Entertainment industry

The Korean internet and messaging powerhouse has hired a law firm to probe SM's books at the request of Kakao board's audit committee

Price Waterhouse was the auditors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and this is an early example of cross-selling to add outside-the-box services to an engagement.

Get involved in your clients' industries, professional societies and charitable organizations, and write and make presentations to become recognized as a mover, doer and expert.

An actor alleged his sister misspent his money on herself while he was under her guardianship. She's hired an accountant.

The Top 20 Firm is adding another firm that focuses on entertainment industry clients.

A partner emeritus brought a client base that included some of the top Broadway theaters when she and her husband merged with the firm.

Plus Schulman Lobel acquired a tax compliance division of DFP Partners and merged in Tanton Grubman CPAs and Steinberg Shebairo; and Avantax added Wealth Financial Partners.

House members introduced legislation to enable actors, musicians and other types of performers to write off their work-related expenses.

Virginia-based ProSpor CPA helps professional athletes stay at the top of their game.

The Top 25 Firm is expanding its entertainment management practice by adding Royalty Compliance Organization in St. Louis and Blue Sky Group in Nashville.

Illinois-based The Music CPA makes sure performers and composers get what they've earned.

Citrin Cooperman merges in Chapman Bird & Tessler; Mauldin & Jenkins acquires MDG Professional Group; and VonLehman buys Sherck, Hussey, Johnson & McNaughton.

Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the long-running cable TV series "Chrisley Knows Best," received prison sentences of 12 years and seven years, respectively, on tax evasion and bank fraud charges.

Reselling Taylor Swift tickets? You're going to have to pay taxes

The proliferation of free and lower-cost video services does not come without a hidden cost: State and local tax receipts stand to suffer as a result.

Lawyers and agents have always bemoaned "Hollywood accounting," in which studios overstate costs and disguise profits so as not to share proceeds with financial partners.

Citrin Cooperman acquired Shepard Schwartz & Harris; MarksNelson bought Integrity Advisory; and CLM is acquired by private investors.

Citrin Cooperman, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, completed the acquisition of Kingston Smith Barlevi, a Los Angeles-based firm that specialized in the media and entertainment industries.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram acquired Travani & Richter; and Citrin Cooperman added Massarsky Consulting.

Citrin Cooperman, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, has added OLC Management Inc. a California-based business management firm in the entertainment industry.