Beckles & Co. is a professional services firm that offers Audit, Accounting, Tax Compliance and Consulting as well as Business Advisory services to individuals, small to medium sized businesses both nationally and internationally as well as trusts and estates. We provide our clients with practical insights that drive critical decision making and helps solve their most pressing problems.

We have the technical skills and experience to advise both domestic and foreign real estate developers and investors. We can provide guidance that is essential in helping you identify relevant tax issues and plan aggressively for them. We understand real estate formation, finance and operations as well as good exit strategies. We understand the tax implications of these activities for a foreign investors.

Areas of focus are:
Disposition of Real Property
FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act)
1031 Exchange
Property and Cash Distributions
Recourse and Non Recourse debt allocations
Section 745 elections
Capital Account Reporting

Other Services include:
Financial Statement Audits
Tax Planning
ITIN Applications
Corporate Taxation

Mario Beckles manages the accounting, tax and business advisory practices of the firm. He has over 18 years of financial accounting,tax and audit experience. His areas of expertise includes real estate,information technology, financial services, specialty retail, not-for-profits, mining, education and Initial Public Offering of International companies in the United States.

Prior to forming Beckles & Co.,Mario held positions such as CFO of First Liberty Power Corp, a publicly traded mining company, Partner at Jersey Fortress Capital Partners, a boutique investment banking firm, Senior Financial Reporting Analyst with SimplexGrinnell, a $2B Fire & Security Contractor, Manager of Internal audit at Claires Stores, a $1.5B global specialty retailer, and Senior Auditor with Deloitte, a big 4 accounting firm. Mario is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Certifying Acceptance Agent licensed by the Internal Revenue Service to act on behalf of alien and other foreign persons who need to obtain an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN).