Jenny Goldinstein

Senior Director
12+ years of experience
Specializes in research and development tax credits, Section 174 capitalization, cost segregation, fixed assets review and federal tax planning
Certified Public Accountant
New York
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Jenny Goldinstein is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in New York City. She brings more than 12 years of experience in federal tax planning and general compliance and reporting.

Ms. Goldinstein is a seasoned professional specializing in research credits, capitalization under Section 174, methods of accounting, repairs analysis, fixed asset analysis, depreciation, cost segregation, uniform capitalization, foreign-derived intangible income and Section 199A. She has successfully served clients across a range of industries, including consumer products and retail, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, technology, media and entertainment and real estate.

Additionally, Ms. Goldinstein has advised public and privately held multinational corporations, middle-market companies and startups on various federal tax planning initiatives through methods of accounting. She has quantified, documented and defended the research credit against the IRS.

Ms. Goldinstein has also been an expert in repairs, cost segregation and fixed asset analysis studies for major telecommunication, retail and real estate companies, which has resulted in hundreds of millions in tax savings for clients. She has worked to maximize foreign-derived intangible income deductions for multinational corporations by analyzing revenue sources, fostering cross-team collaboration and encouraging a multifaceted examination of the process.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Goldinstein was a Senior Manager at the Quantitative Services Group at one of the Big Four accounting firms in New York City.

Ms. Goldinstein earned a BBA in accounting from Baruch College and a master’s degree in taxation from the Zicklin School of Business. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Companies are always innovating to stay ahead of the competition in today's fast-moving business world. One important way to innovate is by implementing and customizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
On September 8th, Treasury and the IRS released Notice 2023-63 (the Notice), which showcased the rules they intend to propose regarding the mandatory requirement to capitalize and amortize specified research or experimental (SRE) costs under section 174, which became effective beginning in 2022.
The transition to capitalizing research and experimental costs under section 174 has been fraught with increasingly complex issues without much-needed guidance to resolve them.
As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), beginning with tax years after December 31, 2021, Section 174 requires taxpayers to capitalize and amortize research and experimental expenditures.
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The 2024 edition of Lee G. Zimet’s paper entitled “Limitations on Corporate Tax Attributes: An Analysis of Section 382 And Related Provisions” contains a comprehensive discussion of corporate tax attributes and the various limitation rules.
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