Tax & Compliance Services and writing focused on tax, compliance, information systems, audit, valuation, forensic accounting, cybersecurity, and professional standards.

Services

Tax and Compliance Services

  • Tax services, including individual, tax projections, non-profits, LLCs, and pass-through entities.
  • Small-midsized business tax returns.
  • Projection and tax planning consultation.
  • Governance and best practices.

Courses Developed and Presentations Given

  • Premier on Cloud and Big Data (Basic, 2 CPE credits, CCH Learning).
  • Information Technology and Fraud: an Auditor’s perspective (Basic, 3 CPE credits, CCH Learning).
  • The Effect of Information Technology on Audit Procedures: A Risk Based Approach (Basic, 3 CPE credits, CCH Learning).
  • Computer Forensic Practical Application (3 graduate credits, Saint Joseph College, Brooklyn, New York).
  • Computer Forensic Investigation & Response (3 graduate credits, Saint Joseph College, Brooklyn, New York).
  • Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation (3 graduate and undergraduate credits, Pace University, New York, New York).
  • Various live presentations, including applying IT maturity models and standards; comparative ethics for attorneys and accountants; capital investment and audit risks; regulatory compliance and information technology; cyber-security threats; fraud investigation; forensic accountants in white collar defense; financial fraud and operational risks; expert witness reports and opinions; valuation methodologies; SSAE SOC reports; IT risk assessment; cloud computing; and HIPAA compliance.

About

Rechtman CPA PLLC provides consultation on tax returns and related services.

Yigal Rechtman, CPA, CFE, CITP, CISM is the managing member. He is the author of articles focusing on information technology, fraud, accounting, attest, and audit issues, and has been an active member of the editorial board of The CPA Journal.

Yigal lectures in schools and other venues about technology assurance, forensic accounting, and information systems. He has taught forensic accounting, auditing, and accounting information systems at Pace University’s Lubin School of Business, New York campus, and advanced auditing at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Yigal is the past chair of the Consulting Division Oversight Committee and the past chair of the Technology Assurance Committee at the New York State Society of CPAs. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a certified member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is also a Certified Information Technology Professional and a Certified Information Security Manager.

Yigal graduated from New York University with a B.A. in computer science and has an M.S. in accounting from Pace University.

Articles, Exposure Drafts, Letters

Older Articles

  • Letter to the Editor: First Look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs ActAugust 4, 2018
  • Letter to the Editor: The Reality of Blockchain and its LimitationsJuly 31, 2018
  • Letter to the Editor: Virtual CurrencyMay 4, 2018
  • Important Clarifications on Valuation StandardsFebruary 4, 2018
  • Letter to the Editor: Navigating Digital Sales and Use Tax NexusAugust 31, 2017
  • Letter to the Editor: The Future of Two-Factor AuthenticationAugust 2, 2017
  • Blockchain: The Making of a Simple, Secure Recording ConceptJune 29, 2017
  • Liability: Shifting the Risks of CybercrimeJune 4, 2017
  • Tax Return FraudApril 2, 2017
  • “F is for Fraud”February 2, 2017
  • Technology, Risk Management, and the Audit ProcessMay 30, 2016
  • Four questions that small firms should ask about Cyber-securityFebruary 10, 2016
  • A Software Solution for Leases May Prove ElusiveJune 30, 2015
  • Cyber-security Risks to CPA FirmsMay 30, 2015
  • HIPAA Security Rule: DemystifiedApril 30, 2015
  • Using Discovery Sampling to Find FraudDecember 15, 2014
  • Understanding the Basics of CrowdfundingNovember 10, 2014
  • Back to basics in IT risk assessmentFebruary 20, 2014

2013 and Prior

  • Book review: NIST publication 800-30, risk assessment
  • NYSSCPA Comments to ISACA: ITAF IT Audit and Assurance Standards
  • CPA report smooth transition to XBRL
  • NYSSCPA Comments to AICPA ASEC on Audit Data Standard
  • Addressing fraud risks in audit using IT
  • Evaluating Software Risks as Part of a Financial Audit
  • How to Nab the Rogues: 10 Fraud Tips
  • Comparing IT Auditing Frameworks
  • Forensic Computing: A Review of a Growing Technical Field
  • Option Valuation Model
  • SAS 70 for IT Audits
  • Wireless 802.11b is not secure
  • Open-Source Software: Implications for CPAs
  • On Valuing Intangibles

Other Writing

  • Interview with Yigal Rechtman
  • Object Oriented/Fuzzy Logic
  • SQL and Random number generation
  • Audit Components “Risk Bleed”
  • Wrestling with being Jewish
  • Israel in Difficult Times
  • Beware of the Geneology Bug!!
  • Time Capsule
  • Mac and Samba question, error = -36