Mastering Tax for Media and Telecommunications Leaders

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Integrated Tax Management for Media and Telecommunications

Ryan delivers comprehensive media and telecommunications tax and consulting solutions, solving complex industry challenges, such as tax recovery, product taxability, troubled asset relief, and property tax compliance and appeal. With industry-informed tax planning and deep recovery and compliance expertise, Ryan has helped our telecommunications clients reclaim more than one billion dollars—capital they can reinvest to innovate, expand, and accelerate growth.

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Of Fortune 1000 media & telecommunications companies work with Ryan

Seasoned Tax Experts

Our industry-focused experts turn complex tax challenges into competitive advantages, maximizing savings, improving efficiency, and ensuring compliance.

Multidisciplinary Approach

We bring together consulting, recovery, advocacy, compliance, and technology to deliver fully integrated tax solutions, tailored to each client’s business and industry.

Purpose-Built Platform

Our platform is built for what matters, pairing deep expertise with powerful technology to simplify tax, uncover savings, and keep businesses ahead of change.

The Power of Technology and Expertise—Working as One

We combine deep tax expertise with AI-powered technology to uncover savings across jurisdictions, adapt to regulatory change, and simplify complex reporting, giving businesses clarity, confidence, and control.

Centralized technology tailored to your business

Dedicated experts aligned to performance goals

Real-time insights that drive better decisions

Single point of contact from start to finish

Simplified compliance across all jurisdictions

“Ryan has provided MetroPCS with an outstanding return on investment through a wealth of tax services including sales and use tax, credits and incentives, property tax, and unclaimed property.”
Staff Vice President, Tax, T-Mobile
“Ryan has been a trusted partner of CBS Corporation for many years, consistently delivering incredible value and substantial savings.”
Director, CBS

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Publishing
Ryan serves publishers, digital content providers, and media businesses with expertise in product taxability analysis, intellectual property tax strategies, and multijurisdictional compliance for digital content distribution.
Addressing Publishing and Media Tax Challenges
Publishing and media businesses navigate variable regional taxability of digital subscriptions and content, complex intellectual property (IP) licensing for royalty income, and multijurisdictional nexus from digital distribution models. Ryan converts these risks into savings through strategic IP tax planning, product taxability analysis, and nexus risk mitigation.
Digital Content and Subscription Taxability
Faced with over 12,000 jurisdictions and shifting rules, publishers must manage complex digital content taxes and varying definitions that create classification uncertainty.

Intellectual Property Licensing Complexity
Media businesses licensing content and distribution rights navigate complex tax implications for royalty income, with transfer pricing and multijurisdictional apportionment adding complexity.

Advertising Revenue Tax Treatment
Digital advertising, sponsored content, and programmatic ad sales confront varying regional treatment, creating questions around sourcing, taxability, and multijurisdictional reporting.
Telecommunications
Ryan serves telecommunications providers with expertise in communications services taxation, regulatory fee compliance, property tax on network infrastructure, and sales tax recovery.
Navigating Telecommunications Tax Complexity
Telecommunications companies face complex tax challenges from multijurisdictional fees, sourcing rules, bundled service classifications, and network property overvaluations. Ryan delivers tech-enabled solutions to reduce Universal Service Fund costs, ensure accurate sourcing, and recover overpaid property taxes.
Communications Services Tax Compliance
Telecom businesses experience complex tax issues: varied definitions of taxable communications services, nuanced sourcing rules for mobile and Wi-Fi calling, and bundled service classification challenges.
Regulatory Fee Obligations
Federal, regional and local fees and telecommunications taxes create ongoing jurisdiction-specific compliance demands, with rate changes, dynamic tax laws, and shifting interpretations adding administrative burden.

Network Infrastructure Valuation
Telecommunications networks encounter property tax assessments that often overvalue specialized assets, with double taxation on the same assets for real and personal property, creating excessive tax burdens.

