Professional Experience

Rich Beamish is a Tax Shareholder at Doeren Mayhew. For more than 31 years, he has helped mid-sized businesses with their tax issues. From automotive suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and wholesalers to service organizations, Rich has experience in a wide variety of industry sectors.

Throughout his career, he has guided clients through choosing entity selections, implementing effective tax-saving strategies, dealing with multistate tax issues, and understanding tax consequences of corporate liquidation, reorganizations, and merger and acquisition transactions.

In addition to his role in the Tax Group, Rich is the Practice Leader of the firm’s Tax Incentives Group. Since joining the firm in 1991, he has helped hundreds of clients free-up cash flow to foster growth and profitability through the use of tax incentives, such as research and development tax credits and cost segregation studies.

Leveraging his extensive taxation knowledge, Rich also assists the firm’s investment banking clients during both sell- and buy-side transactions to ensure the tax structure of the deal is advantageous.

Education and Certifications

• Master of Science, Taxation – Walsh College
• Bachelor of Business Administration – Western Michigan University
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Registered representative holding Series 82 and 63 licenses

Memberships and Affiliations

• Alaska Professional Hunters Association
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Detroit Gun Club
• Ducks Unlimited
• Hunters Creek Club
• Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
• National Rifle Association
• National Sporting Clays Association
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• The Salvation Army Outdoors of Metro Detroit – Committee Member