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 [...]

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, 20138:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m [...]

GHJ recently held the Nonprofit workshop centered on Southern California benchmarking survey and dashboard reporting. Speakers for this event included, Margaret Karren, Partner, GHJ and Donella Wilson, Partner, GHJ. Topics covered in this workshop: Key performance indicators Dashboards for Nonprofits How to engage the Board and Staff Case Study: Downtown Wome [...]

Tom Barry, GHJ partner, will be speaking on a panel for this event hosted by the WasteExpo. Tom serves as the firm’s Practice Leader for Waste Management Advisory Services. “Building your “A” team-What you should seek in your financial advisors” With stock markets volatile, tax rates uncertain and estate laws facing review, these are challenging times even fo [...]

On May 16th, Donella Wilson will be teaching the course “Avoiding Common A&A Pitfalls.” This course will provide attendees with information regarding common financial reporting errors and common audit findings. The Not-for-Profit Organizations Conference is California’s premier conference for this specialized sector. Designed by experts, this event featur [...]

Nonprofit Workshop: Benchmarking and Dashboard Reporting Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Program Speakers: Margaret Karren, Partner, Nonprofit Services Donella Wilson, Partner, Nonprofit Services Location: Center at Cathedral Plaza 555 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012

On April 29th, Ilan Haimoff and Peter Klass will be teaching the course “Path to Protecting Money Due to Entertainment Clients.” This course will provide attendees with best practices in monitoring participation (royalty) statements, as well as an overview of production and distribution processes in both motion picture and television. In addition, this cour [...]

Television’s Multi-Million Dollar Secret: Retransmission royalties! (David R. program chair and moderator) Time: 12 Noon Location: BHBA Conference Center, 9420 Wilshire Blvd 2nd Floor P.O. Box 7277 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Contact: (310) 601-BHBA Fax (310) 601-2423 Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Registration: For more information and to RSVP plea [...]

GHJ partners Donald Snyder, Anant Patel, Warren Shulman and Farshad Yashar are featured authors in the Spring 2013 edition of Food & Drink International magazine. Their article, titled “Real-World Strategies,” discusses the increasing shift towards mergers and acquisitions in the food and beverage industry and six common pitfalls to avoid when making such dea [...]

Anita Wu writes an article about The Reporting of New Media in the March – April 2013 edition of Produced By Magazine. To the generations of multi-taskers and people constantly on the go, Netflix’s brand promise of delivering content to its users “anytime, anywhere” has an undeniable appeal. Hulu Plus entered the marketplace with an offer to provide its su [...]