Minoru Takada Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Minoru is an entrepreneur and CPA, founded NamiWave in Los Angeles in January 2010, and opened Tokyo branch in May 2012.He became president of Applied Accountancy, business process outsourcing company specialized accounting, payroll and tax compliance in March 2015.He provides consulting for new ventures, offering coaching, consulting, fundraising and.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Established TSUTAYA USA in Los Angeles to serve as the business development agency for Japanese parent company CCC, the largest entertainment retailer and universal affinity card program in Japan, in order to add value.
• Developed business network of industry leaders from entertainment content providers, retailers, distributors, and technology companies while researching and analyzing market trends and new technologies.
• Brought to Japan new business models including launch of DVD vending kiosk and small footprint DVD rental store, and completed cost savings deal for Japan’s first-ever CD import Distribution for music rental.

Tokyo, Japan

• Formulated strategic directions for the company and managed day-to-day operations of the Department, including preparation of budget and operational goals, and implementation plans to accomplish those objectives.
• Researched and developed new business of media and technology, and evaluate and recommended new investment opportunities.

Tokyo, Japan

• Managed and led the project of entering into digital music distribution business.
• Negotiated the terms of and executed joint-venture agreements with Napster USA.
• Formed Napster Japan Inc., joint venture Company of Tower, Napster USA and NPI and became corporate board director of the company in October 2005.
• Became acting co-Coo of Napster Japan Inc. in November 2005.

Tokyo, Japan

• Japan’s first 24 hour live TV shopping company
• Evaluated and proposed all significant corporate strategic planning and investment, prepared five year business plan and annual operating budget, provided and presented timely and accurate management reporting to the.
• Managed next generation of IT new core system project and initiated and led new studio project to run 24 hours TV live show and various other projects, including company-wide supply chain management project.
• Managed and maintained financial & tax records of the company in accordance with regulatory requirements both under Commercial Code and US GAAP, and managed and monitored company’s key performance indicators.
• Managed and maintained internal control systems and procedures to monitor actual spending against budget, manage cash flow and capital budget, ensured foreign exchange transactions, and initiated and managed cost.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managing the practice of Japanese owned US clients, including manufactures and distributors of machinery tool and auto supply and a pharmaceutical company.
• Advising clients of tax and accounting issues and preparing technical memoranda of such issues as well as performing transfer pricing study, working with economists.
• Managing the process of preparing corporate tax returns, including reviewing and signing the returns.
• Leading and managing practice development efforts to increase accounting and tax services to Japanese-owned clients in the U.S., including visiting the Japanese parent companies periodically.

Greater New York City Area

• International tax consulting for both inbound and outbound multinational clients, including Japanese-owned U.S. corporations and U.S. multinationals with Japanese operations.
• Representing clients in IRS examinations of transfer pricing issues as well as performing transfer pricing study for Japanese-owned U.S. corporations.
• Providing Japanese tax consulting and planning for U.S. multinationals with Japanese operations.
• Reviewing and preparing income tax returns, including consolidated corporate income tax returns, partnership income tax returns, and high net worth individual tax returns.
• Researching a variety of areas in both Federal and state tax laws, and preparing technical tax memoranda.
• Reviewing financial statement tax accruals and the presentation of taxes on the financial statements as well as the tax footnote.

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