Sarah has over 15 years of experience assisting clients in the financial services industry with US federal, state & international tax issues, including both (re)insurance and alternative investment clients.
Professional and industry experience
- Sarah’s clients cover a broad spectrum of the financial services industry including insurance and reinsurance companies, captive insurance arrangements, hedge funds, private equity funds, and other alternative investment vehicles.
- Sarah is primarily focused on US taxation of foreign and domestic corporations and has extensive experience in the taxation of property/casualty insurance companies.
- Preparation and review of numerous US federal and state income tax returns for US and foreign insurance companies, investment funds, and other collective investment structures
- Assisting entities with corporate structure analysis for tax efficiency.
- Preparation of tax provisions, financial statement disclosures and related analysis for large multinationals in accordance with US GAAP, US and Bermuda statutory, and IFRS accounting standards.
- Advising US entities and shareholders with respect to the application of various international tax provisions, including related tax compliance.
- Analyzing the impact of significant legislative developments on multinationals
- Assisting a variety of stakeholders in addressing the requirements of the Economic Substance Act in Bermuda, including assisting Bermuda entities from a variety of industries in addressing compliance with the economic substance requirements.