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Robert Lightman

@RobLightman

Principal and Director of Business Development at Withum. I connect you with the right person to solve your business challenges!!!

Joined March 2017
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Understanding the nuances of the states that you own or operate in is challenging. Our Dash of SALT blog provides the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as changes happen by state! bit.ly/42JipVk @WithumCPA #tax
Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Find just a dash of the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as state and local tax changes happen by state!

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Understanding the nuances of the states that you own or operate in is challenging. Our Dash of SALT blog provides the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as changes happen by state! bit.ly/42JipVk @WithumCPA #tax
Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Find just a dash of the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as state and local tax changes happen by state!

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Presumed Reasonable: How Nonprofits Earn the Benefit of the Doubt on Executive Pay bit.ly/4hKlyxt @WithumCPA
Presumed Reasonable: How Nonprofits Earn the Benefit of the Doubt on Executive Pay

Presumed Reasonable: How Nonprofits Earn the Benefit of the Doubt on Executive Pay

Learn how a strong process for Executive Compensation can protect your organization and support fair compensation practices.

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Revenue Cycle Optimization: A Strategic Response to FQHC Cost Pressures in 2026 and Beyond bit.ly/4yEDbWM @WithumCPA
Revenue Cycle Optimization: A Strategic Response to FQHC Cost Pressures in 2026 and Beyond

Revenue Cycle Optimization: A Strategic Response to FQHC Cost Pressures in 2026 and Beyond

Medicaid eligibility changes, federal funding concerns and evolving 340B compliance requirements are creating new administrative and operational challenges. By optimizing revenue cycle processes,...

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IRS Resumes Group Exemption Rulings: What Healthcare and Other Nonprofit Organizations Need to Know bit.ly/4y0vmcT @WithumCPA
IRS Resumes Group Exemption Rulings: What Healthcare and Other Nonprofit Organizations Need to Know

IRS Resumes Group Exemption Rulings: What Healthcare and Other Nonprofit Organizations Need to Know 

On January 20, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) resumed accepting new applications for group exemption ruling requests by issuing Revenue Procedure (Rev. Proc.) 2026-8. This new guidance ends...

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NYC Pied-à-Terre Surcharge Ruling: Court Cancels Notices, but the October 6 Deadline Still Stands bit.ly/3TjacIR @WithumCPA
NYC Pied-à-Terre Surcharge Ruling

NYC Pied-à-Terre Surcharge Ruling

On September 29, 2026, the New York Supreme Court, Richmond County, ruled against the New York City Department of Finance (DOF) over how it rolled out the new pied-à-terre surcharge.

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SECURE Act 2.0: Key Audit Risks Plan Sponsors Should Address Before the 2026 Year-End Amendment Deadline bit.ly/4h9fS1b @WithumCPA
SECURE Act 2.0: Key Audit Risks Plan Sponsors Should Address Before the 2026 Year-End Amendment...

SECURE Act 2.0: Key Audit Risks Plan Sponsors Should Address Before the 2026 Year-End Amendment...

As retirement plans continue implementing the wide-ranging provisions of SECURE Act 2.0, 2026 represents an important compliance milestone for plan sponsors. Most calendar-year retirement plans must...

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Basket Swaps After SIH Partners Case bit.ly/4xZtNgb @WithumCPA
Basket Swaps After SIH Partners Case

Basket Swaps After SIH Partners Case

Learn how basket swaps can be used effectively in investment strategies while maintaining tax compliance and risk management.

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Soroban and Sirius: The Battle Over the Limited Partner Exception Reaches a Turning Point bit.ly/4An6Sgk @WithumCPA
Soroban and Sirius: The Battle Over the Limited Partner Exception Reaches a Turning Point

Soroban and Sirius: The Battle Over the Limited Partner Exception Reaches a Turning Point

Few partnership tax controversies have generated as much attention in recent years as the fight over the scope of the self-employment tax exception for limited partners under §1402(a)(13).

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Definition of Compensation: A Common Risk for Not-for-Profit Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors bit.ly/4csLZGb @WithumCPA
Definition of Compensation: A Common Risk for Not-for-Profit Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors

Definition of Compensation: A Common Risk for Not-for-Profit Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors

Explore how not for profit organizations define compensation and the implications for plan operations and participant benefits.

