MFA has been lending its keen insight and steadfast execution to clients for over 25 years. Companies operate on a global, national and local basis, and understanding their perspective is key to providing the right service. Across all industries and geographies, MFA's professionals know how to extract the most value out of their efforts and your business when it comes to assessing tax obligations.
C-Corp Tax
To act with confidence, business leaders and their shareholders require tax guidance they can trust. MFA understands the many challenges that C-corporations encounter as they navigate the complexities of business and the interrelationship with taxation. When you choose MFA, you can rest assured that we are on top of the latest regulatory updates and understand how your company may be affected by these changes. Our tax professionals are committed to identifying risks and opportunities, sharing meaningful insights and exploring tax-planning ideas that extract the most value for your business.
We put our best foot forward for all clients, and that means having dedicated senior specialized expertise on every engagement — from beginning to end. You won’t find MFA deploying less experienced CPAs to specific sites and rotating high level expertise in and out of project teams. Our partners and managers are deeply involved in client work and appreciate their responsibility as a trusted business advisor.
MFA’s C-Corp Tax Services capabilities include:
Tax Compliance and Strategies
- U.S., International, State and Local Compliance and Strategies
- Transfer Pricing
- Sales Tax Compliance and Nexus Planning
- M&A and Capital Transaction Configuration and Scenario Analysis
- R&D Activity and Credit Optimization
- NOL Preservation
- Section 382 Change in Ownership Studies
- Property Taxation
Technical Accounting Support
- ASC 740 Tax Provisions (formerly FAS 109)
- ASC 740-10 Position Studies and Accounting (formerly FIN 48)
- GAAP Footnote Disclosure Support
Compensation
- Stock Option and Equity Compensation Alternative and Structuring
- Employee Compensation and Benefits
- Deferred Compensation and 409A
International Tax
Due to a lack of necessary in-house tax resources, businesses often struggle to internally assess their current worldwide tax position. MFA’s team of tax professionals, with its knowledge of multijurisdictional tax systems and experience in effective international planning structures, is well equipped to assist multinational companies as well as those planning to do business internationally. What’s more, as an independent member of the BDO Seidman Alliance we have the added benefit of access to a global network of resources in over 100 countries to further help your company navigate complex international tax rules and identify risks and opportunities.
Our comprehensive international tax planning and guidance services include:
- Entity Selection and Structuring
- Transfer Pricing
- Tax-efficient Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
- Tax on Foreign Sales
- Foreign Losses
- Dividends and Foreign Tax Credits
- Risk Management
- Compliance and Reporting
Pass-Through Entities Tax
Providing tax services to pass-through entities requires an intimate understanding of the tax issues individual owners face. Each business is different, and so MFA’s tax professionals take a sophisticated approach to this market, helping owners navigate the complex rules governing pass-through entities and identify the most advantageous ways to report pass-through income or losses in light of income from other sources. Our expertise in this area provides the support your partnership, S-corporation, LLC or sole proprietorship needs when facing its most important business decisions.
Our comprehensive tax planning and guidance for pass-through entities includes:
- Choice of Entity Decisions and Conversions
- Formation, Termination and Structuring
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Divisions
- Partner and Shareholder Compensation
- Allocation of Partnership Income
- S-Corporation Qualification and Election
- Mitigation of Inadvertent S-Election Terminations and Late or Invalid Elections
- Entity-level Taxes
- Multistate Taxation