Monika Miles - M&A

Is your company facing a merger or acquisition? Is state tax part of the negotiations? It needs to be! Whether you’re the company buying or selling, state tax issues often arise during the process – even more so now that so many states have enacted economic nexus laws. How should you plan ahead? It begins with due diligence!

Discovering State Tax Issues During Due Diligence

It’s not uncommon for state tax issues to be uncovered during the due diligence phase of an M&A deal as both companies look at ramifications of additional states coming into play.

Often, when a major buyer is looking into a target company, its CPA firm has already addressed it, whereas the seller company (which is usually smaller) generally hasn’t dealt with the ramifications of selling their products across state lines because they often have little or no representation. We work with many companies on the selling side of M&A deals, and help dispute or reduce the estimates the acquiring company’s CPA firm provides.

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TaxConnections Member Ron Wainwright

Tax Partner in the Raleigh office of Cherry Bekaert LLP with 25 years of experience in the area of taxation. As a Certified Public Accountant, Ron serves a diverse client base including multi-national, public and closely held companies.

Prior to working at Cherry Bekaert, Ron Wainwright was a tax partner with McGladrey for ten years along with a regional CPA firm and served in various National and Local leadership roles. Spent seven years in Washington, D.C. serving in a National Tax Role focusing on domestic and international tax issues, mergers and acquisitions and IRS Tax controversy matters.

A Steering Committee Tax Member with the National Association of Manufacturer’s and serves on the R&D Credit Coalition Committee. Was named to the “Who’s Who in American Business Leaders” in 2006, 2008 and 2010.

View a short video introducing tax advisor Ron Wainwright as a Presenter in the Internet Tax Summit.  See all Read More

Foreign direct investments have been increasing for the past few decades.

According to Baker & McKenzie for multinational companies venturing into China through Mergers and Acquisitions there are eight essentials that these companies need to be aware of in order to succeed.  They are as follows:

1. Knowing your China counter-party
2. Conducting deep due diligence
3. Structuring the deal
4. Navigating government approvals
5. Satisfying valuation requirements Read More