Washington National Tax

Applying US GAAP or IFRS principles to income tax accounting is complex. Increased scrutiny from corporate stakeholders, external auditors, audit committees, and regulators has added pressure on tax departments. Constantly changing tax laws, global expansion, operational changes, and resource constraints pose unique challenges in maintaining accurate income tax accounts and disclosures in financial statements.

The powerful combination of WNT's technical and financial reporting skills assists clients in analyzing significant issues and developing and approach to address them.

Deloitte WNT corporate tax specialists offer services tailored to meet the needs of corporate tax issues, including acquisitive and divisive reorganizations, sales and other dispositions, distributions, redemptions, liquidations, and consolidated tax returns.

Deloitte’s WNT estate, gift, trust, and individual income tax specialists assist clients in designing and executing plans to address domestic and international family wealth and philanthropic objectives.

Deloitte’s WNT Federal Tax Accounting group brings extensive experience in areas such as income and expense items, inventories, R&D expenditures, capital recovery, federal credits, long-term contracts, lease accounting, and revenue deferral. We can help clients explore and navigate accounting method changes and offer robust analysis for tax examinations. Deloitte also prepares detailed tax technical analyses and documentation to support informed decision-making. For tax executives, working with Deloitte means leveraging deep experience to navigate complex tax accounting issues and analyze tax implications.

Deloitte’s WNT Financial Instruments group specializes in the tax treatment of debt and other financial instruments advising clients on issues such as debt issuance or retirement, interest limitations, debt modifications or workouts, distressed debt acquisitions, deduction of issuance costs and the taxation of financial products.

Deloitte’s WNT Global Employer Services team offers integrated, high-value insights to talent professionals as they seek to build meaningful and cost-effective compensation and benefits plans, including executive compensation, retirement plans, and health and welfare plans.

Deloitte’s WNT International Tax group offers strategic insight, advises on tax-efficient cross-border transactions and develops timely and practical approaches that align with our clients’ international business objectives.

Cross-border transactions can often result in tax consequences that, if unforeseen, can significantly raise the cost of doing business.

Deloitte’s WNT Multistate Tax specialists offer extensive technical knowledge and experience in multistate taxation. We develop practical approaches to address complex multistate challenges, address financial accounting related to multistate tax matters, and advise on state tax implications of merger, acquisition, disposition, and structural transactions.

Deloitte’s WNT Pass-throughs group specializes in the intricacies of pass-through entities, including domestic and cross-border corporate restructurings, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and financing transactions. We have extensive experience in the Investment Management industry assisting organizations in navigating complex technical challenges to achieve their strategic objectives.

Confidently manage tax controversy.

Deloitte Tax Controversy services assist clients through every stage of state, and local exams, from issue avoidance to tax dispute resolution to post-exam improvements, while also providing services for cross-border exams and controversies. With decades of experience, we’ve refined our technology, analytical procedures, and planning methodologies to offer flexible, tailored services to help our clients navigate the tax controversy life cycle.

Deloitte’s WNT Tax Policy group provides cutting-edge news, information, and analysis to help clients stay informed about the latest tax-related developments in Congress and guide them through the legislative process. Our experience and understanding of Capitol Hill processes can help clients be prepared as they formulate legislative strategies that are align with their business objectives.

Deloitte’s Transfer Pricing group combines economic knowledge with transfer pricing tax experience to help clients develop effective transfer pricing plans, negotiate multiyear advance pricing agreements, and resolve transfer pricing controversies at the US Field Audit, Appeals, or Competent Authority levels.

In today’s increasingly complicated global transfer pricing landscape, designing a transfer pricing plan and supporting documentation can help companies address challenges posed by regulators.

Uncover opportunities across jurisdictions. Bold changes can bring big opportunities. As organizations grow their workforce, upgrade facilities, and increase innovation, more tax incentives may become available. Deloitte delivers services to help our clients identify available credits and incentives globally and in the United States to help fuel organizational growth or transformation.

Transform tax reporting with end-to-end GIR solutions. Deloitte's WNT Global Information Reporting (GIR) specialists assist clients in remaining compliant with US and international tax reporting requirements. From customer onboarding and due diligence, withholding and deposits, reporting and information exchange, and engagement with regulators. Our team helps advise on the full lifecycle of tax transparency requirements imposed by IRS and global tax authorities.