Cohen & Co is proud to be honored by With Intelligence Fund Operations and Services Awards as the best in accounting and audit services for the registered funds industry in 2025. This is the second consecutive year Cohen & Co has earned this distinction. Recognizing excellence and innovation...
Read MoreGovernor Gretchen Whitmer recently bolstered her commitment to businesses with the enactment of Public Acts 186 and 187, which establish a Michigan research and development (R&D) tax credit. This new legislation incentivizes innovation, growth and investments within the state, allowing for an...
Read MoreThis past year certainly kept business and individual taxpayers on their toes. Beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting topics overwhelmingly took precedence for our blog readers. Grant audits — a specialized financial audit many organizations find themselves facing after receiving federal...
Read MorePosted by Mike Dellavalle and John Domingo The digital asset space continues to captivate us with every nuance and (rev)evolutionary moment. For 2025, we believe there will be even more excitement and energy to both monitor and experience. Below are the five trends topping our...
Read MoreRecently, we were fortunate to participate on a webinar for the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) discussing the hot topic of converting an existing private fund to a registered fund, versus launching an entirely new one. Below are a few of the critical variables the panel...
Read MoreThis is an exciting time in the world of registered funds — there are new products frequently entering the marketplace in a myriad of ways! Historically we have seen many registered funds, including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds, come to market by way of a cash seeding....
Read MoreIf your real estate investment business has decided to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) using a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), it’s important to consider the impact of SEC Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X, known as S-X 3-14. This set of regulations provides special instructions for the...
Read MoreSince its implementation on January 1, 2019, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606 has significantly impacted how privately owned software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies recognize revenue. Six years later, in 2025, these businesses continue to grapple with the complexities...
Read MoreCohen & Co has completed its acquisition of Tax & Wealth Management, Inc. (TWM), effective today. The transaction reinforces and builds on Cohen & Co’s private client services, which focus on the needs of family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. All TWM associates have joined the...
Read MoreIn June of 2024 the Supreme Court unanimously decided in Connelly v. United States that a corporation’s contractual obligation to redeem shares is not necessarily a liability that reduces a corporation’s value for purposes of the federal estate tax. Further, the Court stated that the value of a...
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