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Emerging Trends in Pharmacy Benefit Design

January 6, 2021
A&M’s Michael Niarchos moderatea a podcast with Lockton Company’s’ Ryan Czado on pharmacy benefits and emerging healthcare trends. They discuss how organizations are revising their strategies to improve outcomes and manage costs.
Thought Leadership

The Death And Rebirth Of Retail (As We Will Know It!)

January 5, 2021
At A&M, we are prepared to assist and be a steady partner for you during these rough times. We are passionate about helping companies achieve their maximum potential and be on the right side of disruption. Reach out to our team today.
Thought Leadership

Kristin Kohler Burrows Shares Leadership Lessons in Consulting

January 5, 2021
A&M’s Kristin Kohler Burrows, a Senior Director in our Consumer and Retail Group, speaks with one of the largest career communities for women about her career journey in fashion and consulting and the leadership lessons she has learned along the way.

Read about her experience.
Thought Leadership

Best Cost Country Sourcing

December 18, 2020
Evaluating low cost countries based on labor, materials, logistics, inventory, payment terms, trade considerations and others, helps companies determine the location or locations where their total cost of ownership is optimized – their best cost countries. Learn more about how A&M applies leading practices to help clients execute best cost country sourcing.
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Mexico Agrees to Shield U.S. Manufacturers on Double Taxation

December 16, 2020
On November 16, 2020 the U.S.’ Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Mexico’s tax administration service, the Servicio de Administracion Tributaria (“SAT”), agreed to renew the competent authority agreement arrangement known as the Qualified Maquiladora Approach Agreement (“QMA”) which was originally established in 1999 and previously updated in 2016.

Walden Pond Podcast: Compliance Innovation Predictions for 2021

December 15, 2020
In the latest Walden Pond podcast episode, A&M Managing Director Vincent Walden speaks with Aaron Nicodemus, a staff writer and reporter at Compliance Week compliance innovation predictions for 2021, the impact of the recent COSO report on enterprise risk management and compliance, and the importance of compliance function being viewed as a strategic partner with the business.
Thought Leadership

Almost There: The New and Improved Relation-Back Doctrine

December 15, 2020
Over a year ago, we made a prediction that some changes in the foreign tax credit rules made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act were likely to elevate the importance of the relation-back doctrine 
(RBD).
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The New PFIC Regulations: A Belated Manual for Investors

December 15, 2020
On Friday, December 4th, the IRS and Treasury released a pre-Federal Register publication version of the final regulations and new proposed regulations governing direct or indirect investments in a Passive Foreign Investment Company, or PFIC.