Cross Border Tax Workshop

September 21, 2019 - our fourteenth year!
Location: Rome, Italy at the Hotel Parco dei Principe

Topic is Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) refers to corporate tax planning strategies used by multinationals to "shift" profits from higher–tax jurisdictions to lower–tax jurisdictions, thus "eroding" the "tax–base" of the higher–tax jurisdictions.

During the Cross Border Tax Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2016, the participants talked about the history, the process and the progress of the BEPS Project. Participants from 13 different countries presented different Action Plans of the OECD and the status of realization in the respective countries.

This year’s workshop will focus on the developments and the progress since 2016 and the actual status of the implementation of the BEPS Action Plans in the respective local law.

BEPS is and remains highly topical and the further development of this subject promises to be exciting. We encourage our members to register for the workshop and to share their knowledge and contribute to this interesting topic. For more information contact Susanne Martius.

Global Conference in

Washington, D.C.

October 31 - November 2nd.... and it's our 25th Anniversary

Our Conference theme is Passion and we are celebrating Integra's 25th Anniversary. Register Early - before September 15th - for the discounted conference fee and to secure a reservation under our room block rate. We also have incentives for Young Professionals - under 40 - to attend, when another member of the firm has registered. Contact Laurie Daschuk for further details.

Keynote Speaker Dan McGinn - is ready to get us motivated and prepared for changes in our profession. Friday night dinner is at the Fig & Olive - Saturday night dinner is at the lovely Sulgrave Club (jacket and tie for men, cocktail dress for ladies).

It is an exciting conference location - housed in a former post office dating from 1839, this historic hotel is less than a half mile from the National Mall. A free wine reception is held each evening, the gym is open 24 hours, and bike rentals are complimentary. We have great Guest Tours on Friday and Saturday and an optional NHL Hockey Game on Sunday night. Member registration is $795 now ($875 after Sept. 15). Guest registration is $495.

NEW MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Luxembourg

ATCONSULTING SARL is a 3 Partner and 8 staff firm specialized in Consultancy Services, Accounting, Tax, Auditing, Corporate Administration.

The two managing partners of the firm are Matteo Bocchio, and Davide Murari. Matteo Bocchio is an independent International Tax Planning Adviser and Business Consultant with 19 years of professional experience. Davide Murari is Financial Consultant and Domiciliary Agent, specialized in Corporate Consulting and Tax with 24 years of professional experience.

Third partner and shareholder of the firm is Pierre Goffinet who is a Chartered Accountant and Accountant Manager of the firm with 22 years of professional experience.

Danville, Virginia, USA

Chuck Snead

Michael Mayhew

Debora Lands

Snead Williams + Mayhew, PLLC @ swcpas.com is a 3 partner and 8 staff member firm - they do IFRS financial statements and are a PCAOB firm.Charles
(Chuck) Snead is licensed as a certified public accountant in the states of Virginia and North Carolina as well as being a chartered global management accountant and certified information technology professional.
Michael Mayhew is licensed as a certified public accountant in Virginia and is also a certified financial planner that works closely with small business enterprises providing a wide range of accountancy, taxation, auditing and management consultancy services to those enterprises and their owners.
Deborah Lands is licensed as a certified public accountant in the states of Virginia and North Carolina serving a diverse group of industries and clients including local governmental units, small to medium size businesses as well as not-for-profit organizations.

INTEGRA EDUCATION

A great way to educate your staff and stay connected to the most recent updates in the Accounting world. This is a benefit of Integra membership available at no cost, and CPE certificates are issued for most events.
All past webinar recordings can be easily found on the Integra website - under Conferences.

August 22 - QBID
IRC Section 163(j) and Business Interest Expense Deduction Limitation

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed the deductibility of business interest expense. This seminar will not only provide the basics of how to calculate the limitation, but will also provide:

•       An in-depth explanation of the small business exception including the aggregation rules.
•       How the limitation applies to real estate businesses,
• Whether the real estate business should elect out of applying the limitation,
• Process of electing out.
•       A discussion of the complex partnership limitation rules.
•       An overview of the proposed regulations.

Email Laurie Daschuk to register - 9am PST/12pm EST/5pm UK/ 6pm Central Europe

Audit & Accounting Committee Meetings

Aug 20 - Revenue Recognition and a firm approach to complicated industries like construction and others. Identifying and defining significant revenue streams and then disclosing how recognition occurs in each significant stream.

Oct 22 - The new nonprofit accounting standards went into effect in 2018, and we are now auditing our nonprofit clients who adopted this new guidance. We will plan to do an update/progress report on what we are seeing in our 2018 audits regarding these changes. Please come ready to talk about issues you’ve encountered with this year’s audits of your nonprofit clients.

Email Laurie Daschuk to register - 8am PST/ 11am EST/ 4pm UK/ 5pm Central Europe

New Marketing Firm

Integra is pleased to be working with a new marketing firm - BRND WGN - based in Malta. BRND WGN will be making a presentation to members at the conference in Washington D.C. and meeting with the Global Board about promoting our Association.

EMEIA UPDATES

Integra International is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Franz Schweiger as the Board President for the EMEIA Regional Chapter. The election took place in June at Integra’s Regional Conference in Munich, Germany.

David Borg, FCCA, FIA Dip. Tax, CPA is a Chartered Accountant and co-founding partner at ARQ and will serve a two year term as Board Vice President.

And we have a three new Directors:
Helen Volska is the founding partner of EBS in Kiev, Ukraine. As the Managing Partner and Director, she is a strategist, experienced auditor, an expert in organizational development and financial consulting, Certified Accountant, and FССА Fellow.

Christos Michaelides represents M.T. Michaelides Co. Ltd in Limassol, Cyprus. He graduated from the University of Warwick with a BSc in Accounting and Finance in 2015 and he is a qualified member of the ICAEW since 2019.

Sai Purshotham Batchu is a Chartered Accountant from India, and is a Senior Partner of B. Purushottam & Co, Chartered Accountants and a third generation Chartered Accountant. His professional experience encompasses auditing & assurance and business/management advisory services to diverse mix of corporate clients including banking and Public sector enterprises .

FIRM UPDATES

In July, EBS acquired all right to Intercomp-Ukraine, a leading provider of financial and HR outsourcing services. It is a great step forward and now EBS has almost doubled in size.

Congratulations to HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors in Los Angeles on being named one of the USA's top 300 firms.

Steve Austin at Swenson Advisors in San Diego facilitated a referral of a German Ex-Pat to Ted Chiba at Actus Tax Corporation in Japan.

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Integra member DPA Expertise Conseil is now a shareholder of FRANCE DEFI which gathers 126 independant French firms of different size all over France. It’s the most important intercompany partnership in France for Accountants. It allows DPA Expertise Conseil and Patrice Dando to improve the negotiations with suppliers, increase research and to enlarge capacity on specific markets - improving quality of service for their clients and Integra members.

MARKETING

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Cross Border Tax Workshop

Global Conference in Washington, D.C.

INTEGRA EDUCATION

FIRM UPDATES

MARKETING

Global Conference in

Washington, D.C.