PTO banks: A smart HR solution for many companies

"I'm taking a sick day!" This familiar refrain usually is uttered with just cause, but not always. What if there

Ready, set, audit

If your business issues audited financial statements and follows a calendar year end, your external auditing procedures have already begun.

Is your business committed to its cost-control regimen?

At the beginning of the year, many people decide they're going to get in the best shape of their lives.

The investment interest expense deduction: Less beneficial than you might think

Investment interest - interest on debt used to buy assets held for investment, such as margin debt used to buy

Succession planning and estate planning must go hand in hand

As the saying goes, nothing lasts forever - and that goes for most companies. Then again, with the right succession

Deduction for state and local sales tax benefits some, but not all, taxpayers

The break allowing taxpayers to take an itemized deduction for state and local sales taxes in lieu of...

Identify all of your company's retirement plan fiduciaries

Your company probably offers its employees a retirement plan. If so, can you identify all of your retirement plan fiduciaries?

Help prevent tax identity theft by filing

HELP PREVENT TAX IDENTITY THEFT BY FILING EARLY

If you're like many Americans, you might not start thinking about

4 principles of competitive intelligence

We live and work in the information age. As such, the opportunity to gather knowledge about your company's competitors and

2017 Q1 tax calendar: Key deadlines for businesses and other employers

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the first quarter of 2017. Keep

ESTABLISHING YOUR SUCCESSION & ESTATE PLANNING GOALS

Like many business owners, you probably have much of your wealth tied up in your company. And this fact may

It's critical to be aware of the tax rules surrounding your NQDC plan

Nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans pay executives at some time in the future for services to be currently performed. They