Kim Palmer

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ABOUT KIM PALMER

I am a Tax Partner at Cohen & Co and member of the firm’s Board. Also the leader of Cohen & Co\'s Partnership Tax Group, I focus on tax issues primarily relating to the real estate industry, including commercial, industrial, self-storage and multi-family, as well as real estate funds; clients renting telecommunications equipment; and clients structured as partnerships that fall into many other industries. Part of my job is assisting clients with complex restructuring transactions, including the purchase/sale of assets and ownership interests, buyouts between owners, issuance of ownership interests and debt restructuring transactions. I also have expertise in like-kind exchanges, partnership transactions, exit strategies, disguised sale transactions, waterfall allocations and transactions, and UPREIT and REIT transactions.I am a Certified Public Accountant in Ohio and a member of the Ohio Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs. A proud graduate of The University of Akron (Master of Taxation) and Kent State University (B.A.), I now serve on Kent State University’s Accounting Advisory Council. Additionally, I am Chair of the Akron Walk to End Alzheimer’s, I am involved with Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) of Akron and I participated in Leadership Akron (Class of 2012). I previously served as President and Treasurer for Habitat for Humanity of Summit County’s Board.