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RSM Shiff Hazenfratz & Co. C.P.A.
RSM Shiff Hazenfratz & Co. is one of
Israel’s top ten full service accounting and
consulting firms and amember of the RSM
network. Established in 1978, and located in Tel
Aviv, the firm’s founding partners are Reuven Shiff
CPA, Joshua Hazenfratz CPA, Yehoshua Miniviski
CPA, and Shmuel (Sami) Naiberg . Eng., CPA.
The firmhas 10 partners and 150 employees, and
serves about 2,000 clients in the private, public
andgovernmentsectors.Thefirm’shighlyqualified
personnel, innovative approach, local and global
connections and resources, alongside its service
oriented structure, enable it to provide a complete
range of business solutions and consulting
services: audit and assurance, taxation services,
internal audit and risk management advisory
services, corporate finance services, professional
practice and trust management. The firm serves
industry and commerce, real estate, public
interest companies, government accounting,
capital markets, non-profit organizations, high-
tech, healthcare and food and beverage sectors.
RSM Shiff Hazenfratz & Co. is a member of RSM,
the world’s 6 th largest audit, tax and consulting
network with approximately $4.7 billion annual
fee income with offices in 120 countries including
the top 40 business centers.
The Firm’s Vision
Being a highly professional and highly recognized
provider for growing organizations who are looking
for audit, accounting, tax, advisory and specialized
consulting services that will help them to reach
their business goals and lead them to success.
The firm’s values are: excellence; professionalism;
reliability; accessibility; and teamwork.
Service Policy
RSMShiff Hazenfratz & Co. maintains a focused-
service approach to clients; seeing each as
unique and structures itself to provide tailor-
made and value-added service. This uniquely
personalized approach assists clients to
overcome their challenges and prosper.
The firm’s human capital is grouped into
branches serving as centers of excellence,
employing expert teams who utilize an
innovative approach to provide the highest
quality and standard of service.
The Firm’s Services
Audit &Assurance –Withmany years of profound
and quality audit, this is the core business of the
firm. International and local clients of all sectors,
ranging from large corporations to small and
mediumsizedcompaniesenjoyourcomprehensive
audit services, all under IFRS, Israeli GAAP and US
GAAP. As members of International, our clients
enjoy the firm’s ongoing collaboration with
the networks specialists and access to its vast
resources.
Internal Audit - Consulting, Control & Risk
Management – Internal audit aims at protecting
company value, improving performance, increasing
operating efficiency and enhancing shareholder
value. The firm’s department serves government
offices and corporations, statutory corporations,
public corporations, non-profit organizations
and municipal corporations. The firm’s services
allow a company to define the level of risk it is
willing to take in connection with its creation of
shareholder value. The firm helps companies
identify operational, financial, technological,
legal and strategic risks, assist in assessing their
influence on the company’s operations and help
implement risk management models. Services
include: Internal Audit; RiskManagement; Forensic
Audit; Fraud Investigation; SOX, COSO compliance;
IT audit (Data protection, Audit of information
systems); Physical and Information Security
services and Cyber Security.
Taxation – The firm specializes in working with
organizations that require in-depth, up-to-date
knowledge of local rules allied to seamless
cooperation between tax professionals in
different jurisdictions. The firm provides practical,
commercially-focused advice with an extra
dimension – access to senior tax experts who
are dedicated to finding the best possible tax
solutions for businesses in Israel and abroad.
Services include: Support and tax consultancy
for transactions including mergers, spin-offs,
carve outs and special situations; business
structure advisory; tax planning regarding starting
businesses and consummating transactions in
Israel and abroad; consulting about and submitting
requests for conversion of criminal proceeding into
amnesty payments; consultancy and handling
voluntary disclosure proceedings; representation
tax assessments with Income Tax, Withholding Tax
and VAT assessors; pre-rulings from the Israel Tax
Authorities; reviewof tax reconciliation statements;
real estate taxation.
Economical &Strategic Consulting Services –The
firm specializes in economic-strategic planning
and business development for companies and
organizations. Services grant comprehensive
solutions to the range of risks and opportunities
facing organizations in Israeli and global markets.
The firm is connected to leading economics, finance
and accounting experts and cooperates with
RSM’s network of consultants. Services include:
Complete transaction support: pre-acquisition due
diligence (tax & accounting) and target company
examinations; deal analysis, post-closing support
costanalysesandbudgetcontrol; corporate funding
advisory; companyandassetsvaluations; purchase
price allocation – (PPA(; impairment assessment;
M&As - consulting and accompanying all stages of
M&A’s; capital markets - advisory services during
funding and capital raising (IPO); presenting expert
opinions in legal proceedings; transfer pricing.
Professional Practice – Ensuring the high
professional level of the audit team by writing
procedures, publishing articles and mandating
training, the professional services provide clients
immediate response on issues relating to Generally
AcceptedPrinciplesinIsrael(IsraeliGAAP)Securities
Regulations and IFRS, aswell as providing opinions
to non-clients about implementation of IFRS.
Trust management - Shiff Hazenfratz Trustees
(2004) Ltd. –The firmoffers trust services providing
a ready-made structure for raising capital through
negotiable and non-negotiable bonds in the
secondary market or which are traded on security
exchanges. Both in the planning stage: creating a
trust and raising capital; and during the life of the
bond through to its redemption.
Esta b l i s h e d
1978
L i n e o f b u s i n ess
Accounting, Audit, Taxes,
Financial and Business
Consultancy, Risk Management,
Internal Auditing, Trusteeships
A d d i t i o n a l l e a d i n g
e x ecu t i v es & Pa rt n e r s
Eli Elatar CPA, Partner
Amit Mukhtar CPA, Partner
Eli Amrusi CPA, Partner
Shay Ben David CPA, Partner
Partners in Consultancy,
internal Audit & Risk Management
Ronen Artzi Partner
Eli Lahat CPA, Partner
52 Menachem Begin Rd., Tel Aviv 6713701
Tel: 972-3-7919111
Fax: 972-3-7919112
Joshua Hazenfratz
CPA, Senior Partner and
Founder
Yehoshua (Shuki)
Miniviski
CPA, Senior Partner and
Founder
Shmuel (Sami)
Naiberg
CPA, Senior Partner and
Founder
Reuven Shiff
CPA, Managing Partner
and Founder *
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582