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A financial statement audit can give lenders, investors and other stakeholders greater confidence in your business’s financial reporting. But not

Life insurance can provide critical financial protection for the people who depend on you or help you achieve other estate

Expecting tax cuts next year? President-elect Trump declared one of his top priorities to be passage of a “major tax

Distributor’s TV packages don’t qualify. In two similar Technical Advice Memorandums, the IRS determined that a television subscription package sold

Taxpayers denied child tax breaks. For part of a year, a married couple lived with a child from the wife’s

The last month or so of the year offers accrual-basis taxpayers an opportunity to make some timely moves that might

Accrual-basis taxpayer? One way to save tax is to properly record and recognize expenses that were incurred this year but

Inventory is a prime target for fraud schemes, second only to cash. Retailers, manufacturers and contractors are at risk for

Extra time to supply Affordable Care Act (ACA) statements. The IRS has extended the ACA information reporting due date to

Is your inventory being stolen by dishonest employees or customers? Inventory is a prime target for fraud schemes, second only

Educational institutions get extended penalty relief for tuition reporting change. The IRS has announced that it is extending previously granted

Bipartisan bill introduced in Senate to strengthen retirement savings. On Nov. 17, Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and

“Mailbox rule” reigns supreme. A federal district court dismissed a suit by married taxpayers who claimed they’d filed a timely,

Typically, much of the estate planning process focuses on money. But the most successful estate plans are founded on relationships.

If a prime objective of your estate plan is to leave a lasting legacy, a dynasty trust may be the

Due to the massive changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the 2019 filing season resulted in surprises.

The IRS recently announced the inflation-adjusted maximum value of an employer-provided vehicle under the vehicle cents-per-mile rule and the fleet-average

If you’re a business owner and you hire your children (or grandchildren) this summer, you can obtain tax breaks and

There are many ways for employers to conduct annual performance reviews. So many, in fact, that owners of small to

Planning your estate around specific assets is risky and, in most cases, should be avoided. If you leave specific assets

Roth 401(k) accounts have been around for 13 years now. Studies show that more employers are offering them each year.

Spring and summer are the optimum seasons for selling a home. And interest rates are currently attractive, so buyers may

Estate planning isn’t just about what happens to your assets after you die. It’s also about protecting yourself and your

Life presents us with many choices: paper or plastic, chocolate or vanilla, regular or decaf. For businesses, a common conundrum

Many employers prefer to classify workers as independent contractors to lower costs, even if it means having less control over

While the number of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) is still small compared with other cars on the road, it’s growing