Partners & Directors
Pete Finch: Partner
CPA
As the Trust, Estate and Gift Tax Partner, Peter oversees the firm’s compliance and assists staff in expanding their knowledge in these fields. He also helps attorneys and estate planning advisers develop and implement client estate plans. He is a Certified Public Accountant with a BS in business administration from North Dakota State University.
Personal
What’s your favorite number?
4
What would you be doing if you weren’t an accountant?
Stay at home dad. Then I could incorporate more than one of my interests/passions (teaching, patience, cleaning and spending time with my boys).
What’s your current goal outside of Copeland Buhl?
To be the best husband and father I can be and provide my 2 sons with a wide range of experiences that create wonderful memories and help them develop into good people.
Areas of Focus (Services)
- Business Tax
- Trust, Estate and Gift Tax
- Recent Articles
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1/06/2025
What Should Your Estate Planning Strategy Look Like in 2025?
Many of the provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the first Trump Administration’s signature tax law, are scheduled to sunset at the end of 2025. Unless Congress acts, the federal gift and estate tax exemption will...Read More -
12/23/2024
Understanding the Minnesota Estate Tax
Much of the talk about estate taxes these days centers on whether the incoming Trump Administration will extend the high federal exemption ($13.99 million for 2025), which is currently scheduled to sunset at the end of 2025 to its pre-2018...Read More -
8/07/2018
Deductibility of Professional Fees on Trust/Estate Fiduciary Income Tax Returns
When the new tax law disallowed miscellaneous 2% deductions and personal exemptions, it was unclear how this would affect Estates and Non-Grantor Trusts. On 7/13/2018, the IRS issued Notice 2018-61 that announced the Treasury Department and IRS intend to issue...Read More - View Blog