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- Maner Costerisan Expands West Michigan Business Advisory Presence With Kristen Terpstra
- Should You Rehire or Outsource Your Accounting Team?
- Inside Your Audit: Reviewing Expectations on What Local Governments Should be Asking Their Auditor
- How Small and Midsize Businesses Can Stabilize Financial Operations During Leadership Transitions
- What’s the Right Entity Type for Your New Business?
- Balancing Financial Reporting Needs With Compliance Costs
- Helping Your Nonprofit’s Board Make Sense of Financial Reports
- When the Sale of an Appreciated Home Triggers Taxes — and When it Doesn’t
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Better Tax Break When Applying the Research Credit Against Payroll Taxes
The credit for increasing research activities, often referred to as the research and development (R&D) credit, is a valuable tax break available to certain eligible small businesses. Claiming the credit…
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Small Businesses Can Help Employees Save for Retirement, Too
Many small business owners run their companies as leanly as possible. This often means not offering what are considered standard fringe benefits for midsize or larger companies, such as a…
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If You Didn’t Contribute to an IRA Last Year, There’s Still Time
If you’re gathering documents to file your 2023 tax return and you’re concerned that your tax bill may be higher than you’d like, there might still be an opportunity to…
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Why It’s Important to Get Your Company’s Financials Done on Time
Have you completed your company’s year-end financial statements yet? Most calendar-year entities issue their year-end financials by March of the following year. Lenders and investors may think the worst if…
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Auditing Revenue Recognition
The top line of an income statement for a for-profit business is revenue (or sales). Reporting this line item correctly is critical to producing accurate financial statements. Under U.S. Generally…