Why do international business dealings require integrated legal, tax, and accounting services? It doesn't matter how small or large your company is. If you are a U.S. company that conducts business outside of the United States, your business model requires a level of sophistication that is much different from managing...
How Often to Review Your Trust and Estate Plan?
How often should you review your trust and estate plan? Is there a regular cycle to these reviews, or should they be driven by significant events in your life or the lives of your beneficiaries and executor or trustee? How will the next few years in Congress impact trust and...
The Trend to Integrate Legal, Tax, Accounting, Business and Financial Advisory Services: the KPMG Arizona Gambit
It has always been prudent to search for firms who can integrate legal, tax, accounting and business advisory services. While there are few such genuine providers across the United States, firms like Allen Barron / Janathan L. Allen, APC do exist, and the KPMG Arizona gambit has legitimized the reasons...
The Potential Tax Impact of Foreign Investments for U.S. Taxpayers
A common strategy many wealth management firms recommend is ensuring that as much as 30% of your portfolio includes foreign investments and securities. What is the potential tax impact of foreign investments? One of the keys to maximizing the advantages of offshore investment involves management of the effects of taxation...
Trust and Estate Planning for Business Owners
Why is the end of the year a good time to consider trust and estate planning for business owners. Do you own real property or have other investments outside of your business interests? Have you given any thought to what would happen if you become ill or incapacitated and are...
How to Prepare for an IRS Audit
We are often asked how to prepare for an IRS audit. If you have received a letter of notification from the IRS concerning an audit, the first step you should take is to download our free guide "What to Expect from an IRS Audit" and contact the experienced tax attorneys...
Tuning Up Your Business
It's human nature to take the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude, which extends to allowing areas of your business to evolve and develop without scrutiny. This is why tuning up your business is an essential part of leadership for shareholders in a corporation and members in an...
Integrative Legal, Tax, Accounting, and Business Advisory Services More Important Than Ever
Integrative legal, tax, accounting, and business advisory services are more critical than ever as we address the challenging environment of continuous change. Seek change; wherever you find it, opportunity will exist. The speed of business has rapidly accelerated in recent years, and the ability to resolve problems and take prompt...
The Due Diligence of an Asset Purchase
The due diligence of an asset purchase is quite often given less priority and attention than it should (read: must) warrant. An asset purchase transaction is often quite complex financially and legally. The buyer agrees to purchase the specific assets and associated liabilities specified within the asset purchase contract. Are...