CELEBRATING OVER SIXTY FIVE YEARS

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If you’re a real estate developer or a small business owner who owns commercial real estate, you might be thinking

Estate planning can be overwhelming. One reason is that it has a language all its own. While you may be

When companies reissue prior financial statements, it raises a red flag to investors and lenders. But not all restatements are

Most business owners spend a lifetime building their business. And when it comes to succession, they face the difficult decision

Employee benefit plans with 100 or more participants must generally provide an audit report when filing IRS Form 5500 each

Bartering might seem like something that happened only in ancient times, but the practice is still common today. And the

While April 15 (April 18 this year) is the main tax deadline on most individual taxpayers’ minds, there are others

A life insurance policy can be an important part of an estate plan. The tax benefits are twofold: The policy

Grandparents often want to play a role in financing their grandchildren’s education. If you’re one of them, it’s important to

If you run a business “on the side” and derive most of your income from another source (whether from another

Like many businesses, yours may allow retirement plan participants to take out loans from their accounts. Such loans are governed

There are few events that can completely upend a person’s life more than divorce. Of course, there’s the emotional toll

An agreed upon procedures (AUP) engagement uses procedures similar to an audit, but on a smaller and limited scale. Here’s

Company retreats can cost enormous amounts of time and money. Are they worth it? Sometimes. Large-scale get-togethers can involve considerable

Congress has passed the latest legislation aimed at providing economic and other relief from the COVID-19 pandemic that has haunted

This year, the optional standard mileage rate used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business decreased

The Biden administration has announced several reforms to the popular Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to bring greater relief to the

Life insurance has long provided a source of liquidity to pay estate taxes and other expenses. Even though for many

If you’re like many Americans, letters from your favorite charities may be appearing in your mailbox acknowledging your 2020 donations.

A number of tax-related limits that affect businesses are annually indexed for inflation, and many have increased for 2021. Some

As a formal estate planning term, “tangible personal property” likely won’t elicit much emotion from you or your loved ones.

Many people are more concerned about their 2020 tax bills right now than they are about their 2021 tax situations.

To gift or not to gift? It’s a deceptively complex question. The temporary doubling of the federal gift and estate

If you have a traditional IRA or tax-deferred retirement plan account, you probably know that you must take required minimum

Your estate plan may include several different trusts. The reason is that various types of trusts can accomplish a myriad

The massive economic stimulus and government spending law, which was signed on December 27, 2020, extends several energy-related tax breaks.