Accounting firms spend numerous hours analyzing and advising with regard to what is in the best interests for their clients’ future success. But how well — or often — do they take their own advice? Transformative investments are critical to future success. Firms must regularly set aside resources for future innovation, whether it be the technologies, processes or [...]

GHJ congratulates Jessica Goodman for winning at Creative Financial Staffing’s (CFS) Executive Recruiter Rookie of the Year. Jessica works CFS-Los Angeles, a leading financial placement company and GHJ affiliate. Each year CFS ranks all recruiters by revenue production. For their first year at CFS-Los Angeles, Executive Recruiters Jessica Goodman and Matt Cruz, wer [...]

HLB recently released its 2021 Survey of Business Leaders report, “Achieving the Post-pandemic Vision: Leaner, Greener and Keener,” outlining the biggest lessons learned from 2020 including the importance of technology and human touch and reflecting on diversity and sustainability in the workplace. GHJ Partner and Chief Strategy Officer Mari-Anne Kehler, HLB leaders [...]

Just in time for the current reporting tax season, GHJ Partner Polina Chapiro joins panelists for STEP Los Angeles’ webinar addressing common — but complex — domestic and international reporting issues. The complimentary live presentation, “Tax Talk: Selected Tax Compliance Issues for Private Client Advisors,” will feature expert panelists who will provide helpful gu [...]

As businesses continue to look for guidance during the pandemic, the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency has rolled out an online portal to help provide information about COVID-19 safety regulations. GHJ Managing Partner Tom Barry discusses the measures GHJ put in place to keep employees safe and his outlook on the future of remote working with the San G [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA (Feb. 15, 2021) – GHJ, a leading accounting and advisory firm, is once again ranked in the top 20 on Los Angeles Business Journal’s (LABJ) list of top 100 accounting firms in Los Angeles. “If there is anything to be learned 2020, it is the importance of innovation,” said GHJ Managing Partner Tom Barry. “We are now more than ever striving to #BeMore a [...]

GHJ and Greenberg Traurig, LLP co-hosted a residency tax webinar, Becoming a Nonresident: Understanding Your State Tax Residency and Source Income. This webinar discussed California residency, state residency background and requirements, state tax and source income. Discussion highlights included: An overview of California residency Practical issues and considera [...]

How can companies increase diversity in the workplace? In an interview with ABC7, CFS (an affiliate of GHJ) Managing Director Derrick Coleman offers three ways companies can improve diversity. Derrick also discusses the lack of diversity among CPAs (and how to fix that), the importance of mentorship programs and how GHJ supports diversity through internal policies and [...]

Ilan Haimoff joins the 2021 Los Angeles Times Business Entertainment Roundtable to discuss the current entertainment landscape, silver linings of lockdown and the safety measures studios have implemented to continue production during the pandemic. Read Article

Join us as GHJ Principal Dan Landes shines light on revenue recognition accounting practices unique to the entertainment industry and how revenues are impacted by the recent ASC 606 accounting standard update in this upcoming RKL eSolutions webinar, “Motion Picture: Accounting Overview — Revenue from Contracts With Customers.” With many companies reporting under thi [...]