Weaver: Beyond the Numbers

For this discussion on motor fuels taxation issues, Beyond the Numbers sits with two of Weaver’s industry leaders, Emilda Santiesteban and Leanne Sobel, J.D., both Directors of Motor Fuels and Excise Tax Services. They join host, Tyler Kern, to explore motor fuel taxation dynamics and offer their insights on a constitutional challenge to the federal oil spill liability tax. Sobel discusses the fou...

An organization’s intellectual property, trade secrets, and any proprietary information that requires protection are considered crown jewel data. Managing this data can be as crucial to the organization as the data itself. Trip Hillman, Director of Cybersecurity Services at Weaver, and Hunter Sundbeck, a Privacy Lead for IT Advisory Services at Weaver, checked in with Beyond the Number’s Tyler Ker...

David Kerr, Principal at Cowrie, has ten years of experience in tax strategy, financial accounting, anti-money laundering, international tax compliance, and risk consulting across the gaming, telecommunications, technology, and digital asset industries. He is an expert in decentralized autonomous organizations and advises on structuring for legal and tax purposes. DAOs are represented by rules tha...

With a flood of federal funds available for capital projects today, The Business of Government discusses the risks involved with such projects and offers strategies for mitigating those risks. Daniel Graves, Partner, Risk Advisory Services at Weaver, provides crucial insights and best practices for those in the government sector considering capital projects. Graves has already seen an increase in...

Bitcoin is considered its own standalone asset class because features set it apart from others. Answering those benefits and more is Lee Bratcher, founder and president of Texas Blockchain Council (TBC), on this episode of Weaver’s On-Chain podcast episode with host Tim Savage. Lee’s interest in blockchain peaked about six years ago while researching property rights as an academic. Since then, he...

In this exciting debut episode of Weaver On-Chain, host Tim Savage, CPA, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Tax Services welcomes world-renowned expert Dr. Sean Stein Smith DBA, CPA as his inaugural guest on a podcast dedicated to the exciting world of cryptocurrency and the blockchain industry. Sean holds many titles including Assistant Professor at City University of New York - Lehman College in N...

Two Partners at Weaver’s Assurance Service Department, Kerri Franz, and Aracely Rios, joined Beyond the Numbers to talk about the top five operational errors that occur and how to reduce them. Untimely remittances of employee contributions can occur if the plan sponsor does not transmit those contributions or loan payments to the trust in a timely fashion. Franz advised that clients should make su...

Two terms many people are familiar with these days are crypto and blockchain. However, the familiarity does not always translate into understanding. There are plenty of questions about cryptocurrency and blockchain, so Weaver’s Beyond the Numbers reached out to Tim Savage, who oversees tax services for Weaver’s Cryptocurrency Task Force, to help answer those questions. Savage is in the process of...

In this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers, hosts Rob Nowak, Tax Partner at Weaver, and Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate Services at Weaver, took time to reflect on the evolution of sports stadiums in the United States. Altshuler recalled how his visit to a sports stadium to watch the Dallas Stars, got him “thinking about stadiums and how [their qualities and features] have ch...

Government does not measure profit and loss, but it is still a business. Government leaders deliver change, develop strategies, and adapt. Sharing her insights on the topic, Weaver National Strategy Leader Alyssa Martin, CPA, joined Business of Government host and State Government Practice Leader, Adam Jones. Martin has decades of public accounting experience and founded Weaver’s advisory services...

Politics and capital gains—how are these related and what do changes in both sectors mean for the real estate industry? Rob Nowak, Partner in Tax Services at Weaver, and Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate Services at Weaver, dove into this topic on this episode of Weaver: Beyond The Numbers Podcast. Recently, Virginia and New Jersey Governor elections took place, and these election...

COVID-19 rocked the world in most industries, but particularly for biopharma and pharmaceuticals, which were at the forefront. Tyler Ridley, Senior Manager of Valuation Services at Weaver, joined this episode of Weaver: Beyond The Numbers Podcast with Weaver hosts Howard Altshuler, Partner-In-Charge of Real Estate Services, and Rob Nowak, Tax Partner with Weaver, to discuss the rebound and current...

