BRAUER CO.
LAKELAND, FLORIDA

2008 Honoree, San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s Forty under 40 Mr. Gates is a senior accountant at Brauer & Co. He is a graduate of California State University Northridge where he studied business management. Mr. Gates joined Brauer & Co. in 2013 and has since been working with business management clients, as well as the film tax incentive projects. He is pursuing his CPA license. Mrs. Alford is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. She recently received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting from the University of New Mexico. She is gaining valuable on-the-job accounting experience and hoping to work toward her CPA license. Ms. Belcher is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. She is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a minor in Film & Television Studies. Effective July 1, 2016, Ms. Belcher will be working for Brauer & Co. in New York City. Ms. Mahaindra is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. She is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Mr. Sastraatmadja is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. He is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Mr. Brauer has attended the California Film Commission seminar for CPAs and is experienced in performing Agreed Upon Procedures for film tax credits. Each states film office offers unique tax credit incentives and requires specific compliance procedures and filings. Permissible tax credit allocations are based on detailed processes and filing procedures, with states requiring these filings to be completed by an independent CPA. Our services for production companies participating in film tax credits programs include: Evaluating the different states tax credit offerings to determine the most advantageous incentives for the production company. Consulting with budget executives and producers on the film production incentive program requirements (state specific). Consulting with production and post-production accountants. Brauer & Co. has extensive experience performing examinations on many industry related agreements including: Advertising, Distribution, License/Royalty, Most Favored Nation, Participation, and Theatrical Production. The goal of these examinations is to confirm accounting accuracies and, in the case of inaccuracies, recover owed monies. Reviewing key agreements for production companies, directors and actors Review and analysis of film distribution channels and markets, including: licensing agreements, participation statements, revenue share arrangements; Production costs analysis, including reviewing budgets to actual, substantiating budget expenditures; Knowledge of Statement of Position 00-2 – Accounting by Producers or Distributors of Films Production consulting procedures on the records of a production: 2008 Honoree, San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s Forty under 40 Mr. Gates is a senior accountant at Brauer & Co. He is a graduate of California State University Northridge where he studied business management. Mr. Gates joined Brauer & Co. in 2013 and has since been working with business management clients, as well as the film tax incentive projects. He is pursuing his CPA license. Mrs. Alford is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. She recently received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting from the University of New Mexico. She is gaining valuable on-the-job accounting experience and hoping to work toward her CPA license. Ms. Belcher is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. She is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a minor in Film & Television Studies. Effective July 1, 2016, Ms. Belcher will be working for Brauer & Co. in New York City. Ms. Mahaindra is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. She is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Mr. Sastraatmadja is a staff accountant at Brauer & Co. He is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Mr. Brauer has attended the California Film Commission seminar for CPAs and is experienced in performing Agreed Upon Procedures for film tax credits. Each states film office offers unique tax credit incentives and requires specific compliance procedures and filings. Permissible tax credit allocations are based on detailed processes and filing procedures, with states requiring these filings to be completed by an independent CPA. Our services for production companies participating in film tax credits programs include: Evaluating the different states tax credit offerings to determine the most advantageous incentives for the production company. Consulting with budget executives and producers on the film production incentive program requirements (state specific). Consulting with production and post-production accountants. Brauer & Co. has extensive experience performing examinations on many industry related agreements including: Advertising, Distribution, License/Royalty, Most Favored Nation, Participation, and Theatrical Production. The goal of these examinations is to confirm accounting accuracies and, in the case of inaccuracies, recover owed monies. Reviewing key agreements for production companies, directors and actors Review and analysis of film distribution channels and markets, including: licensing agreements, participation statements, revenue share arrangements; Production costs analysis, including reviewing budgets to actual, substantiating budget expenditures; Knowledge of Statement of Position 00-2 – Accounting by Producers or Distributors of Films Production consulting procedures on the records of a production: 2008 Honoree, San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s Forty under 40