Tax & Accounting Blog

Our five-part direct tax blog series will offer insights from our experts on how to improve each key area of your direct tax process— from data preparation to reflection and analysis. If you haven’t already, check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 in our series. Dealing with estimated … Read More

Look up any subject and literally — chances are there’s an app for that! It is not uncommon now for businesses to grow their presence on the internet via social media. What you may not be aware of is that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is also active on numerous social media platforms … Read More

If your company does not have a formal transfer pricing policy in place, now might be the time to look into it – especially as more countries have found that they can generate billions of dollars in incremental revenues each year by tightening up transfer pricing policies. In this month’s Financial Executive article Read More

Samuel M. Maruca, the director of transfer pricing for the IRS, has announced that the newly formed group will be doing a road show for the field offices to introduce a new Transfer Pricing Roadmap consisting of audit guidelines to aid in the effective case selection and development of audit issues. The intent is to … Read More

With increased regulation, a heavy state and local tax burden, and election uncertainty, today’s corporate boards are increasingly focused on tax risk management. Ultimately, it is the board with oversight of the company’s tax policies and actions. As a result,  boards are adding skilled tax resources to its seats. Because tax issues have material impacts on earnings and … Read More

It is estimated that intellectual property (IP) represents at least 80% of corporate value across the globe. The recently released ktMINE Royalty Rate Resource Guide can help transfer pricing and valuation analysts seek clarity when benchmarking IP transactions. This guide provides insight into royalty rate trends from 25 industries spanning the past 12 … Read More