Roy Chou is a partner in the San Francisco office of Novogradac. Mr. Chou has extensive experience in real estate, affordable housing, historic preservation and community development. He specializes in new markets tax credit (NMTC), historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) and opportunity zones (OZ) incentive transactions. He provides numerous accounting and consulting services, including audit and attestation, tax preparation and financial forecasting. In addition, Mr. Chou advises investors, syndicators and developers on structuring, tax planning, financing, and compliance and regulatory matters. He is a frequent speaker at industry-sponsored conferences and workshops and serves as the technical editor for the Novogradac Historic Rehabilitation Handbook. Mr. Chou has contributed articles to various publications, including the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with concentrations in accounting and finance from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Chou is licensed in California as a certified public accountant.