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As part of the growing IRS compliance review campaign, there is now a direct focus on high-net-worth individuals, especially those who have formed private foundations and also those with international business activities.

In the last year, a lot of attention has been given to the amount of goodwill on cannabis companies’ balance sheets.

Are the funds from your PPP loan about to run out? Have your operations been crippled by the pandemic? Are you starting to feel pressure from your creditors? Have you thought about restructuring your existing obligations but don’t know where to begin?

Is your privately-owned construction business ready to consider or re-consider an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) as a financial alternative to selling it?

The latest edition of the PKF International Worldwide Tax Guide for 2020/21 is now available for download. This annual publication covers 146 jurisdictions, providing an overview of taxation and business regulations on a country-by-country basis.

With the IRS moratorium on new audits set to expire on July 15, the IRS Large Business and International (LB&I) Division Commissioner, Douglas O’Donnell, announced the first significant initiative after the moratorium: examinations of several hundred high-net-worth individuals, with a focus on their ownership of partnerships, trusts and other pass-through entities, as well as their involvement with their own private foundations and international holdings.
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The last bulleted news item in this month’s Roundup speaks to a breach resulting from password mismanagement.

When it comes to setting up a charter school in New York, there are important considerations to ensure success and sustainability.

With its People First Initiative set to expire July 15, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a new audit initiative that targets private foundations.

Does your 501(c)(7) private club hold non-member/outside events, and do these events generate a profit for the club? The IRS is now focusing closer on whether or not private clubs are properly calculating the profit and paying income tax.

By Bruce L. Blasnik, CPA, CGMA, Partner The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released Memorandum M 20-26, dated […]

The COVID-19 pandemic caused private foundations to relocate physical offices to a “virtual office” without much preparation. This hasty change […]