Seigel & Associates has broadened its tax offerings to include tax consulting and compliance services.

Please check back soon for more details on this exciting development.

Seigel & Associates Releases
The 2008 Full Year Update of
The Seigel Tax Reserve Report
featuring the Seigel Index

• Tax Reserve Determination – We work collaboratively with the client’s team to analyze and assess tax reserve issues, determine the extent of the risk and the appropriate tax reserve amounts, and provide an opinion attesting to the reasonableness and adequacy of the tax reserves.

• Issue-Based Projects – We provide advice and counsel to clients to help resolve specific tax reserve issues.

• FAS 109 – As part of our tax reserve service, we assist and counsel clients, as requested, in the determination of their Provision for Income Taxes in accordance with the applicable requirements of FAS 109.

• Tax Risk Assessment – Augmenting our Tax Reserve Determination service, we provide management and the audit committee with an independent and objective assessment of the company’s overall tax risk profile, a service generally not otherwise available.

News

March 30, 2009
PRESS RELEASE:
“Seigel & Associates Broadens its Tax Offerings to Include Tax Consulting and Compliance Services”
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March 3, 2009
PRESS RELEASE:
“Tax Reserve Disclosure Compliance Way Off”
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February 11, 2009
Seigel & Associates Releases “The Seigel Tax Reserve Report” Full Year Update for 2008
THE 2008 FULL YEAR UPDATE SEIGEL TAX RESERVE REPORT

December 16, 2008
Seigel & Associates Releases “The Seigel Tax Reserve Report” for the Third Quarter 2008 Filing Period
THE THIRD QUARTER SEIGEL TAX RESERVE REPORT

December 16, 2008
PRESS RELEASE:
“Continuing the trend established earlier this year, 31% of major public companies still fail to fully satisfy key tax reserve disclosure requirements”
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November 21, 2008
Tax Analysts: Financial Reporting Watch
“Deloitte Panel Analyzes Public Firms' Difficulty With FIN 48 Compliance”
Tax Analysts reports that a panel of Deloiite partners cited The Seigel Tax Reserve Report during a webcast on FIN 48 reporting risks.
LINK TO STORY ON TAX ANALYSTS SITE (Subscription)

October 31, 2008
BNA Tax & Accounting: Accounting Policy & Practice
“Analysis of Disclosures for Uncertain Tax Provisions Shows Lack of Compliance in Look-Forward Category” by J. Brad McGee, President & COO of Seigel & Associates
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October 14, 2008
Seigel & Associates Releases "The Seigel Tax Reserve Report" for the Second Quarter 2008 Filing Period
THE SECOND QUARTER SEIGEL TAX RESERVE REPORT

October 14, 2008
PRESS RELEASE:
"Nearly one-third of major public companies fail to fully comply with key tax reserve disclosure requirements"
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July 29, 2008
Compliance Week
“FIN 48 Non-compliance” by Tammy Whitehouse
LINK TO STORY ON COMPLIANCE WEEK WEB SITE (PDF Format)

July 21, 2008
Seigel & Associates Releases "The Seigel Tax Reserve Report" for the First Quarter 2008 Filing Period
THE FIRST QUARTER SEIGEL TAX RESERVE REPORT

July 21, 2008
PRESS RELEASE:
"28 percent of major public companies fail to fully comply with key tax reserve disclosure requirements"
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March 2008
Directors & Boards
Feature Article: “Are You Prepared to Release Hitherto Undisclosed Information?” by Stuart E. Seigel
LINK TO STORY ON DIRECTORS & BOARDS WEB SITE

January 28, 2008
PRESS RELEASE:
"Seigel & Associates Names Gerard Mangieri Senior Managing Partner"
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November 2007
Business Finance Magazine
“How to Slay the Beast” by Fay Hansen
LINK TO STORY ON BUSINESS FINANCE WEB SITE

October 22, 2007
PRESS RELEASE:
"New Disclosure Rules Mandated by FASB Have Created Ongoing Uncertainties, Former IRS Counsel Tells Corporate Tax Officers"
Stuart Seigel addresses participants at the Tax Executives Institute Annual Conference as part of the lead panel at the opening plenary session.
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May 21, 2007
The New World of Tax Disclosure Conference
Sponsored by Seigel & Associates

This conference brought together a distinguished panel of leading tax and governance experts to provide an authoritative discussion of FIN 48's implications and risks for companies and boards.
GET THE TRANSCRIPT (PDF Format)

CFO.COM
“FIN 48: Standing Naked Before the IRS” by Marie Leone
LINK TO STORY ON CFO.COM SITE

Compliance Week
“Real Beneficiary Of FIN 48 May Be The IRS” by Richard Meyer
LINK TO STORY ON COMPLIANCE WEEK SITE (Subscription)

taxanalysts.com
“Korb Discusses IRS's Policy of Restraint for FIN 48 Tax Accrual Papers”
LINK TO STORY ON taxanalysts.com SITE (Subscription)

March 2007
Vital Speeches of the Day
Acknowledging "the important addresses made by recognized leaders of public opinion", Vital Speeches publishes Stuart E. Seigel’s “There's a FIN in the Water: Are CEO’s Shark Bait?”
FULL TEXT OF SPEECH

March 7, 2007
PRESS RELEASE:
“Lewis H. Ferguson III, Former General Counsel of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), Joins Seigel & Associates, LLC as Vice Chairman.” 
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January 19, 2007
“There's a FIN in the Water: Are Public Companies Shark Bait?”  Speech by Stuart E. Seigel at the Metropolitan Club of New York
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January 19, 2007
PRESS RELEASE:
“New FASB Tax Ruling, Sarbanes-Oxley Fall Short of Giving Investors All Information They Need” Says Former Chief IRS Counsel
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January 14, 2007
The New York Times
“Fair Game; A Tax Secret Emerges from the Murk” by Gretchen Morgenson
LINK TO STORY ON NY TIMES SITE