Optimizing Business Losses
Business losses can happen, whether you're operating a new company that hasn't yet earned a profit or a mature business that's been squeezed by today's volatile economy. While no one likes to lose money, the Read More
Jan 18, 2023
New ACFE Study: Knowledge Is Power in the Fight Against Fraud
Every two years, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) publishes a study detailing the costs, schemes, perpetrators and victims of occupational fraud. "Occupational Fraud 2022: A Report to the Nations" was recently released. It Read More
May 26, 2022
Computing Economic Damages
Financial experts are often hired to measure economic damages in contract breach, patent infringement and other tort claims. Here's an overview of how experts quantify damages, along with some common pitfalls to avoid. Estimating Read More
Sep 01, 2021
Reap Tax Rewards from Securities Harvest This Fall
With autumn coming up in a couple months, it's time to think about "harvesting" capital gains or losses from sales of securities. In addition, unfavorable tax law changes proposed in President Biden's American Families Plan Read More
Jul 27, 2021
Preventing Theft of Your Business’s Trade Secrets
With millions of U.S. employees still working from home, companies' intellectual property (IP) is at greater-than-usual risk of theft, loss or compromise. IP includes trademarks, copyrights, patents and, the most common IP asset, trade secrets. Read More
Jun 24, 2021
Material Participation Standard is the Key to Unlocking LLC Tax Losses
Many privately held businesses have incurred losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the federal income tax passive activity loss (PAL) rules can limit an owner's ability to currently deduct tax losses thrown off by passive Read More
May 27, 2021