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Private Schools and Tax-Exempt Status: Understanding the IRS’s Proposed Changes to Racial Nondiscrimination Requirements bit.ly/4xfRTlm @WithumCPA
Private Schools and Tax-Exempt Status: Understanding the IRS’s Proposed Changes to Racial Nondisc...

Private Schools and Tax-Exempt Status: Understanding the IRS’s Proposed Changes to Racial Nondisc...

Learn about the implications of the proposed IRS rules for tax-exempt private schools and their admissions practices.

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Understanding the nuances of the states that you own or operate in is challenging. Our Dash of SALT blog provides the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as changes happen by state! bit.ly/42JipVk @WithumCPA #tax
Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Find just a dash of the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as state and local tax changes happen by state!

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Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act Draws Scrutiny as Repeal Effort Emerges bit.ly/4hjjqxG @WithumCPA
Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act Draws Scrutiny as Repeal Effort Emerges

Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act Draws Scrutiny as Repeal Effort Emerges

Illinois’ newly enacted state budget includes the Digital Asset Tax Act (DATA), a transactional tax regime aimed at certain digital asset activities. The measure has drawn criticism and a repeal...

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IRS Clarifies Coordination of Section 174 Method Changes and Accelerated Recovery Elections bit.ly/4cDDvMw @WithumCPA
IRS Clarifies Coordination of Section 174 Method Changes and Accelerated Recovery Elections

IRS Clarifies Coordination of Section 174 Method Changes and Accelerated Recovery Elections

The IRS recently issued Revenue Procedure 2026-32, providing welcome clarification for taxpayers that improperly deducted domestic research and experimental (R&E) expenditures in tax years 2022...

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How Oversight Gaps Can Develop in Multiemployer Plans bit.ly/4ih3ux5 @WithumCPA
Implementing Effective Controls: Best Practices for Employee Benefit Plans

Implementing Effective Controls: Best Practices for Employee Benefit Plans

For employee benefit plans (EBPs), implementing controls that are both practical and responsive to their unique risk profiles is key.

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Understanding the nuances of the states that you own or operate in is challenging. Our Dash of SALT blog provides the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as changes happen by state! bit.ly/42JipVk @WithumCPA #tax
Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Dash of SALT: State and Local Tax Updates

Find just a dash of the most up-to-date details on rules and regulations as state and local tax changes happen by state!

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Illinois AIM Tax Credit Rewards Investment, Not Just New Factories bit.ly/4qBubhK @WithumCPA
Illinois AIM Tax Credit Rewards Investment, Not Just New Factories

Illinois AIM Tax Credit Rewards Investment, Not Just New Factories

Learn how the Illinois AIM Tax Credit provides up to 7% in tax credits for manufacturing and qualified capital investments.

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Fifth Circuit Reconsiders Who Counts as a Limited Partner bit.ly/4gvtu5b @WithumCPA
Fifth Circuit Reconsiders Who Counts as a Limited Partner

Fifth Circuit Reconsiders Who Counts as a Limited Partner

Learn how the Fifth Circuit's recent decision impacts the Self-Employment Tax and the definition of a limited partner.

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Five Signs Your Law Firm’s Records Are a Liability Waiting to Happen bit.ly/3TTdJxo @WithumCPA
Five Signs Your Law Firm's Records Are a Liability Waiting to Happen

Five Signs Your Law Firm's Records Are a Liability Waiting to Happen

Law firms generate and manage an enormous volume of information over the life of every client matter which makes legal records management complex. Here are five warning signs you may have a records...

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Trump Accounts: The Annual Exclusion Exception, Not the Rule bit.ly/4xLMaoj @WithumCPA
Trump Accounts: The Annual Exclusion Exception, Not the Rule

Trump Accounts: The Annual Exclusion Exception, Not the Rule

The enactment of IRC §530A created a new savings vehicle for children known as a Trump Account. Beneficiaries, parents, relatives, and other individuals may contribute up to $5,000 annually in the...

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