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Prevent fraud with the help of your audit committee (March 8, 2019)
Audit committees need to conduct risk assessments and be informed about recent accounting developments. These are only two best practices for preventing fraud. What are the others?
Audits hone in on cybersecurity (March 7, 2019)
Technology creates both opportunities and risks. Have you identified and safeguarded against potential breaches of your digital assets and data? Your auditor wants to know.
Vehicle-expense deduction ins and outs for individual taxpayers (March 6, 2019)
Rather than keeping track of your actual vehicle-related expenses, you can use a standard mileage rate to compute related tax deductions. But when are individual taxpayers eligible to deduct vehicle-related expenses?
Are your employees ignoring their 401(k)s? (March 5, 2019)
No one should take his or her 401(k) plan for granted. And yet, it happens. Help your employees maintain their awareness of this important benefit.
Careful tax planning required for incentive stock options (March 4, 2019)
If you were granted incentive stock options (ISOs) in 2018, there likely isn’t any impact on your 2018 income tax return. But if in 2018 you exercised ISOs or sold stock you acquired via exercising ISOs, then it could affect your 2018 tax liability. Here’s why.
Imposing health care plan waiting periods on rehired employees (March 1, 2019)
If charitable giving is part of your estate plan and you made donations in 2018, you’re likely expecting a tax deduction. Not so fast. You must make sure you’ve properly substantiated each contribution.
Beware the Ides of March — if you own a pass-through entity (February 28, 2019)
Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears: All ye who must file a partnership or S corporation tax return, watch out for this tax deadline.
Best practices when filing a business interruption claim (February 14, 2019)
Buying business interruption insurance can be a wise move for many companies. But should disaster strike and you need to file a claim, expect a complex and challenging process. Here’s how to get through it.
Hastily choosing an executor can lead to problems after your death (February 12, 2019)
Whom do you trust to be the executor (or personal representative) of your estate? The seemingly obvious choice may not be the best choice. Find out why.
Public companies to disclose stock hedging policies and practices (February 11, 2019)
Some public stock investors fear that company insiders who receive stock compensation and then use hedging tools may not have an incentive to maximize shareholder value. New disclosures will soon help investors evaluate hedging policies and practices.
How fraud experts help companies head off a bad merger (February 8, 2019)
Your acquisition target may be exactly what it purports to be. But what if it isn’t and its owners have fudged its financial records? A forensic accountant can help. Here’s how.
Private companies: Have you implemented the new revenue recognition standard? (February 7, 2019)
It’s crunch time for private companies to implement the new revenue recognition standard. Here’s what you need to know, plus some valuable insight from public companies that went through the implementation process last year.
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Prevent fraud with the help of your audit committee (March 8, 2019)
Audit committees need to conduct risk assessments and be informed about recent accounting developments. These are only two best practices for preventing fraud. What are the others?
Audits hone in on cybersecurity (March 7, 2019)
Technology creates both opportunities and risks. Have you identified and safeguarded against potential breaches of your digital assets and data? Your auditor wants to know.
Vehicle-expense deduction ins and outs for individual taxpayers (March 6, 2019)
Rather than keeping track of your actual vehicle-related expenses, you can use a standard mileage rate to compute related tax deductions. But when are individual taxpayers eligible to deduct vehicle-related expenses?
Are your employees ignoring their 401(k)s? (March 5, 2019)
No one should take his or her 401(k) plan for granted. And yet, it happens. Help your employees maintain their awareness of this important benefit.
Careful tax planning required for incentive stock options (March 4, 2019)
If you were granted incentive stock options (ISOs) in 2018, there likely isn’t any impact on your 2018 income tax return. But if in 2018 you exercised ISOs or sold stock you acquired via exercising ISOs, then it could affect your 2018 tax liability. Here’s why.
Imposing health care plan waiting periods on rehired employees (March 1, 2019)
If charitable giving is part of your estate plan and you made donations in 2018, you’re likely expecting a tax deduction. Not so fast. You must make sure you’ve properly substantiated each contribution.
Beware the Ides of March — if you own a pass-through entity (February 28, 2019)
Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears: All ye who must file a partnership or S corporation tax return, watch out for this tax deadline.
Best practices when filing a business interruption claim (February 14, 2019)
Buying business interruption insurance can be a wise move for many companies. But should disaster strike and you need to file a claim, expect a complex and challenging process. Here’s how to get through it.
Hastily choosing an executor can lead to problems after your death (February 12, 2019)
Whom do you trust to be the executor (or personal representative) of your estate? The seemingly obvious choice may not be the best choice. Find out why.
Public companies to disclose stock hedging policies and practices (February 11, 2019)
Some public stock investors fear that company insiders who receive stock compensation and then use hedging tools may not have an incentive to maximize shareholder value. New disclosures will soon help investors evaluate hedging policies and practices.
How fraud experts help companies head off a bad merger (February 8, 2019)
Your acquisition target may be exactly what it purports to be. But what if it isn’t and its owners have fudged its financial records? A forensic accountant can help. Here’s how.
Private companies: Have you implemented the new revenue recognition standard? (February 7, 2019)
It’s crunch time for private companies to implement the new revenue recognition standard. Here’s what you need to know, plus some valuable insight from public companies that went through the implementation process last year.
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