Our Team
Jacob Goldman
Charles R.
Jacob Goldman, Vice President
Jacob Goldman, LEED AP, is Vice President and Chief Engineer of Energy Tax Savers/R&D Tax Savers. Since co-founding the Company in 2005, Mr. Goldman has helped secure over a billion dollars in tax deductions across 17,000+ projects. His expertise includes R&D Tax Credits and energy related incentives such as Section 179D and Investment Tax Credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Mr. Goldman is an award-winning speaker, distilling intricate tax codes into actionable strategies. He frequently presents at national conferences like AEE, IGSHPA, LightFair, and NFMT, as well as local chapters of USGBC, ASHRAE, IFMA, BOMA, and beyond. His most recent accolades include the 2023 AEE Northeast Regional Award for Energy Professional Development.
His thought leadership has played an integral role in advising the DOE, NEMA, and NRDC on Section 179D extensions. He has pioneered the firm’s national practice for IRA incentives, from universities leveraging solar tax credits to corporations optimizing energy efficiency deductions, Mr. Goldman’s expertise is at the cornerstone of sustainable tax strategy.
Mr. Goldman has authored over 150 articles in leading industry publications including Corporate Business Taxation Monthly, Building Operating Management, Thomson Reuters, Green Lodging News, and International Parking Institute.
With a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Buffalo and an MBA from the University of Maine, Mr. Goldman brings a rare blend of technical mastery and financial acumen to the complex world of tax optimization.
Charles R. Goulding
President
Charles R. Goulding is an Attorney/CPA, President and founder of Energy Tax Savers/R&D Tax Savers, two divisions of a national tax consulting firm. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Cooper Industries Inc. (now Eaton) in Houston, Texas. Before joining Cooper, Mr. Goulding was a vice president of Dover Corporation, an eight billion dollar sales NYSE diversified industrial manufacturer. At both companies, Mr. Goulding created and administered company-wide R&D Tax Credit programs. These programs encompassed both domestic and international business operations and have helped generate over $600 million in tax savings for their respective firms. Mr. Goulding has been at the forefront of R&D Tax Credit work since the credit’s inception in 1981.
Mr. Goulding has a law degree from Brooklyn Law School (Juris Doctor) and an MBA from Adelphi University. Mr. Goulding also participated in Pace University’s Doctor of Business Administration Program. His undergraduate degree is from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he was a double major in Political Science and Economics. He spent his junior year abroad at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mr. Goulding is a former President of the New York Chapter of the Tax Executives Institute and also participated in Pace University’s Doctor of Business Administration Program. He has served as the co-chairman of the Taxation of Mergers and Acquisition conferences in Chicago, Houston, New York City, San Francisco and Paris, France. He recently chaired New York’s Solar Investment Conference.
He has authored over 800 articles for numerous tax publications including International Business, International Tax Journal, Euromoney, Taxation for Accountants, The Practical Accountant, The CPA Journal, and Corporate Business Taxation Monthly.
Mr. Goulding successfully litigated the Dover Corporation case in U.S. Tax Court (the first check the box case) and the Pulsar International case on reasonable compensation. He is also the Mayor of the Village of Oyster Bay Cove, New York