by Greg BryantE-Commerce in the USA – Navigating to Success
Even prior to the pandemic, the e-commerce industry was growing fast. E-commerce companies further thrived in 2020 as stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and other pandemic-related anxieties pushed US consumers online with higher frequencies. In fact, Digital Commerce 360 estimates that the pandemic accelerated the e-commerce industry by two years1. We are finding more companies who have been...
by Greg BryantDisagree with Dignity and Respect
By Gregory Bryant, Esq/CPA I recently got into a text discussion with a former client and colleague. He is a brilliant radiologist and was posing the question, “Why don’t people follow the science and get vaccinated….?”, to which he then explained why the science says that makes sense. His explanation was very clear and convincing. But, I thought I would venture an...
by Greg BryantManaging Tax Change
Tax systems change, and we are going through a significant period of change now. The conventional wisdom in my career, now approaching 40 years, is that structures have to adapt and change every 5-years to avoid becoming obsolete and inefficient. In my experience, it is not quite that bad, but at least every 8-years. When I started my career, the Federal US corporate tax...
by Greg BryantTax Planning in the Cannabis Industry: Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code
By Gregory Bryant CPA/ Esq.Sarah Skinner, Esq. The green-wave is overtaking America. Cannabis is gradually reaching the masses, and consequently the mass markets, thanks to legalization efforts. As a reminder, marijuana and hemp are both cannabis. However, marijuana and hemp are different varieties of the Cannabis Sativia L. plant. Generally, hemp must contain 0.3% or less total...
by Greg BryantManaging Tax and Exchange Control in China
When doing business in China, it is important to consider how you will be paid, and get the payment out of the country. Not only must a company manage taxes, they must also manage exchange control. Exchange control in China greatly favors payment for imported goods and discourages the payment for services performed outside China. It also creates administrative hurdles to...
by Greg BryantThirty-five Years of Lessons on Mergers and Acquisitions
For over thirty-five years, we have been helping clients buy and sell businesses, and we have learned that planning ahead can be the key driver to achieving a deal that makes everybody happy.
by Greg BryantNew IRS Offshore Account Program
OVDP offered taxpayers whose conduct was considered “willful” as to the nonreporting of foreign income with a path to compliance and more importantly an opportunity to diminish the threat of criminal charges they may face upon discovery by the IRS.by Greg BryantTrump-Tax-Plan-where-we-going
As we have argued in our previous articles, as the world has globalized and commerce crosses borders more frequently, the current US corporate income tax code is not only obsolete it is suicidal. The time for change is overdue. But what change will we find under President-Elect Trump?by Greg BryantTransfer Pricing Introduction
Transfer pricing is one of the most important issues in international taxation.by Greg Bryant