On Tuesday, the Treasury and IRS released final regulations dealing with certain aspects of the so-called base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT) that had been addressed in proposed regulations published back in December of 2019.

In Part II of our Provider Relief Fund podcast series, we discuss Provider Relief fund terms and conditions and what recipients should know and do to demonstrate compliance.

The recent DOJ guidance focuses on the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” and the emphasis on data analytics.

Is opportunity hiding underneath the economic rubble of COVID-19? Richard Chen, Managing Director; Dawn Duong, Senior Director; and Christina Cheang, Senior Manager; with Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Transaction Advisory Group, say yes

Industrial sectors like aerospace and automotive have some of the highest fixed operating costs in any industry anywhere. This environment creates the need for more substantive fixed cost reduction programmes.
A lower cost base is a competitive advantage in any sector and the COVID-19 pandemic has made management teams and private equity (PE) investors urgently reconsider the costs and benefits of different transformation programmes.

With retailers still working to respond to the global coronavirus crisis, partnerships and supply chains have never been more important – or under more pressure.

In a ‘normal’ year, annual and mid-year supplier negotiations can be the crucial difference that results in consistent margin performance and stable, predictable cost of goods sold (COGS) improvements. In this uniquely uncertain climate, the next round of negotiations will be the most significant in at least a decade, perhaps ever.

Late Friday, the IRS released its much-anticipated guidance (Notice 2020-65) on the implementation of the President’s August 8, 2020 Executive Order (EO) directing the Secretary of the Treasury to take steps to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee’s share of OASDI taxes and railroad retirement taxes.

This article explores what COVID-19 disruptions mean to infrastructure investing.

On July 28th, Treasury and the IRS released finalized regulations and a new set of proposed regulations under section 163(j), TCJA’s limitation on the deduction of interest.

Do you want to be better positioned to capture market share coming out of the crisis?

On Friday, August 21, the IRS and Treasury released a new package of final and proposed regulations, continuing the practice of providing taxpayers with weekend reading. This week’s package finalizes the temporary section 245A regulations that were issued in June of 2019 to address certain potential tax avoidance transactions.

In this article, we will discuss various M&E business models, challenges faced by the industry and strategies to maintain a competitive edge with a simplified business model.