GHJ held the 2nd Annual Food and Beverage Industry Forum, designed for business owners and executives in the food and beverage industry. Similar to last year, the event featured speakers and panelists who are familiar with the trends and challenges in the industry. Highlights from the forum included, 2013 Food and Beverage Industry Survey, growth areas, pri [...]

GHJ invites you to attend our 2nd Annual Food and Beverage Industry Forum, designed for business owners and executives in the food and beverage industry. Similar to last year, the event will feature speakers and panelists who are familiar with the trends and challenges in the industry. Attendees will hear highlights from our 2013 Food and Beverage Industry Su [...]

GHJ invites you to our third nonprofit workshop of 2013 featuring the latest in accounting and tax updates, including IRS audit activities in the nonprofit sector. Attendees will learn about various topics, including financial statement reporting, audit guide updates, state and local tax, and OMB Circular A-133 reform ideas. Tuesday, August 20, 2013 8:00 a.m. [...]

The food and beverage industry as a whole is unique in many ways – and here in Los Angeles, where we have some of the finest dining options in the nation, there’s perhaps an even finer tuned set of rules for success. Stir in an unpredictable economy and you’ve got a sector of Southern California business that continues to evolve as swiftly as any other. To ma [...]

Leon Janks and other members of HLB International share considerations for foreign investors in an article featured on page 32 of the Summer 2013 issue of Global Trader Magazine. Download PDF

For over 30 years, Licensing Expo has been the meeting place for the biggest names and the hottest properties in the industry. This is where attendees will find new properties and brands, see the latest trends in the industry, and initiate licensing deals. Whether you are looking to spot trends, build strategic partnerships, secure promotional tie-ins or take [...]

On June 13th at 1:00 pm EDT, Rich Ruvelson will be speaking at a Stafford live phone/web seminar, “Independence Disclosure Challenges With Form 990.” This teleconference will focus on important and much-watched non-profit independence disclosures on Form 990 and its schedules, against a backdrop of heightened oversight by IRS auditors—and by donors, lenders a [...]

GHJ writes about vertical integration and the effects of related party deals on profit participants (Page 60) in the May – June 2013 edition of Produced By Magazine. “I’m often asked by producers, what’s the biggest single issue confronting profit participants these days. By far, the most significant financial issue is the impact of related party self-deal [...]

On June 12th, Polina Chapiro, Akash Sehgal and Ilan Haimoff will speak at the CalCPA Entertainment Industry Conference. Polina will be a panelist on “International Tax”. Panel topics include: Inbound planning for actors and behind the camera personnel Foreign tax credit and other U.S. tax planning for the inbound Outbound talent planning Akash will be a panel [...]

California residency issues are one of the top five audit areas for the California Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”). An individual could be a resident of California but not be domiciled in California and conversely, an individual maybe domiciled in California but not resident in the state. Residency determines what income is taxable in California. Generally, resid [...]