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We recently received an increasing number of inquiries regarding tax compliance with respect to payments to vendors — and, especially, foreign vendors.

By now, advisers and others within the investment community are familiar to some degree with the amendments to Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Custody Rule” or the “Rule”).

In the last 30 years, perhaps the most contentious New York corporate tax issue centered on which entities should be included in a New York combined return.

By Gemma Leddy, CPA Anyone close to the family office world knows the operational landscape has changed dramatically over the last […]

Private equity firms, lenders, lawyers and other interested parties conduct due diligence to kick the tires on a potential transaction or target acquisition.

With the closing of the calendar year, the focus of many private foundations shifts toward the planning and preparation of Form 990-PF, Return of Private Foundation.

According to current guidelines, 401(k) plans may provide that an employee can receive a distribution of his or her elective contributions due to a financial hardship arising from certain events such as medical bills, tuition payments or purchase of a principal residence.

According to the IRS, opinion and advisory letters (i.e., for prototype and volume submitter type of plans, respectively) are expected to be issued for 403(b) plans in the second quarter of 2017.

A major shift has occurred in how the IRS will handle partnership tax examinations in the future. The IRS has created new centralized procedures for the audit, assessment, and collection of tax.

The Office of Appeals (“Appeals”) is a unit of the IRS which is separate and independent of the IRS Tax Examination Division (“Examination”) which conducts tax audits.

Understanding the financial health of a prospective and/or a recurrent grant recipient is an essential function throughout the grant management process.