Federal and State Filing and Payment Relief for LA Wildfires 

By Allison Katz

The recent wildfires in Los Angeles County have caused significant damage, affecting thousands of residents and businesses. The fires, which began on January 7, 2025, have led to the destruction of homes, businesses, and infrastructure, prompting widespread evacuations and emergency responses.  In response to this devastation, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced tax relief for…

U.S. Taxpayers May Elect OECD’s SSA Method for Pricing Intercompany Baseline Marketing and Distribution Activities

By Allison Katz

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS (collectively, “Treasury”) on December 18, 2024, published a Notice 2025-04 (“Notice”) and announced their intent to issue proposed regulations and other guidance on applying the Simplified and Streamlined Approach (“SSA”) method of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) for pricing certain controlled transactions involving baseline…

Major Health Initiatives and Current Year Rate Changes to Know for 2025

By Allison Katz

The Biden-Harris Administration has recently unveiled several significant health initiatives to improve access to essential medical services and reduce healthcare costs for Americans. These initiatives span various areas, including Medicare, HIV treatment, opioid recovery, and rural healthcare, and will directly benefit the patients served by Federally Qualified Health Centers (“FQHC”) and Rural Health Centers (“RHC”)….

Choosing the Right Data Ingestion Tools in Microsoft Fabric: Data Pipeline, Dataflow, Notebook and Eventstream

By Ruby Castaneda

When working with Microsoft Fabric, it’s essential to understand the different options available for data ingestion. Choosing the right tool can significantly affect your workflow, performance and overall data strategy. In this blog, we’ll explore and compare four popular data ingestion tools (Data Pipeline, Dataflow, Notebook and Eventstream) in Microsoft Fabric and understand when and…

Action Items in Project Management: Best Practices for Success

By Ruby Castaneda

To achieve a successful project delivery, your project team can use various tools and methodologies. Among these, action items play a significant role in defining tasks, ensuring accountability and driving progress toward the project’s objectives. Whether implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system , reshaping your organization through Artificial Intelligence (AI), or embarking on…

Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Reinstated

By Jessica Forenza

On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland issued an order lifting the district court’s December 3rd preliminary nationwide injunction on beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting, pending a final resolution of the appeal. Later that day, FinCEN issued guidance on its website acknowledging the decision and…

Withum Wrap-Up: Community Impact in 2024

By Arundhati Kashyap

As we near the end of the year, we’re thrilled to present a rundown of Withum’s community impact initiatives for 2024. Through large-scale projects, localized volunteer efforts or personal acts of philanthropy, our team members from around the globe embody the Withum Way daily, seizing every chance to support their communities and the causes they…

Case Study: Enhancing Financial Processes for Growth and Audit Readiness

By Whitney Irish

The Client The client is a technology company that provides a streaming SQL database for real-time applications, live dashboards and streaming data pipelines. With a global presence and growing operations, the client faced various accounting challenges that required professional expertise to address. The Challenge The client faced several accounting challenges that needed to be addressed…