Anchin merger creates accountingpowerhouse.

The accounting and tax professionals of H.J. Behrman have joined forces with Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP as of January 1,2008.

These experienced professionals will further enhance Anchin's position as the leading firm providing accounting, tax and advisory services to the real estate industry.

The merger adds an additional 26 professionals, including three partners, to Anchin's existing roster. Anchin will now have 54 partners and a total staff of over 400 housed on seven floors of its mid-town office. "We are delighted to have the professionals of H.J. Behrman join our professional family," said Anchin Managing Partner Frank Schettino. "Their reputation in the New York area and their expertise and reputation throughout the real estate community reinforces our position as the 'go to' real estate accounting and tax firm."

Both firms are long-time members of New York's professional services community. Anchin was founded in 1923; Behrman was founded in 1910. Behrman's three partners--Howard M. Krams, Louis R Levy, and Neal Klinger--will all join Anchin.

"Behrman and Anchin share many of the same core values," said Behrman's Krams, "including an unparalleled commitment to client service. We dedicate ourselves to the people who are our clients and we are proud to have contributed to the growth in their lives and businesses. Now, we are equally as proud to join the Anchin professional family." Anchin, Block & An chin LLP today is recognized as one of the "best of the best" accounting firms in the country (Inside Public Accounting).

The full-service firm, with a staff of 400, serves privately-held businesses and high net worth individuals with a wide range of traditional and non-traditional advisory services.