Andrew Blackman, CPA, PFS, CFF, CFP
Partner, Schulman Lobel Advisors, LLC
Location:
New York, NY
Services:
• Accounting
• Business Management for Performing Artists
• Financial Planning for High-Net-Worth Individuals
• International Tax Planning
• Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance
• Tax Controversy & Resolution
• Tax Litigation
• Personal Financial Planning (PFP)
• Financial Forensics
• Closely Held Business Tax Advisory
Industries & Expertise
• Entertainment & Performing Arts
• Film, Television & Broadway
• Music & Recording Artists
• Visual Arts & Photography
• Authors & Literary Professionals
• Athletes & Sports Professionals
• Family Businesses
• High-Net-Worth Individuals & Families
• International & British Artists
About Andy
As a partner in Schulman Lobel Advisors, LLC, Andrew provides business management for performing and creative artists, athletes, and other celebrities, including US nonresident aliens, as well as tax and financial planning for high net-worth individuals and their closely held businesses. In addition, he has special expertise in representing clients in the settlement of tax controversies. While his career focus has been personal financial planning (PFP), at Schulman Lobel his predominant clientele have careers in screen, television, and live stage, including several nominees and winners of Academy, Emmy and Tony Awards. The firm also represents other established talents such as authors, photographers, painters, musical performers, songwriters, models, and athletes. Additionally, Andrew has developed an expertise in the representation of nonresident alien performing and creative artists; presently the firm represents over a dozen British artists.
Education and Licenses
• B.S.B.A. in Accounting, Boston University School of Management, Magna Cum Laude (1975)
• MBA in Taxation, Fairleigh Dickinson University, with Honors
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), New York, California, and New Jersey
• Life, Accident & Health Insurance License, New York
• Additional licenses in multiple states
Achievements and Affiliations
• Named one of the Nation’s Best Financial Advisers, Worth Magazine (multiple consecutive years)
• Named one of the 50 Names To Know in Financial Planning, Accounting Today
• Listed in Guide to America’s Best Financial Planners, Consumers’ Research Council of America
• Featured in The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today, The New York Times, and Dow Jones Investment Advisor
• Co-author, AICPA publication Guide to Planning for Performing and Creative Artists
• Co-author, AICPA course Tax Considerations for Professional Athletes and Entertainers
• Appeared in AICPA video Education Funding
• Assisted AICPA in developing the Certificate of Educational Achievement program in PFP
• Lecturer and panelist, AICPA PFP Technical Conferences and PFP Investment Conferences
• Editor, PFP materials for The CPA Journal and other professional publications
• Assisted NYSSCPA in developing the Task Force for pro bono assistance to September 11th victims
• Chairman, Disaster Recovery Conference, New York City (February 2002)