Richard Power

Richard Power - Retired/Consultant

Professional Focus

Tax Law with emphasis in Real Estate and Partnerships, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Tax-Exempt Entities


Contact - Richard

Phone: (707) 526-4200 x132
Fax: (707) 526-4707

100 B Street, Suite 400
Santa Rosa, CA 95401

A founding member of Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP, Mr. Power is a tax attorney whose practice focuses on low-income tax credits, real estate, partnerships and tax exempt entities. He is also a national speaker on the low-income housing tax credit. He served as tax attorney for the National Housing Law Project in its nationwide practice specializing in structuring syndications of low-income housing. Mr. Power was vice president-tax counsel and a partner with Lincoln Property Company, a major real estate developer. He continued to develop his tax practice with Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon and as a partner at Marron, Reid & Sheehy prior to founding Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP in 1998.

  • American Bar Association, Taxation Section, Partnership & Real Estate Committees – Low Income Housing Subcommittee 1998-2014
  • State Bar of California, Taxation & Real Estate Sections (1970-Present)
  • Sebastopol Rotary, President 2009-2010, Founding member, Sebastopol Sunrise Rotary
  • Leadership Santa Rosa Class XXI
  • A Guide to Housing for Low Income People Recovering from Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, 1991 (co-author)
  • “Tax Reform and Low-Income Housing – An Update”, Housing Law Bulletin, 1985
  • “The President’s Tax Proposal and Low-Income Housing” Housing Law Bulletin, 1985
  • “The Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1984 on Syndication of Low Income Housing Owned by Non-Profits” Housing Law and Northern California Non-Profit Housing Bulletins, 1984
  • Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard College
  • Juris Doctor, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California Law Review
  • LLM, cum laude Golden Gate University
  • Graduate work in city planning and business administration

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