company industry professional services founded 2002 headquarters san francisco california number of locations 14 offices 2012 key people mark vorsatz ceo services tax business advisory valuation financial advisory wealth management number of employees 500 98 managing directors as of 06 25 2012 website www.wtas.com andersen tax founded in 2002 by 23 former public accounting firm partners is one of the largest independent tax firms in the united states providing a wide range of tax valuation financial advisory and related consulting services to individual and corporate clients across the country . as an independent advisory firm that is not affiliated with an auditing firm wtas is not restricted in its ability to provide a full range of tax advisory services to businesses . on september 2 2014 wtas changed its name to andersen tax . the firm has over 700 personnel located in 17 major u.s cities and has an international presence in europe through wtas global . contents 1 history 2 recognition 3 technical resources 4 clients 5 references 6 external links history edit in july 2002 in the wake of arthur andersen s demise andersen announced that hsbc usa inc. through a new subsidiary wealth and tax advisory services usa inc. wtas would purchase a portion of andersen s tax practice . the new hsbc private client services group would serve the wealth and tax advisory needs of high net worth individuals . 1 on december 31 2007 hsbc usa inc. sold wealth & tax advisory services usa inc. wtas to participating wtas managing directors in a management buy out . in consideration for the sale hsbc would receive us 5 million in cash and deferred notes with a principal amount totaling us 60.85 million . 2 since the hsbc sale wtas has dropped wealth and tax advisory services and is now referred to as wtas llc . on september 2 2014 wtas changed its name to andersen tax . recognition edit wtas was ranked among the top 100 tax firms by accounting today since 2010 . 3 4 5 6 technical resources edit wtas managing directors publish key resources that are widely used by tax practitioners . tax economics of charitable giving expert analysis and tax guidance from the resource trusted by professionals for over 40 years . technically complete yet written for the lay person as well as the expert advisor to donors charitable organizations and fundraisers tax economics of charitable giving is full of the practical guidance needed to take advantage of both present and future tax saving opportunities . 7 income taxation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries income taxation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries provides step by step guidance on the taxation of fiduciary income . this comprehensive guide for practitioners advising fiduciaries and beneficiaries in federal and state income tax matters covers the broad range of complex issues from charitable remainder trusts to nexus rules and their effect . 8 sovereign wealth funds a legal tax and economic perspective in sovereign wealth funds noted international tax lawyer leonard schneidman has assembled an array of essays authored by a global collection of subject area experts designed to explore three key aspects of swfs their regulation and governance investment behavior and taxation . 9 clients edit wtas is organized around the following three client groups private client services families with multi generational wealth family offices closely held business interests high net worth individuals families with international wealth corporate executives and entrepreneurs private foundations and charitable trusts commercial services large public companies middle market public companies privately held businesses venture backed companies alternative investment services private equity groups and portfolio companies hedge funds real estate venture capital references edit archived copy pdf . archived from the original pdf on 2011 02 19 . retrieved 2010 12 01 . hsbc bank home . hsbcusa.com . accounting today inside the top 100 firms 2010 . accountingtoday.com . accounting today top 100 firms 2011 . accountingtoday.com . accounting today top 100 firms 2014 . accountingtoday.com . accounting today top 100 firms 2015 . accountingtoday.com . archived from the original on 2015 05 08 . tax economics of charitable giving . thomsonreuters.com . search wolters kluwer cch . cchgroup.com . pli treatises sovereign wealth funds . pli.edu . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title andersen tax & oldid 744037250 categories accounting firms of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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