Former Casino Industry Finance/Tax Executive
Joins The Gelber Organization

Edison, NJ... Arthur Gelber, President of The Gelber Organization, has recently announced the recruitment of Louis J. Perry as a senior member of The Gelber Organization's tax consulting team.

Mr. Perry has over 30 years of corporate tax experience, including over twenty years within the Atlantic City casino industry, serving as Executive Director of Operational Accounting at The Claridge Casino Hotel; Director of Finance/Comptroller with The Atlantic City Conventions and Visitors Authority; Tax Specialist with Resorts Atlantic City; and as a Consultant with Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel LLP, an accounting firm with clients in the casino industry. Prior to his service within the casino industry, Perry has held similar titles at Aramark, Penn Central, Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Company. Most recently, Perry founded and operated a consulting company, which offered personalized tax, investment, asset management and insurance services.

His experience includes all areas of tax research and compliance, dealing with very complicated tax structures, preparing casino tax returns, the administration of a large 401(k) plan and was involved in federal and state tax audits dealing with a variety of tax controversies.

From 1985 to 1995, he served as a Adjunct Accounting Instructor at Atlantic Community College in Mays Landing, NJ. In addition, he conducted annual education seminars at Fidelity Investments, arranged a host of employee retirement education meetings and assisted employees in their asset allocation decisions.

Perry is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He also has Series 7 and 66 securities licenses, as well as a New Jersey Insurance Producer License for health, life and disability products.

The Gelber Organization, founded in 1990, is a consulting firm of Certified Public Accountants, former senior state tax officials and other tax professionals with particular expertise in the highly specialized field of state and local taxation. The Gelber Organization practices in all fifty states and provides services that compliment the existing state and local tax resources of their clients' personnel and outside accountants. The company offers services through its two divisions: The Profit Enhancement Division, generally offered on a performance basis, which focuses on optimizing profits by examining specific expense areas for possible refunds and cost reductions; and, the Tax Advisory Division, which provides expert representation on current multi-state and local tax issues.