Equipment Purchase Tax Recovery
Telecommunications providers purchasing network equipment, hardware, and related services face sales and use tax across multiple jurisdictions with varying exemption rules, creating overpayment risk.
Ryan supports telecommunications and publishing businesses with specialized tax expertise addressing multijurisdictional compliance, regulatory fees, and complex taxability rules. We help telecom providers manage communications taxes, network property valuations, and equipment tax recovery, while guiding publishers through digital content taxability, IP licensing, and multijurisdictional nexus challenges.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Ryan’s most impactful media and communications intelligent tax technology services include:
Sales, use, and gross receipts tax audit defense and recovery identifies overpayments and refunds on technology equipment and services.
Property tax compliance and appeal services challenge assessments on data centers, network infrastructure, and technology equipment.
Telecommunications tax recovery addresses communications services tax overpayments and regulatory fee refunds.
Product taxability and research consulting help businesses determine the correct tax treatment for software, digital services, and cloud offerings.
Voluntary disclosure agreements resolve past nexus exposure before audits.
Tax technology implementation includes tax engine selection and deployment for accurate rate determination.
Bad debt review and process management addresses sales tax on uncollectible receivables.
Federal, regional and local income tax services support multijurisdictional filing compliance, optimize apportionment, and identify income tax refund and recovery opportunities.
Ryan specializes in telecommunications challenges, including communications services tax compliance, local and federal fees on interconnect charges, regulatory assessments, and property tax compliance and recovery for complex, large-scale network infrastructure. Media businesses benefit from intellectual property licensing tax strategies, content distribution taxation, and multijurisdictional apportionment for digital businesses.
Yes. Our experts provide product taxability research analyzing how each region treats your specific software delivery models, digital content, and cloud services. We examine whether offerings qualify as taxable tangible personal property, nontaxable services, or exempt data processing under each jurisdiction’s definitions. Our analysis considers delivery methods (downloaded, streamed, or accessed remotely), client usage, and specific jurisdictional statutes defining digital products and cloud computing. We provide documentation supporting taxability conclusions, review client contracts for tax language, and implement processes ensuring correct tax treatment as laws evolve.
Ryan manages telecommunications regulatory obligations, including local and federal fees and taxes on interconnect charges and telecommunications services. Our experts calculate proper assessments, determine which services trigger obligations, and handle compliance reporting. Our team monitors rate changes, interprets regulatory guidance affecting fee calculations, and identifies opportunities to minimize obligations through proper service classifications. When regulators audit calculations, Ryan represents providers, defending methodologies and negotiating assessments.
Ryan structures intellectual property transactions and licensing arrangements for optimal tax treatment across income tax, sales tax, and withholding tax obligations. The Firm analyzes whether license arrangements create sales tax obligations, determines proper income tax treatment of royalty income, and establishes transfer pricing for IP transfers between related entities. For media businesses licensing content, we address multijurisdictional apportionment of royalty income and sales tax on content licensing.

Mastering Tax for Media and Telecommunications Leaders

Integrated Tax Management for Media and Telecommunications

The Power of Technology and Expertise—Working as One

Centralized technology tailored to your business

Dedicated experts aligned to performance goals

Real-time insights that drive better decisions

Single point of contact from start to finish

Simplified compliance across all jurisdictions

Staff Vice President, Tax, T-Mobile

Director, CBS

Addressing Publishing and Media Tax Challenges

Digital Content and Subscription Taxability

Intellectual Property Licensing Complexity

Advertising Revenue Tax Treatment

Navigating Telecommunications Tax Complexity

Communications Services Tax Compliance

Regulatory Fee Obligations

Network Infrastructure Valuation

Equipment Purchase Tax Recovery

Advanced Solutions for YourBusiness’s Toughest Challenges

Discover How We Help You Pay Only What You Owe—Nothing More

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Ryan services or tech solutions have been most impactful for clients in this sector?

What specific tax challenges in the media and telecommunications sector does Ryan specialize in?

Can Ryan help us determine the taxability of our software, digital services, and cloud-based offerings?

How does Ryan help businesses navigate regulatory fees and surcharges that apply specifically to telecom providers?

How does Ryan handle the tax treatment of intellectual property, licensing, and royalties in the media and tech sectors?

The Power of Technology and Expertise—Working as One

Centralized technology tailored to your business

Dedicated experts aligned to performance goals

Real-time insights that drive better decisions

Single point of contact from start to finish

Simplified compliance across all jurisdictions

Staff Vice President, Tax, T-Mobile

Director, CBS

Digital Content and Subscription Taxability

Intellectual Property Licensing Complexity

Advertising Revenue Tax Treatment

Communications Services Tax Compliance

Regulatory Fee Obligations

Network Infrastructure Valuation

Equipment Purchase Tax Recovery

Advanced Solutions for YourBusiness’s Toughest Challenges

Discover How We Help You Pay Only What You Owe—Nothing More

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Ryan services or tech solutions have been most impactful for clients in this sector?

What specific tax challenges in the media and telecommunications sector does Ryan specialize in?

Can Ryan help us determine the taxability of our software, digital services, and cloud-based offerings?

How does Ryan help businesses navigate regulatory fees and surcharges that apply specifically to telecom providers?

How does Ryan handle the tax treatment of intellectual property, licensing, and royalties in the media and tech sectors?

Advanced Solutions for Your
Business’s Toughest Challenges

Advanced Solutions for Your
Business’s Toughest Challenges