Bela Barnes, CPA

Bela has nearly 10 years of experience providing tax planning and consulting services to high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, growing companies and inbound multi-national families with operations in the U.S. and abroad.

Her experience focuses on international tax compliance and consulting for individuals, corporations, partnerships and trusts, pre-immigration planning, Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP), streamlined foreign offshore procedures, expatriation planning, U.S. real property interests and U.S. tax compliance and reporting for foreign trusts and U.S. beneficiaries.

Prior to Kaufman Rossin, Bela served as an international tax director at a mid-size South Florida CPA firm where she was responsible for extensive inbound and outbound consulting and compliance, pre-immigration and expatriation consulting and led IRS audits.

She enjoys being involved in the community and frequently volunteers with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, United Way.

Bela earned her Master of Accounting from Nova Southeastern University. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Florida and a member of AICPA. She is also fluent in English, Hebrew, Russian and Azerbaijani.