ALI CLE | Accountants' Liability 2019: Strategies for the Profession in an Era of Heightened Enforcement | October 17 - 18 2019 | Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., August 21, 2019. American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE) has...
Taxation Articles
Issues in Representing Smaller Accounting Firms
Certain recurring issues, some of which are avoidable and others of which can be mitigated, present themselves in representing smaller accounting firms. These firms generally, though by no means exclusively, tend to represent non-publicly held...
Estate Planning for U.S. Citizens/Residents with International Assets (Part 1)
In our increasingly global society, estate planning is important, if not essential, for U.S. persons with ties to non-U.S. countries or international assets, especially during certain critical junctures and life altering events (i.e., immigration...
The Impact of Tax Reform on Umbrella Partnership Structures (UP-Cs)
I. INTRODUCTION Over the past 15 years, umbrella partnership structures (commonly referred to as “Up-Cs”), in which a newly-formed publicly traded C corporation (“PubCo”) acquires interests in an existing business operated in flow-through form...
Family Matters: 199A Common Ownership Definition Deemed Restrictive
Individual owners of a family business hoping to aggregate their ownership interests for purposes of the section 199A deduction may run into trouble if the co-owners happen to be siblings. The proposed passthrough regulations allow taxpayers to...
Employer’s Guide to Navigating ACA Reporting Requirements
Beginning in 2015, certain employers were required to report information to the IRS on an annual basis to assist the IRS in assessing penalties associated with the employer shared responsibility and individual mandate requirements of the Affordable...
PCAOB Chairman Duhnke Says Audit Inspections to Change in 2019
PCAOB Chairman William Duhnke said the board plans to change the way it inspects accounting firms beginning with the 2019 inspection cycle. The upcoming change is a result of the PCAOB's review of its inspections program and follows a wholesale...
SEC and PCAOB officials join attorneys in discussion on defense strategies
The American Law Institute CLE’s recent Accountants’ Liability Conference featured a panel discussion on substantive defense strategies in SEC and PCAOB proceedings starring representatives from both sides of the table. The panelists went over a...
PCAOB Senior Positions to Be Filled by Year-end, Chairman Duhnke Says
PCAOB Chairman William Duhnke expects to fill the vacant posts at the head of the regulatory board's various offices before the end of the year. "I can't give you a specific date. But our goal is by the end of the year to have all our senior...