Andersen Consulting enters into a Collaboration Agreement with HeadMind Partners, a leading European consultancy specializing in cybersecurity, digital transformation, and AI, strengthening the organization’s platform.

Andersen Managing Director Randall Sakamoto was recently featured in Urban Land’s “Economists’ Snapshot,” where he shared his perspective on the growing community pushback against data center development, emphasizing the need to balance local concerns with the economic, workforce, and infrastructure benefits these projects can bring.

Andersen Global has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Courdid BV, a Netherlands-based global mobility firm, further strengthening its cross-border workforce and expatriate advisory capabilities.

Andersen Managing Director Pamela Grewal is a panelist at STEP San Francisco’s Conference, The California 2026 Billionaire Tax Act – Is it Time to Flee the Golden State? The event is on June 11, 2026, in San Francisco.

New York has enacted a new annual surcharge on certain high-value residential properties in New York City that are not used as primary residences. The surcharge applies beginning with the New York City fiscal year that starts July 1, 2026. The New York Department of Finance is expected to issue notices for initial determinations of tax liability by August 30, 2026. Because the response period has not yet been specified in available guidance, owners should not wait until they receive a notice before beginning to collect documents.

The deal has closed, the press release is out, and the integration meetings are already on the calendar. For the finance team, some of the hardest work is just beginning.

Recent Treasury and IRS guidance under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) provides businesses with several ways to obtain favorable tax treatment and support strategic planning through a combination of statutory elections, election withdrawals, and, in some cases, accounting method changes.

The Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) exclusion remains one of the most valuable federal income tax benefits available to startup investors, founders, and early employees. Under Sec. 1202, a non-corporate taxpayer may exclude eligible gain from the sale or exchange of QSBS, subject to certain limitations. However, Treasury officials have recently signaled concern about so-called stacking arrangements that use trusts to multiply the per-taxpayer exclusion.

In a win for taxpayers, the U.S. Tax Court in 2023 upheld an appraisal method, previously opposed by IRS, that can lower the valuation of a pass-through entity such as an S corporation, limited liability company, or partnership significantly.