As incentive compensation continues to be an integral part of the total compensation package for executives at publicly traded companies, A&M's Executive Compensation and Benefits Practice has conducted an analysis of the compensation arrangements at the 100 largest U.S. exploration and production companies.

More is expected of today’s Finance Executives. CEOs and Boards increasingly look to CFOs to provide insights from financial data to help them “see around the corner” and make more informed, strategic decisions. Drawing from a combined 20+ CFO stints, Paul Ruh and Helen Van Ness share lessons for how to move beyond “rearview reporting” and drive future success.

As part of this November’s election, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada all voted to legalize recreational marijuana, while Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota approved medical cannabis initiatives. Montana, which legalized medical marijuana in 2004, also passed a measure to set up commercial cultivation operations and dispensaries. As a result, recreational marijuana use is legal in seven states, and medical marijuana use is legal in 28 states.

Drawing from a combined 20+ CFO stints, Paul Ruh and Helen Van Ness share lessons in this short video for how to move beyond “rearview reporting” and drive future success.

The objective of this report is to provide a summary of the impact to date of the OECD’s BEPS project on local legislation and audits / tax enquiries.

You may already be modeling out the tax impact on your company’s financial statements of various tax reform scenarios, just as we have been doing for a number of our clients.

For five consecutive years, our global Taxand organization has surveyed CFOs and tax and finance directors across Europe, Asia and the Americas as part of its global survey to understand the current tax landscape across the world and how multinational companies are currently interacting with rapidly changing legislation and more focused tax authorities.

Taxand has conducted its annual global survey with an exclusive selection of large multinational clients, operating across a variety of industry sectors. Survey responses comprise interviews with CFOs, tax and finance directors from across Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Tectonic shifts are taking place in the global tax environment at a unprecedented pace and frequency, with some effects already clearly visible (e.g., BEPS directive in EU, interest barrier rules).

Successful CFOs are expected to partner with and provide guidance to the Board, CEO and other executives in making critical decisions directly impacting the success of the business.

The “dual function software,” “third party subset” and “third party interaction” concepts will change how you classify and document software development activities under Section 41.

A&M looked back at what happened in 2016, and looked ahead to the top prudential and conduct debates impacting bank strategy to identify the way forward for banks searching for a profitable franchise.

The emergence of big data technologies has led to a fundamental shift in the otherwise disconnected compliance information supply chain. Traditionally, organizations have relied on antiquated know-your-customer (KYC) and customer identification program (CIP) methods to solicit, capture and collect critical pieces of information about their customers, which is then disseminated across multiple business lines and often compartmentalized to make assessments about risk tolerance, marketing efforts, and compliance with laws and regulations.