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Tips for Strong, Secure Passwords

If you own or work for a business, it often involves safeguarding data in one aspect or another. You probably have information related to your clients, customers, patients, vendors, contractors that needs to be securely protected.  This also applies to your own...
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ASC 606 Changes are Here!

On May 28, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606.  This new standard modifies the way companies recognize revenues from contracts with customers and aims to unify revenue reporting across industries...
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The Medical IRA – Huh?

Since 2003, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) have been available for those individuals covered by high deductible health plans; the primary benefit to participating in such a plan is to receive tax-preferred treatment for funds saved for medical expenses. Similar to...
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It Is Never Too Early to Start Planning

Here we are entering the final days of 2019, and while there is so much to keep up with, it is easy to forget that you need to work on your business as well as in your business. Now is a great time to step back and review where your business stands for the year and...
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ASU Update 2019 – 06 Intangibles – Goodwill

ASU Update 2019-06 relates to goodwill impairment for a not-for-profit entity. The two standards that are being updated are Topic 805, which relates to business combinations and Topic 350, which relates to goodwill impairment. Both of these Topics go hand in hand with...
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Give Your Business Its Annual 1099 Wellness Check

As the summer winds down and we are well into the second half of 2019 (gasp!), now is the perfect time to give your business its annual 1099-MISC wellness check. Have you been keeping up with your W-9 collections throughout the year? Are you considering everyone who...
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What is an MEP?

As we are in the heart of the 401k auditing season, it is important for companies to reevaluate their need for employee benefit plans. While there is a requirement for the amount of eligible employees for an employee benefit plan, there are variations for how these...
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Philadelphia Responds to Wayfair, Establishes Economic Nexus

After the U.S. Supreme Court decided on South Dakota v. Wayfair, 585 US in 2018, the city of Philadelphia amended the Business Income and Receipts Tax (“BIRT”) regulation to impose economic nexus. The BIRT is a privilege tax; it consists of net income and gross...
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New Jersey Tax on Short-Term Rentals

Looking to spend a relaxing week at the Jersey Shore?  Thinking of renting out your own beach house for a week when you cannot make it down the shore?  Both activities will now cost you more due to a new tax on short-term rentals. As of October 1, 2018, New...
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