Employee Policies for Hospitality: Key Considerations

By Allison Katz

In today’s ever-changing work landscape, employee handbooks are essential for companies of all sizes – and the hospitality industry is no exception. Hotels, resorts and timeshares are vulnerable to HR or legal issues that could arise due to a lack of documented company policies. Most importantly, exceptional customer service is essential in the hospitality industry…

Power Platform Fundamentals: Discover What’s Possible

By Allison Katz

Understanding the Business Value of Microsoft’s Low-Code/No-Code Tools As organizations get past the initial stage of moving to Microsoft 365 (M365) – typically by migrating their email and files shares to the cloud – they start looking for ways to get even more value from their investment. The Power Platform, with its suite of low-code/no-code…

Understanding and Evaluating Controls for Your Healthcare Organization

By Allison Katz

Have you ever heard the phrase, what keeps you up at night? If you’re a healthcare executive, there is an ever-growing list of challenges, including patient care, staffing, technology and equipment, facilities, and pandemics. And those are just the primary concerns. This leaves little room to be consistently overburdened with extra administrative oversight of internal…

Global Summit Series: Doing Business in Africa

By Jessica Forenza

Food: Zambia Nshima Ifinkubala Dubai, United Arab Emirates Luqaimat Knafeh Sightseeing: Zambia, Africa Victoria Falls in Livingston Lake Kariba Dubai, United Arab Emirates Expo World International Fair (Until End of March beginning of April) Desert/Dunes (Picnic/Camp) Withum’s International Services Group invites you to our 2022 Global Summit Keynote. Wednesday, June 810:00 – 11:00 AM Register…

ROI-NJ Names Zsia Rosmarin a Top Women in Business Influencer

By Allison Katz

Withum is proud to share that ROI-NJ has named Zsia Rosmarin as a Top Influencer in their Women in Business List for 2022. Zsia is a partner at Withum with over 20 years of experience in accounting and business and strategic tax. She leads the Tax Tech and Emerging Growth Industry Group, where she consults…

The Boy Who Cried Tax Increases – Will Taxes Finally Go Up in 2023?

By Allison Katz

When negotiations began on the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) in Congress, the tax community, including yours truly, was almost certain that tax rates were going to increase in 2022. However, recent breakdowns in negotiations regarding the specifics of BBBA have almost assured that the 2017 tax cuts are here to stay. The Treasury Department’s…

Court Invalidates IRS Micro-Captive Transactions Notice: Now What?

By Allison Katz

On March 21, 2022, a U.S. District Court in Tennessee invalidated IRS Notice 2016-66 (November 2016), which announced the IRS view that certain micro-captive insurance transactions are transactions of interest (essentially tax shelter transactions) and that they are subject to the special reporting regime applicable to so-called reportable transactions. The special reporting requirements in the…

Attention End-Users! Microsoft Teams Crash Course 

By Allison Katz

So, your company is making the switch to Microsoft Teams, and you were given nothing but a “this is happening” alert from management. Or maybe your organization has been using Teams for a while and you are struggling to fully integrate into the system. What is an employee to do?! Don’t worry; Withum has your…

Withum Welcomes Lynn Mucenski-Keck

By Arundhati Kashyap

Withum is excited to welcome Lynn Mucenski-Keck to the Firm’s National Tax Services Group in the role of Principal, specializing in tax planning for businesses. With over 20 years of experience, Lynn has industry expertise in healthcare, hospitality, real estate and manufacturing distribution and logistics. At Withum, she will focus on Federal tax planning and…