Mr. A.J. Haas

A.J. Haas, J.D., CPA, LL.M. (Taxation) Managing Member

A.J. Haas has been involved in the hedge fund industry since 1997 and has over 15 years of experience in the field of accounting and tax, including 13 years of public accounting experience with several large international firms, such as Ernst & Young (New York and San Francisco Offices), Deloitte & Touche (New York Office) and BDO Seidman (New York Office).

Mr. Haas brings significant financial services knowledge to the HedgeCount team. While at Ernst & Young, Mr. Haas coordinated in-house seminars, drafted client newsletters and delivered presentations on various financial product and private investment fund issues, including partnership allocations, unrelated business taxable income, collar transactions, management company issues, master-feeder structures, passive foreign investment companies, foreign withholding, and pension plan issues. Mr. Haas has also spoken about international tax topics affecting hedge funds at a seminar sponsored by the Institute for International Research.

The March 2008 issue of the Tax Intelligence Report profiles the tax career of A.J. Haas, Managing Director of Hedge Counts, LLP. A.J. Haas founded Hedge Counts, LLP which provides tax, accounting and administrative services to hedge funds, funds of funds, venture capital funds and other private equity funds. It is a privilege to have the opportunity to profile A.J. Haas because of my own personal experience of working with him; he is an enormously talented tax advisor who is proactive, efficient, accurate and demonstrates the highest level of professional integrity. We genuinely appreciate the time A.J. Haas has given to share his perspective with our readers this month.
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A.J. Haas, Managing Director - HedgeCount, LLP - Carlsbad, CA
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A.J. Haas, Managing Director - HedgeCount, LLP - Carlsbad, CA

A.J. Haas is Managing Director of Hedge Count, LLP. He has been involved in the hedge fund industry since 1997 and has more than fifteen years of experience in the field of tax and accounting. A.J. has thirteen years of national public accounting experience with firms such as Ernst & Young in the New York and San Francisco offices, Deloitte & Touche in the New York office and BDO Seidman in the New York office. Prior to forming Hedge Count, LLP, A.J. Haas was the Director of a consulting firm tax department in San Diego, CA. where he was in charge of providing a variety of accounting, tax compliance and tax consulting services to clients in a wide range of services. Prior to his Director role, A.J. Haas was a Senior Tax Manager and Leader of the Global Asset Management Tax Consulting practice for Ernst & Young in the San Francisco, CA office where he was responsible for providing consulting services to more than three hundred hedge funds, venture capital funds and other private equity funds. In addition, A.J. was responsible for supporting the Global Asset Management practice tax compliance department at Ernst & Young. A.J. Haas conducts in-house seminars and has spoken about international tax topics affecting hedge funds as well as delivering presentations on various financial product and private investment fund issues, including partnership allocations, collar transactions, management company issues, master-feeder structures, passive foreign investment companies, foreign withholding as well as pension plan issues. A.J. Haas earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey, a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration at Fordham University in New York, New York and an LLM in Taxation from the University of San Diego, San Diego, CA. A.J. Haas is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of New York and California and is also a member of the New York State Bar, the American Bar Association and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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A.J. Haas, J.D., CPA, LL.M. (AH) Managing Director of HedgeCount, LLC