News and Events

McNally Presents "Strategically Planning Your Future" at the 2010 American Mold Builders Association Annual Convention

Pat McNally, Partner in Charge of Blackman's Corporate Finance Consulting practice will present "Strategically Planning Your Future" at the 2010 AMBA Annual Convention taking place March 21-25 in Orlando, FL. Below is an excerpt from the convention agenda:"Strategically Planning Your...

March 2010

Whitlock Quoted in Tax.com Article, IRS Challenges NYSE Executive Compensation

Brian Whitlock, Partner, is quoted in the following excerpt from Tax.com article, IRS Challenges NYSE Executive Compensation."In the for-profit world, all [the IRS] would do is disallow the deduction," said Brian T. Whitlock, a tax partner at Blackman Kallick LLP....

March 2010

Blumenthal Discusses the “The Ins and Outs of Selling Your Company” at the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell M&A Market 2010 conference

Mark Blumenthal, Partner and Chairman of Blackman’s Family Office Services and Co-Chairman of Blackman’s Private Equity/Venture Capital practice was a featured expert on a panel that discussed the issues surrounding the sale of closely held businesses. Mark stressed the importance of...

March 2010

CPAs Chime in Regarding Annual Bonus Plan Designs

From AICPA news. The economic crisis has had an effect both on the choice of performance measures in CFO annual bonus plans and on the difficulty of bonus targets. The results of the 2009 CFO Compensation and Incentives Survey, conducted...

March 2010

Navigating the R&D Tax Credit

From Journal of Accountancy. Although it has a well-deserved reputation for complexity and uncertainty for taxpayers, the research tax credit of IRC § 41 nonetheless remains a valuable source of support to businesses that conduct qualified research and development. In...