Nick Ives is a principal in the Andover, Massachusetts, office of Novogradac, where he specializes in new markets tax credits, historic rehabilitation credits, renewable energy credits and low-income housing tax credits. In addition to providing various consulting services, he works extensively on financial statement audits, tax return preparation, final cost certifications, financial forecasts and agreed-upon procedures engagements. Before joining Novogradac, Mr. Ives was an accounting manager at U.S. Bank Community Development Corporation. Before that, he was a senior accountant with a regional certified public accounting firm in St. Louis, where he served clients in the manufacturing, construction and real estate industries. He has contributed to the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits and is a speaker at the firm’s new markets tax credit and renewable energy tax credits conferences.  Mr. Ives received a master’s degree in accounting at Northeastern University and is licensed in Massachusetts and Missouri as a certified public accountant.