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With year end rapidly approaching, many business owners are focusing on budgeting and strategic planning for 2025. But you shouldn't overlook last-minute opportunities to cut taxes for 2024. Here are some tax-smart moves for businesses Read More

Businesses structured as partnerships, S corporations or limited liability companies generally aren't subject to the federal corporate income tax. This is because tax liability "passes through" such entities to each business partner's individual level. If Read More

The IRS has published final regulations for the Section 45X advanced manufacturing production credit. The final regs update several significant areas from the proposed regs released in late 2023.   The Credit in a Nutshell Read More

Depending on the nature of your not-for-profit organization, there's more than one accounting method to follow. One option is fund accounting, which promotes transparency and can help nonprofits fulfill donor commitments. Fund accounting involves segregating Read More

Internal Revenue Code Section 179 potentially allows significant first-year depreciation deductions when your business places qualifying assets into service. You generally want to maximize current year depreciation write-offs for newly acquired business assets. However, the Read More

Are the costs of holiday parties tax deductible? Despite a recent crackdown on business entertainment expense deductions, your company's holiday bash may still qualify for write-offs for the 2024 tax year. You might even be Read More

Businesses are returning to their regular work premises in droves. About 65% of U.S. businesses expect to implement return-to-office policies by the end of 2024, in either a full-time or hybrid capacity, according to Resume Read More

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) included a significant — but delayed — change to the tax treatment of research and experimentation (R&E) expenses under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 174. To the surprise Read More

Running a business requires a lot of hard work. As a business owner, you may be so focused on managing day-to-day operations and pursuing growth opportunities that you put succession planning on the back burner. Read More

Discounts for lack of marketability are well established when valuing minority interests in closely held businesses. But many valuation experts believe that controlling business interests also warrant a marketability discount to reflect the uncertainty and Read More