Category: Newsletters

When a farmer grows crops, much time and tender loving care are required to ensure a successful harvest. When you meet with potential customers, it is unreasonable to expect that they are going to stop Read More

Are you thinking about divesting a real estate investment and then replacing it with another property? If you sell appreciated property outright, you'll incur a taxable gain, which lowers the amount available to spend on the Read More

Is your Non for Profit organization pursuing planned giving? It should be. Research suggests that the average planned gift in the United States falls between $35,000 and $70,000 -- and the amount may increase with Read More

To be deductible, business expenses must be both ordinary and necessary. An ordinary expense is one that is common and accepted in your field of business. A necessary expense is one that's helpful and appropriate Read More

Employers have many reasons to monitor employee communications from time to time to keep you out of legal trouble or to protect the integrity of your business. For example, if any kind of illegal discrimination Read More

Feeling the urge to purge? April 18, 2017, is the deadline for individuals and C corporations to file their federal income tax returns for 2016 (or to file for an extension). Before you clear your Read More

This is one of those Believe It or Not stories: Years ago, a charity generated solicitation letters from a computerized donor database. One letter addressed to a state Humane Society stated: "Dear Miss Society." Whoops! Read More

Simplified Employee Pensions (SEPs) are stripped-down retirement plans intended for self-employed individuals and small businesses. If you don't already have a tax-favored retirement plan set up for your business, consider establishing a SEP — plus, Read More

It's a lot more efficient to retain good employees than to find and hire new ones. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently asked its members how they are adapting their employee benefit programs Read More

Did you know there's a stiff penalty if you fail to take timely distributions from your IRA? Once you turn age 70½, you must start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from your traditional IRAs, including Read More