COVID-19 rocked the world in most industries, but particularly for biopharma and pharmaceuticals, which were at the forefront. Tyler Ridley, Senior Manager of Valuation Services at Weaver, joined this episode of Weaver: Beyond The Numbers Podcast with Weaver hosts Howard Altshuler, Partner-In-Charge of Real Estate Services, and Rob Nowak, Tax Partner with Weaver, to discuss the rebound and current...

A lot is going on in the tax world that could have implications for companies and individuals. While nothing is official, there are many proposed changes to the tax code in the Build Back Better Act. In this episode of Weaver Beyond the Numbers Real Estate Edition, Weaver hosts Rob Nowak, Partner in Tax Services, and Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate Services, break down what thos...

Politics and capital gains—how are these related and what do changes in both sectors mean for the real estate industry? Rob Nowak, Partner in Tax Services at Weaver, and Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate Services at Weaver, dove into this topic on this episode of Weaver: Beyond The Numbers Podcast. Recently, Virginia and New Jersey Governor elections took place, and these election...

In 2006 the major card brands formed the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) with the goal of managing the evolution of the Data Security Standard (DSS). Today that has expanded to several other standards and compliance programs. As part of the DSS compliance program the PCI SSC certifies Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) companies to perform independent audits of merchants and service providers...

Not too long ago, accounting standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants required real estate companies to navigate various requirements for purchase and sales agreements that often resulted in straight forward AS-IS, WHERE-IS terms. But that changed in May 2014, when the FASB issued new guidelines designed to make revenue recognition standards more consistent a...

COVID-19 rocked the world in most industries, but particularly for biopharma and pharmaceuticals, which were at the forefront. Tyler Ridley, Senior Manager of Valuation Services at Weaver, joined this episode of Weaver: Beyond The Numbers Podcast with Weaver hosts Howard Altshuler, Partner-In-Charge of Real Estate Services, and Rob Nowak, Tax Partner with Weaver, to discuss the rebound and current...

A lot is going on in the tax world that could have implications for companies and individuals. While nothing is official, there are many proposed changes to the tax code in the Build Back Better Act. In this episode of Weaver Beyond the Numbers Real Estate Edition, Weaver hosts Rob Nowak, Partner in Tax Services, and Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate Services, break down what thos...

The world of real estate had another unprecedented year in 2021. However, big changes didn’t materialize due to the Build Back Better Act not passing. In this Real Estate Edition of Weaver Beyond the Numbers, hosts Rob Nowak and Howard Altshuler discussed the Build Back Better fallout and predictions for the industry in 2022. “The legislation was on the minds of our clients and the industry, and w...

On this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers, Host Tyler Kern talked with Rob Nowak, Partner in Tax Services at Weaver, about the bonus depreciation of business assets. “Bonus depreciation is one of the incentives that’s been around in the tax code for about 20 years,” Nowak said. “It’s an enhanced expensing election that allows taxpayers to immediately write off the cost basis of qualifying asse...

With tax season just around the corner, host Tyler Kern discussed the latest updates around charitable contributions with Justin Reeves, CPA, Tax Partner at Weaver. For those who itemize their deductions, the limit of cash contributions in 2021 has increased from 60% to now a staggering 100% of adjusted gross income. Reeves clarified the difference in cash and non-cash contributions, “The numbers...

On this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers, host Tyler Kern discussed the proposed implementation of a Global Minimum Tax with Vince Houk, CPA, Partner-in-Charge, International Tax Services at Weaver. Houk explained that many countries within the OECD are considering certain measures, including a global minimum tax rate of 15 percent for larger companies because it would help to “level the play...

Dan Graves, CPA, Partner with Weaver Risk Advisory Services, and Rebecca Goldstein, CPS, Partner with Weaver’s Assurance Services Team, returned from the recently held 2021 CCBO (Community College Business Officers), where they gave a joint presentation on grant compliance. They shared their experiences and insights from the conference with Adam Jones, Weaver’s State Government Practice Leader. “T...