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The Forensic Accountant Follows The Facts!
Editor: Please describe your background and experience. Smith: After graduating in 1983 from Indiana University with a bachelor of science degree in finance with honors, I worked six years at Peterson & Company, a large national firm specializing in litigation support, followed by six...
Read MoreThe Effect Of Dodd-Frank On The Middle Market
Editor: Please describe your professional background. Bible: I have spent my 30-year career at a mixture of public accounting firms and industry. I served as a senior financial executive at GTE (now Verizon) and at General Motors before coming to (now) EisnerAmper LLP. The industries have...
Read MoreWhere The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of The Parts
Editor: Howard, please tell our readers about your experience as Managing Partner and CEO of Amper, Politziner & Mattia. How will your role change now that you are Chairman of the combined firm EisnerAmper? Cohen: As only the second managing partner in Amper's 45-year history, I spent...
Read MoreU.S. Financial Reform: Mortgage Reform & Lending Provisions
Background On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") which aims, among other matters, to prevent practices that led to the breakdown in the mortgage lending market as well as to protect consumers applying for...
Read MoreEmployee Or Independent Contractor - Minimizing The Costs Of Misclassification
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is actively auditing small business employment practices via employment tax audits and is also conducting an ongoing review of worker classification practices in large employers. Thus, it is important to review who qualifies as an independent contractor and what...
Read MorePrivacy And Data Security - What Counsel Should Know About Minimizing Risk
Introduction Privacy and data security laws and regulations exist at both the federal and state level and, until recently, there was a fairly clear demarcation between what federal regulations covered and what was in the domain of the states. That equilibrium changed on March 1 when the...
Read MoreReal Estate Investments Made Sweeter By Tax Credits
Real estate investments may make sense for corporations with high tax burdens and an interest in socially conscious investing. There are real estate investment opportunities that provide the investor with bond-type returns and an added incentive: certain available tax credit programs that provide...
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