KROST Quarterly Magazine: The Financial Services Issue is Now Available!
We are happy to announce the release of our newest quarterly magazine! The Financial Services Issue highlights some of the hot topics in financial services including Section 1244 claims, the Lender Management, LLC case study, research & development, waterfall calculations, IRC Section 1061, and FinTech trends. What You’ll Find Inside this Issue: Section 1244: Claiming … Read More
Los Angeles Based CPA Firm Announced New Principal, Stacey R. Korman, CPA, MST
Pasadena, CA. – KROST CPAs and Consultants, the Los Angeles based firm, has announced a new Principal, Stacey R. Korman, CPA, MST. Stacey has extensive experience in assurance & advisory and accounting services and since joining the firm she has led the accounting and audit departments. As an AICPA certified Fundamental Client Accounting Advisor, Stacey … Read More
Experience and Knowledge Leads KROST’s Financial Services Industry
Management companies of hedge funds, money managers, private equity firms, and their principals have come to our firm to advise on a wide range of accounting and tax services. We are leaders in the financial services industry, focusing on management companies and their investment vehicles. Our team brings experience, knowledge, and a wide range of … Read More
Message from Managing Principal Greg Kniss: New Office Locations, Services, and Resources
It’s been quite a year for us all. I hope you are safe and well, as we continue to face one of the most challenging times in recent history. I wanted to reach out to notify you of some new and recent changes for our firm. First, we have moved three of our main offices … Read More
FinTech Trends to Watch for in 2020
Wondering what’s in store for FinTech in 2020? M&A and Capital Markets Practice Leader and KROST’s Technology Industry group leader Paren Knadjian offers insight into FinTech trends to watch for in the coming year. “The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) will have the same level of impact … Read More
New Capital Gains Treatment for Carried Interests
Carried interests have allowed investment fund managers to be compensated for services with income that qualifies as long-term capital gains, which is taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income. Numerous efforts have been made during the last two decades to cut back or eliminate the favorable tax treatment of carried interests by taxing all … Read More
Trader Tax Status: Do You Qualify?
Tax staff Randall Poe recently published an article for our newest KROST Quarterly Magazine: The Financial Services Issue titled “Trader Tax Status: Do You Qualify?”. WHAT IS TRADER TAX STATUS? Trader tax status is a special set of rules that allow traders to treat trading activity as an ordinary business. Trader status allows taxpayers to … Read More
2019 FinTech M&A and Market Report
M&A and Capital Markets Practice Leader Paren Knadjian recently published an article for our newest KROST Quarterly Magazine: The Financial Services Issue titled “FinTech M&A and Market Report H1 2019”. The Financial Technology market (FinTech) continues to grow and flourish in 2019 with Venture Capital (VC) aggressively funding start-ups, Private Equity (PE) firms active in … Read More
The Qualified Small Business Stock Gain Exclusion
Tax Manager Matthew Weber, CPA, MAcc recently published an article for our newest KROST Quarterly Magazine: The Financial Services Issue titled “The Qualified Small Business Stock Gain Exclusion”. If you sell stock that has appreciated in value, then you must recognize a taxable capital gain. Sounds straightforward, right? While that may be true most of … Read More
Outsourcing Accounting for Family Offices
Accounting Director Stacey R. Korman, CPA, MST recently published an article for our newest KROST Quarterly Magazine: The Financial Services Issue titled “Outsourcing Accounting for Family Offices”. The existence of the Family Office structure dates back millennia to the Roman Empire, where wealthy households utilized an administrator referred to as the major domus, or Head … Read More
KROST Quarterly Magazine: The Financial Services Issue is Now Available!
We are happy to announce the release of our newest quarterly magazine! The Financial Services Issue highlights some of the hot topics in financial services including Sales Tax Nexus, QSBS, Carried Interests, Trader Tax Status, Family Office, and more. What You’ll Find Inside this Issue: The Qualified Small Business Stock Gain Exclusion by Matthew Weber, … Read More
Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Transactions
Many taxpayers realized significant gains from the disposition of cryptocurrencies in 2017, and as tax season approaches, these taxpayers must compile accounting reports, review the latest tax guidance, and determine how to correctly report their transactions to the IRS. Coinbase has a new online tax report: In the summer of 2017, the IRS narrowed its … Read More