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March 11, 2025 Asha Shettigar

Cohen & Co Welcomes REIT Practice Lead Asha Shettigar

Cohen & Co is proud to announce Asha Shettigar has joined the firm’s New York City office as a tax partner and lead of the firm’s REIT Practice. With nearly 25 years experience, including Big 4 accounting firm and global consulting backgrounds, Asha has worked with some of the...

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October 31, 2024 Marie Brilmyer, Phil Ryan, Jim Lisy

White Paper: 7 Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Closely Held Business

As a business owner, you’ve likely dedicated a significant portion of your life nurturing and growing your business into a success. And now, regardless of the reason — and there are plenty — it’s time to sell. What are your next steps? What are the best practices to...

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June 11, 2024 Samantha Smudz, Robert Venables

Ready to Sell? Consider Your Optimal Tax Structure 

One of the most dreaded replies coming from a professional services provider is, “it depends.” Unfortunately, that’s truly the case when the issue involves the most optimal tax structure for your transaction. This is because, like most things in life, there are many variables...

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March 11, 2024 Samantha Smudz

Could the Pass-Through Entity Tax Eliminate Your Gross-Up Payments In 2024? 

If your fund or portfolio company is considering acquiring a pass-through entity this year, such as an S Corporation, advance planning can be the key to help minimize purchase price adjustments due to a seller’s tax burden. In particular, recently created state elections for pass-through...

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November 30, 2023 Adam Fink

2023 Year-End Tax Planning: What Your Business Needs to Know

With interest rates and inflation both on the rise, tax planning is as important as ever for businesses. We’ve compiled some of the key areas that can help business decision makers and entrepreneurs alike manage cash flow for their enterprise, and stay up to date on prominent changes to tax...

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November 27, 2023 Adam Fink

New Insights on Excluding Gain on the Sale of Small Business Stock Under Section 1202

If you have recently sold, are looking to sell or even considering an investment in C corporation stock in a small business, you may want to consider your eligibility for the benefits under Internal Revenue Code Section 1202.  Section 1202 of the tax code allows taxpayers to exclude some or...

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November 14, 2023 Marie Brilmyer

2023 Private Company Conference Brings Awareness on Key Topics

This year our fall CPE conference took on a slightly different shape. We of course had technical-focused educational sessions on topics geared toward private companies, but we also had the opportunity to join our investment industry colleagues and clients for extended networking and some...

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January 19, 2023 Alane Boffa

How Will Selling Your Company Impact Your Personal Income Tax and Subsequent Cash Flow?

Selling your business isn’t just about the business. That takes center stage of course, but it’s also just as much about you, the owner, and how financially prepared you’ll be in the next phase of your life. That’s where modeling the sale of your business and the impact it...

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November 18, 2022 Marie Brilmyer

6 Focus Areas for Your Private Company in 2023

At this year’s fall Cohen & Co CPE Day, there was a special feeling in the air as our colleagues, peers and friends came together live and in person to learn from our presenters and each other about a variety of issues for their businesses. Below are some of the highlights from the day...

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August 05, 2022

Digging Deep: Cohen & Co’s 2022 AICPA Tax Adviser Insights

As a professional services firm, we focus on helping others be successful — our clients and their businesses, our colleagues and our profession as a whole. As leaders in an industry that is constantly changing and presenting new challenges (which we welcome), we are also committed to...

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