In its continued effort and focus on transfer pricing, the IRS Large Business and International (LB&I) division published a “roadmap” designed to help IRS exam teams improve the efficiency and transparency of transfer pricing audits.

“Villainy, thy name is Taxpayer!” is what the IRS might wail if we all lived in a world encompassing a Shakespearean tragedy. Thankfully, we don’t.

Amazon is ramping up its innovative hardware product testing and beefing up marketing strategies to give its nearly quarter billion customers better ways to buy its wares using Internet-connected devices.

Created as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), public exchanges have enrolled more than eight million Americans. They provide an online consumer marketplace for the direct purchase of health insurance, as well as a mechanism for the payment of insurance premium subsidies for families earning less than $94,200 per year.

Investors from around the world are increasingly attracted to India, the world’s fourth most favored investment destination. With its highly skilled work force, large English-speaking population, growing domestic market, and stable, democratic government, India is an important investment and business location for many global companies.

Traditionally, founders and employees with stock options in early-stage companies had to wait until their companies were sold or went public in an initial public offering (IPO) to liquidate their equity interests. Occasionally, a founder might find a buyer for his / her shares, but that was the exception rather than the rule.

It is critical for distressed companies to retain and motivate key talent both during the bankruptcy process and upon emergence from bankruptcy.

On July 29, 2014, Windstream Holdings, Inc. announced its plans to spin-off certain telecommunication network assets into a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) following the issuance of a favorable private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service. According to the company, a successful REIT formation transaction will enable it to accelerate the pace of its network investments, enhance its service offerings to customers and maximize shareholder value.

A&M’s Tim Waters spoke to The Grocer about his recent report on the future of home delivery fulfillment in the UK grocery market, tackling tough issues such as “can online be profitable for grocers? And if so, how?”

Just before summer, the IRS spoke unofficially about a new audit initiative covering Section 409A compliance for deferred compensation. This appears to be the first organized audit initiative specifically geared at Section 409A compliance since the legislation was enacted nearly a decade ago as a result of several corporate scandals and perceived abuses by executives in the early 2000s.

Just before summer, the IRS spoke unofficially about a new audit initiative covering Section 409A compliance for deferred compensation.

Over the last 15 years, e-commerce has become an increasingly important part of the U.S. economy.

Global companies are changing their operating models to meet increasingly complex demands on their businesses. Too often companies struggle with how to effectively adapt their demand planning operations as these models evolve. If not done right, it can lead to unclear and inaccurate forecasting, ultimately putting the long-term viability of the business at risk.

As shown by the results of Alvarez & Marsal’s recent survey of public company change in control agreements (“golden parachutes”), the reaction to the heavy criticism leveled at such agreements over the last decade has been to continue the trend towards either eliminating them or reducing the amount payable under them, often substantially.