Laura Riso has over 15 years of public accounting experience.
She provides audit, accounting and assurance services to private and public real estate companies and to employee benefit plans across all sectors. Laura began her career at Withum and has grown into a trusted advisor known for her technical expertise, attention to detail and commitment to client service. She is a licensed certified public accountant in New Jersey.
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Laura is actively involved in the professional community as the Treasurer of Commercial Real Estate Women of NJ (CREW NJ), an organization dedicated to advancing women in commercial real estate.
Outside of work, Laura enjoys spending quality time with her family. She is actively involved in her children’s lives and values the time spent supporting their activities and milestones.
The new lease accounting standards under ASC 842 were effective for private companies with a calendar year-end beginning January 1, 2022. These new standards require companies to record substantially all leases on their balance sheets and will affect real estate leases for both tenants and landlords. There will be a significant change for tenants, who…
The sale or exchange of property is generally a taxable event. However, under IRC Section 1031, no gain or loss is recognized if property held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment is exchanged for property of a “like kind” which is to be held for productive use in a trade…
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