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Faculty Expertise Guide

William A. Raabe

Senior Lecturer, Accounting

Areas of Expertise

International, federal, state and local taxation
Financial and retirement planning
Economic effects of sports and entertainment facilities
Charitable gift techniques
Taxation and management of exempt organizations
Tax education and technology
Fisher/OSU tax clinic

Education

PhD, University of Illinois
MAS, University of Illinois, Urbana
BS, Carroll College (WI)

Biography

Professor Raabe is one of the country's leading tax educators and authors. His research has appeared in journals for both academics and tax advisors. His books include undergraduate and graduate texts, as well as several professional reference works. Raabe has testified as to tax matters before legislative committees and in the courtroom as an expert witness. He often is quoted in the media on the topics of tax law, tax reform, and economic development effects.

For many years, Raabe was the Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Taxation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Bill also has taught at Arizona State University and Samford University (AL). He has been active in the tax education functions of the major accounting firms, and he created nationally marketed software for estate and gift planners. Raabe is an advisor to Fisher College’s Deloitte Tax Student Case Competition, and he heads the Fisher/OSU Tax Clinic.

Contact Information

430 Fisher Hall
Fisher College of Business
2100 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-4023
raabe_12@fisher.osu.edu

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