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New Overtime Rules Effective January 1, 2020

The Department of Labor has released new overtime regulations detailed in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These new regulations ...
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November 12, 2019 / Curt Bach / Articles, Business, Construction, Employee Benefit Plan, Financial Institution, Payroll

Employee Benefit Plan and IRA Quick Reference Table

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for various qualified retirement plans and other ...
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November 7, 2019 / Matt Eckelberg / Employee Benefit Plan, Guides

Paying for College: The Lifetime Learning Credit

Over the last couple of weeks, we talked about the American Opportunity Tax Credit. This week I want to continue ...
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October 30, 2019 / Jeff Dvorachek / Podcast, Tax

Mortgage Matters: To Pay Down or Not to Pay Down

If you’re a homeowner and manage your finances well, you might have extra cash after you’ve paid your monthly bills ...
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October 18, 2019 / Vince Schamber / Articles, Tax

Step Carefully with Loans Between a Business and Its Owner

It’s common for owners of closely held businesses to transfer money into and out of the company. But it’s critical ...
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October 18, 2019 / Matt Eckelberg / Articles, Business, Tax

Cost Segregation Studies Can Benefit Business Owners

Any business owner who’s acquired, constructed or substantially improved a building this year — or even in previous years — ...
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October 18, 2019 / Lance Campbell / Articles, Business, Tax

Paying for College: The American Opportunity Tax Credit

Over the last couple of weeks, we talked about business credits that are available. Go back and listen to those ...
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October 11, 2019 / Jeff Dvorachek / Podcast, Tax

New Lease Standard (ASU 2016-02)

The effective date for ASU 2016-02 Leases, is just around the corner. For n on-public entities it is effective for ...
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October 2, 2019 / Claudia Weinberger / Articles, Nonprofit

New Features for QuickBooks Online

Payroll Processing Have you ever been processing a payroll in QuickBooks Online only to realize that an employee has had ...
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October 1, 2019 / Julie Williams / Articles, Quickbooks

DOL Releases Final Ruling on Overtime

The final rule updates the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards ...
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September 27, 2019 / Jeff Danen / Articles, Business, Construction, Employee Benefit Plan, Financial Institution, Nonprofit, Payroll