Biography

Emina has practiced public accounting since 2007. She’s the tax leader of the Washington region’s Not-for-Profit Practice. Emina focuses on tax compliance and consulting services for a wide range of not-for-profit clients, including public charities, private foundations, colleges and universities, credit unions, health care, telecommunication, and utility cooperatives. She also has extensive experience advising not-for-profit organizations on formation and ongoing retention of tax-exempt status, Forms 990 and 990-T, state reporting issues, payroll reporting, information reporting, tax reform implications, unrelated business income, related organizations, and taxable subsidiaries.

External Publications

  • “Learn Why Consulting Services May Not be Classified as Unrelated Business Income (Moss Adams Not-for-Profit Newsletter, Spring 2017)
  • Proposed Regulations May Change the Process of Providing Written Acknowledgement to Donors (Moss Adams Not-for-Profit Newsletter, December 2015)

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Ohio Philanthropy Scholarship Managers
    (Philanthropy Ohio, June 2021)
  • Moss Adams Credit Union Supervisory Committee Conference
    (Tax Reform, June 2018 and June 2019)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Member, Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants

Education

  • BABA, accounting, Eastern Washington University
  • MBA, Eastern Washington University

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