Tax Ideas, Bank Accounting & Finance, Journal of Southwestern Society of Economists, and the Review of Business and in such professional tax services such as: S Corporation - Tax Choices for Business Planning, Successful Estate Planning Ideas, and S Corporation Service.  He is also published in two of the proceedings of the International Conference of the New England Business Administration Association.

Professor Lai obtained his audit experience at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG) where he was a Tax Specialist.  He has provided extensive consulting services since 1982 in both individual and corporate tax planning and has delivered numerous presentations for Internal Revenue Service auditors and examiners in their Continuing Professional Education Program. Professor Lai is the recipient of the Student Government at St. John's University award of Professor of the Year, Tobin College of Business, 2001-02. 

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