Open for Business: The United States Remains the Top Global Destination for Foreign Direct Investment

Explore the full power of the U.S. market and its importance to companies considering cross-border investment, and examine the reasons why the U.S. remains the world's foremost destination for foreign direct investment.

FCD Model: A New Tool for APA Submissions

Taxpayers making advance pricing agreement (APA) submissions may be asked to use the new functional cost diagnostic model (FCD Model), a taxpayer information data analytics tool. This article describes the FCD Model and explains why the “instruction manual” for using this new tool is unclear and may build taxpayer uncertainty.

What’s Next: Key Cyber Security Considerations for 2019

Over the past several years, a broad array of factors have propelled many organizations’ increased focus on cyber security and information protection. It is critical for companies to remain vigilant and informed regarding emerging threats and the available solutions for mitigating those threats. This report is intended to highlight some of the issues we’ve observed in the marketplace, along with our perspectives for consideration.

Opportunity Zones – Unlock New Opportunities

Qualified Opportunity Zones have attracted significant attention as a potential major source of untapped capital to revitalize underserved communities and as an outlet for investors to preserve capital gains by unlocking substantial tax incentives, while potentially generating additional investment yields.

Future of Finance: Reshaping Finance

In recent decades, the service delivery model for finance has evolved from shared services to multisourcing and, most recently, to global business services, reaching across multiple processes and geographies. From intelligent automation to advanced analytics, disruptive technology will enable finance to provide all of its services more effectively and efficiently. Read the whitepaper to explore anticipated key service delivery trends.

Dealmakers Go on the Offensive with Data & Analytics

The current deal environment is as challenging as ever and because of increased competition, acquirers need to take an offensive stance when pursuing deals. Today’s evolving data & analytics tools can provide dealmakers with the information they need to gain a competitive edge.

Auditing & Accounting Update

In this section, we provide a summary of brief updates from the previous quarter on regulatory developments in auditing and accounting that may impact Japanese companies in the United States.

Tax Update

In this section, we provide a summary of brief updates from the previous quarter on legislative, judicial, and administrative developments in tax that may impact Japanese companies operating in the United States.