CGCC Co-hosts Seminar with Joseph Potashnik and WeiserMazars

June 20, 2013 -- CGCC cohosted a seminar with our associate members Joseph Potashnik & Associates and WeiserMazars LLP, to introduce coporate compliance program and multinational transactions taxition information to CGCC's members. Near 40 members participated the session.

The seminar was presented in two different parts. The first part was hosted by Joseph Potashnik. Joseph Potashinik is a legal firm that focus on international criminal defense and corporate compliance. Mr. Lawrence Schoenbach, Esq., Of Counsel of Joseph Potashnik, shared his perspective towards company compliance program with several examples in the real world demonstrating the importance, benefit and major concerns of company compliance program. And he stressed that company compliance program was important because it could maintain internal mechanisms of a organizations to for preventing criminal conduct. after his insightful presentation, several professionals and head from legal department of CGCC's member companies gave very active repsonses to Mr. Schoenbach's presentation and exchanged their opinions.

The followed panel was presented by WeiserMazars which is a reputable global accounting firm that headquartered in France. As a global accounting firm, Mazars Group has extensive experience in multinational taxition regulations in the U.S. During the panel, Ms. Colleen Waddell Esq., an experienced legal counsul in financial industry, introduced information regarding on multinational tranasactions tax reporting and witholding to the audiances. She specially outlined the policy change on foreign banks taxition after the effective of Foreign  Account Tax Compliance Act, known as FATCA, which would have a major impact to Chiense financial institutes. Her introduction in detail raised an intensive disccussion between CGCC's members and professionals from WeiserMazars.

Mr. Lawrence Schoenbach, Esq. is presenting

Ms. Colleen Waddell Esq. is giving her lecture