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

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

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

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

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

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