In|Vest West 2018 Direct

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  • Patrick Roach is a senior manager of international tax with MGO who advises both public and private entities in a variety of industries including e-commerce, cloud computing and the digital economy, biotechnology, manufacturing, and entertainment. He is an experienced tax professional with expertise in international direct tax planning, global expansion, policy analysis, risk management and business process improvement.

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  • Sanjay Agarwal is an international and corporate tax partner and the office managing partner of MGO’s Silicon Valley office. He has over a decade of international and corporate tax experience and is an expert in a number of areas, including international and corporate tax consulting, transfer pricing and M&A transaction advisory services. He also serves as overall business advisor to his clients, which primarily consist of emerging and established technology companies and their founders and investors.

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  • Many RIAs can qualify for this lucrative benefit. Here’s what you need to know this tax filing season.

    April 20
    The 20% pass-through deduction for qualified business income from partnerships and the like can significantly reduce tax bills, but it has income limits.
  • Andrew Gargana is the senior federal compliance analyst within Compliance Risk Management for Paychex.

    April 20
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  • Jon Bell is group CFO for PXP Financial.

    April 19
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  • Fabrizio Burlando is executive vice president of data & services at Mastercard.

    April 19
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  • Advocates hope the Labor Department's first clarification on the Trump-era advice rule is the beginning of a series of steps to improve advice standards.

    April 19
    In addressing conflicts, the DoL guidance looks at the issue both from the perspective of the individual advisor and at the firm level.
  • Collecting too soon means lifelong, permanent cuts in monthly payments to you, your spouse and any dependents, says New School professor Teresa Ghilarducci.

    April 19
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  • Prosecutors say Carlos Kepke conspired with Smith from 1999 to 2014, and aided and assisted in the preparation of materially false tax returns.

    April 19
    The indictment of Kepke was unveiled on the traditional deadline date for U.S. tax filers and follows congressional testimony earlier in the week by IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig, who told senators that “it would not be outlandish to believe” that tax cheats are costing the country $1 trillion or more annually in lost revenue.