

Managing 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...

Thirty-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.

New 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.
Trump-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?
Transfer Pricing Introduction
Transfer pricing is one of the most important issues in international taxation.
Corporate Income Tax Should be Repealed
Over the past year there has been increasing political chatter about tax reform, a topic long overdue and reaching crisis level.
India and U.S. Sharing Banking Information – New Agreement Signed
India’s banks and financial institutions will start sharing banking information with the U.S. tax authorities.
New Rule: Companies and Individuals With Foreign Affiliates Must File a BE-10 by 6/30!
The BE-10 is a Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment abroad that is conducted once every 5 years by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Ways U.S. Colleges and Universities Can Reduce Tax Liability and Risk Generated By Foreign Research and Study Abroad Programs
As economies globalize and more knowledge is being shared, institutions of higher education have had to globalize their learning and research programs as well, and they are learning, sometimes the hard way, that the rules they are so very familiar with in the U.S. do not apply outside of our borders.