Industry News

The federal tax code encourages businesses to invest in historic buildings with a tax credit. Here are the rules.

If you’re a small business owner, you may be reluctant to set up a retirement plan because of the administrative burdens. Here are two options to consider that have far fewer requirements than traditional qualified retirement plans.

Does your organization offer employees a 401(k) plan? If so, be sure you’re familiar with the current standard for approving hardship distributions.

Employers: Do you have employees who accrue frequent flyer miles from business travel? If so, look carefully at the tax rules involved with the use of those miles.

Small employers: Is now the time to launch a qualified retirement plan for employees? The SECURE 2.0 Act, signed into law last year, offers some substantial incentives to do so.

Business owners: The recent news stories about failed or troubled banks has probably caught your eye. Consider it fair warning to engage in sound risk management practices, such as stress testing.

Business owners: Be advised that penalties levied under the Affordable Care Act will be going up next year. Now’s a good time to determine whether your company could be at risk.

Many business owners believe no one on their leadership team would ever steal or cheat. Yet executive fraud costs companies hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a business owner who doesn’t want to improve sales. One potential way to do so is to form a cross-functional sales team.

Coming soon! The FASB recently issued amendments to help organizations that rent property from related parties report those arrangements on their balance sheets.

Financial reporting is more than an exercise in compliance. Proactive owners and managers view their income statements as a diagnostic tool to gauge performance and fix inefficiencies and anomalies.

When reviewing a company’s financial statements, you may wonder: What are deferred taxes and how does the company quantify them? Wonder no more.

Has the start of spring piqued your interest in green business practices? Eco-friendly initiatives can be good for the earth, as well as your company’s bottom line and long-term value.

Decanting can make your wine taste better and provide your trust greater flexibility.

Do your loved ones a favor by creating a “road map” to your estate plan.

The variables are many when determining whether you can move your trust to another state.

Social media is popular not only with the general public and businesses, but with fraud perpetrators. Learn how to avoid being conned while spending time on social media.

Would you know a pyramid scheme if you saw it? Many sophisticated businesspeople become trapped by fraudulent investment “opportunities.” Here’s what to look for to avoid getting scammed.

Your customer dispute resolution processes should move quickly to get to the bottom of alleged fraudulent charges on their accounts. Here are eight best practices to achieve greater customer loyalty.

You may pay less tax if you file your tax return as a “head of household” than if you file as a “single” individual. What’s the difference?

Even if you’ve implemented solid internal controls, occupational fraud can strike your nonprofit. But a fraud emergency plan can help reassure stakeholders and get your organization back up and running.