Understanding and adhering to the multitude of personal property tax compliance obligations throughout the thousands of jurisdictions that assess personal property taxes can be administratively burdensome. A company’s personal property tax liabilities can be impacted if a company is not equipped to navigate the differing rules and opportunities in the jurisdictions in which its personal…
BGBC Partners, LLP is pleased to announce their inclusion on the Indianapolis Star’s 2019 Top Workplaces list. They also received the “New Ideas” special award. BGBC attributes this award to a company culture that enables team members to thrive. The firm is passionate about the growth and achievement of their employees, and they work to…
By Kim Flett and Beth Garner Employee benefits should be an important consideration for both buyers and sellers as they prepare for a merger or acquisition. Once the due diligence is completed and the transaction closes, however, there is still much work that needs to be done to ensure that the transition to the new benefits plan goes…
By Stuart Eisenberg and Marla Miller The IRS defines an opportunity zone as an “economically distressed community where new investments may be eligible for preferential tax treatment.” The Treasury has certified nearly 9,000 of these districts across all U.S. states and its territories, including the entire island of Puerto Rico. An opportunity zone designation has…
Small business owners looking to convert their organization to an employee-owned company may have an easier path thanks to a new law signed by President Donald Trump last year. Before the law was passed in August 2018, the rules surrounding loans backed by the Small Business Association (SBA) used to create Employee Stock Ownership Plans…
The data in your QuickBooks company file contains some of the most sensitive information on your computer. Make sure it’s secure. Your customer list is gold. And those Social Security and bank card numbers in your payroll, client, and vendor records need to be protected from intruders and only viewed by authorized employees. It’s not…
There is an excellent chance that even if you’re an expert in your particular industry, you’re probably not an expert in small business finances. This may not seem like that big of an issue on the surface. However, in order to make the best decisions possible for your company, you need to have complete and…
The problem with discarding all of the records for a particular year once the statute of limitations has expired is that many taxpayers combine their normal tax records with the records that substantiate the basis of their capital assets. The basis records need to be separated and should not be discarded until after the statute…
The new international lease accounting rules are causing some CFOs to reconstruct how they gauge corporate performance. Previous rules allowed some leases to be recorded in footnotes to financial statements. CFOs must now report leases on the balance sheet as assets and liabilities. Rather than recording lease payments as operating expenses, companies now need to…
The tax code places limits on the amounts that individuals can gift to others (as money or property) without paying taxes. This is meant to keep individuals from using gifts to avoid the estate tax that is imposed upon inherited assets. This can be a significant issue for family-operated businesses when the business owner dies;…