Professional service firms with multinational clients.
International consultant.
Engaged by CPA and law firms to assist clients with transfer pricing analysis to determine arms-length prices for cross-border transactions with related parties.
Provided transfer pricing analysis and consulting for foreign-owned distributor. Discovered significant discrepancies between customs and tax return inventory values. Provided recommendations to management to resolve exposures. Consulted with Company's accountants as they represented the distributor before the IRS in audit. Successfully concluded audit with no-change report.
Engaged by CPA firm to review the tax issues of a foreign company providing services in the U.S. through alien employees. Discovered that company had not been withholding U.S. taxes on services performed in U.S. Worked with legal counsel to devise strategy for approaching and settling the matter with the IRS.
Assisted U.S.-owned companies with tax issues of expansion into Canada & Mexico. Instructed management on business & tax issues of expansion. Provided names of foreign advisors for management's consideration. Involved foreign advisors in discussions & planning with management. Worked with accountants & lawyers to establish entities, register businesses with appropriate jurisdictions, assisted management with engaging outsourced payroll providers and bankers, worked with bookkeepers & accountants to establish accounts and begin record keeping, researched and made recommendations on the form of initial capitalization.
Utilized extensive experience in international tax matters to provide inpatriate and expatriate tax services for numerous corporate executives of a Fortune 500 company.
Recommended by banker to advise business owner on structural and business issues of starting a new international trading enterprise. Worked with owner and outside legal advisor to decide on form of structure, identify risks, and establish policies & procedures for working with partners.
Engaged by CPA firm to provide customs consulting to U.S. importer. Involved independent customs attorney to draft customs manual, internal policies & procedures, and agreements between companies and agents for services. Identified problems with import valuation related to assists. Provided in-house training for employees.
Engaged by CPA firm to advise U.S. importer and its foreign partner on the withholding requirements to a U.S. partnership with foreign partners.
Engaged by attorney to advise individual client about the risks of attempting to shelter compensation in an off-shore holding company.
Engaged by large CPA firms to teach basic international tax principles for in-house CPE.
Hourly for special projects.
Very few CPAs have a background in international tax. Steve Williams has on-going working relationships with practicing international tax accountants at big-four firms as well as tax attorneys at large law firms (both within and without the U.S.) for solving complex international tax issues.
Steve makes a significant investment each year to attend continuing education seminars taught by many of the country's foremost authorities on international tax & business matters.
Large law firms.
Consultant.
Assisted firm in conducting a transfer pricing study requested by a foreign government for cross-border transactions involving a related entity.
Worked with attorneys to create alternative financing solutions for a multinational corporate client.
Prepared tax projections to assist corporate attorneys in evaluating structuring alternatives. Worked together to analyze and evaluate foreign tax issues.
Consulted on cross-border issues of a client's planned expansion.
Provided alternatives for solving a commercial dispute involving a multinational and its liability to a third party lender. Worked with attorneys on both sides of case. Recommendation was implemented and ultimately settled the dispute between the parties.
Hourly for special projects.
Consulting with a CPA on the financial & tax implications of a transaction or commercial dispute just makes sense. Steve Williams seeks opportunities to support attorneys involved in commercial dispute resolution, especially where the matter involves international business.
