On Nov. 7, 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a Proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that would change the way the entertainment industry accounts for production costs of an episodic television series to be more aligned with the accounting for production costs of films. Under current GAAP, production costs for episodic television serie [...]

Diwali is the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals. Also spelled deepavali, which means festival of lights: deep means "light" and avali "a row" to become "a row of lights." Diwali traditionally is marked by five days of celebrations. This year, Nov. 7 is the first of the five-day festival of events and celebrations. The holiday begins with the “day of [...]

As someone who was born and raised in Israel and now involved with the motion picture and television industry, I have come across Lana Melman and her efforts to combat the cultural boycott campaign against Israel and the negative social media attacks on artists who are involved with projects or performances there. I had the pleasure of meeting with Lana, who is a [...]

Global climate change is arguably the most urgent issue facing our society today. While the debate has been heating up in recent years, weather conditions around the world have become increasingly volatile. In the past year, severe weather conditions have devastated land across the United States, displacing thousands of families and even causing casualties. As agricul [...]

Excerpt from the GHJ Nonprofit Whitepaper, Board Governance: The Path to Nonprofit Success GHJ Manager Amy Eybsen recently sat down with Lauren Petersen, Foundation and Donor Relations Manager at OneOC, a nonprofit in Orange County, California. AMY: I have heard feedback from clients regarding certain fundraising management software solutions that work well and so [...]

“Simple” Tax Reforms We recently participated in a panel discussion for the Producers Guild of America on the 2017 Tax Reform Act (the Act), which went into effect in 2018, for most taxpayer changes. This seminar discussed the law, as we know it, and provides options to freelance employees on how to best keep their hard-earned dollars, especially for those in the e [...]

The newly imposed tariffs (taxes imposed on imported goods) on steel and other manufacturing staples have sparked massive backlash from the world abroad. In a bid to reinvigorate manufacturing in the U.S., consumer goods are now paid back in full from the E.U., China and other nations that have their own trade restrictions in place against U.S. products. In theory, ta [...]

Originally published in Philanthropy News Digest While most nonprofits know they need to be forward thinking in order to create change, many are (understandably) focused on the day-to-day delivery of programs and services and don't know how to proceed. It's a challenge to strategize about future plans or consider taking on new activities and programs with broader i [...]

I was always a science nerd and enjoyed understanding why things work the way they do, right down to the physics – especially planes and rockets. Whilst it may sound cliché, flying is something that has interested me from an early age, I distinctly remember visiting Cape Canaveral and being instantly besotted with the space shuttle, and flight in general. I decided [...]