Bio
Miho serves foreign and U.S. corporations and partnerships with overseas activities, as well as high-net worth individuals with cross-border tax issues with a focus on the Japanese market. Her clients span industries including private equity, real estate, distribution, manufacturing, entertainment, gaming and travel.
Miho’s expertise includes international tax compliance (5471, 5472, 8621, 8865, 8858, 2555, 926, 1120F, 1042, 1118, 1116, W-8 and FBAR.), subpart F, PFIC, Sec. 956, Sec. 987 calculations, cross-border restructuring, voluntary disclosure program assistance (OVDP, Streamlined Compliance Procedures and Delinquent International Form/FBAR Submission Procedures), ASC 740 tax provision and FIN48 analysis, tax controversy, tax planning and research and consolidated and multistate tax returns.
She brings to clients more than 15 years of public accounting tax experience in both Big Four and regional CPA firms, as well as significant experience working for a Fortune 500 company as a corporate tax professional. Miho’s private industry experience includes serving as an associate director of the tax department of a multinational media company, where she was prepared and reviewed consolidated federal and state tax returns with more than 500 corporations as well as special tax projects such as R&D credits and domestic production activities deductions. Miho also assisted her company with streamlining the compliance function creating efficiencies in gathering data using automation and system enhancements.
Miho received her B.Ed. from Shizuoka University, Japan, and received her M.S. in accountancy from California State University, Los Angeles. She also earned an M.B.T. from University of Southern California.
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