What Attorneys Should Know About Profit Participation and Royalty Audits

What Attorneys Should Know About Profit Participation and Royalty Audits

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About the Program

This one-hour webinar provides for an overview of the film and television profit participation audit process, including the attorney’s involvement throughout, overview of licensing royalty auditing, key elements to the audit provision in license agreements, the use of data mining in auditing, and other film and television industry trends.

Speaker(s)
Ilan Haimoff

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GHJ

Ilan Haimoff, CPA, CIA, CFE, CFF, is the Entertainment Practice Leader at GHJ. His specialty includes profit participation and forensic accounting on behalf of talent, investors and co-producers at both the major and mini studios. Ilan has over 30 years of accounting experience in public accounting and private industry serving clients primarily in the entertainment, financial services and distribution service industries.

Ilan has written various articles and other publications and regularly participates in speaking engagements focusing on entertainment, profit participation, royalty, internal controls and anti-fraud. He also hosts GHJ’s Media Clips Podcast, leading vital discussions about the state of the entertainment industry.

Ilan is a member of the CalCPA Entertainment Conference Planning Committee (and has served as Co-Chair at least four times). He is also a member of the California State University Chancellor’s Advisory Council on the Entertainment Industry, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the AICPA.

Ilan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) by the AICPA. Ilan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State University, Northridge.

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Senior Manager at GHJ

Chenxi “Tracy” Liang, CPA, has more than 10 years of experience in entertainment accounting and forensic investigations. She specializes in performing audits of the production and distribution of motion picture and television programs on behalf of investors and third-party participants as well as royalty audits with focus on video games and licensing industries. Tracy has also provided consulting services in entertainment litigation matters. She has authored several blogs for GHJ’s Media Clips blog and has been involved with GHJ’s China initiative.

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Accreditation
Credit Hours:
1.00
Specialty Area:
None
Credit Type:
General
Original Air Date:
November 4, 2024
Accredited in:
California

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