E. Cohen and Company CPAs, a firm based in Rockville, Maryland, is merging in DeVan & Lowery PA, another CPA firm in its home town. The merger will expand E. Cohen’s presence in the D.C. metro area and give DeVan & Lowery clients access to expanded services including IT and wealth management, international taxation, estate and trust planning, financial statement […]
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Ever since the U.S. first introduced the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in 1997, Puerto Rican residents with taxable income have been eligible to claim payments for their children — but there was a catch. In previous years, families in Puerto Rico also needed to have at least three children to qualify for the credit. This restriction made only approximately 11 […]
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that now is the time to ditch stocks of unprofitable companies. “This is your chance to free yourself of those companies … that don’t have any revenues, don’t have any earnings, all 50 times sales,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” referring to stocks that sell at high price-to-sales ratios. “They’re all up, take […]
pixelfit | E+ | Getty Images Women earned just 84% of what men made in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. And that difference — dubbed the gender wage gap — has stayed consistent for about 15 years. The discrepancy is often attributed to education, occupation and experience. However, research from economists at the University of Chicago and Northwestern […]
WithumSmith+Brown, a Top 25 Firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, has merged in Martini Partners LLC, a firm in Encino, California, enabling the firm to expand to Los Angeles. As part of the deal, founding partner Steve Martini, managing partner Christopher Passmore and assurance practice leader Kevin Holmes, along with 50 other team members, will join Withum but will continue […]
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If 2021 was a big year for state tax reform, 2022 may give it a run for its money. With January now in the books, the 40 states which have convened their legislative sessions—six more will join them, while four states’ legislatures do not meet in odd-numbered years—already show a flurry of activity on taxes, with arrows almost invariably pointing […]
During the pandemic, policymakers relied on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to administer business relief through the tax code. The emergency relief, including business tax refunds for net operating losses (NOLs), was intended to quickly help businesses that lost their source of income during the pandemic. A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds many businesses have yet […]
In this article ASTR The company’s rocket LV0008 stands on the launchpad ahead of the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA. Astra | John Kraus Rocket builder Astra is preparing to launch from Florida for the first time as early as this weekend, with the company expecting to soon receive its Federal Aviation Administration license for a NASA mission. The regulator […]
Kwangmoozaa | iStock | Getty Images Student loan payments have been on pause for nearly two years. Come May, they’re scheduled to resume. Many of the tens of millions of borrowers will find themselves in a different financial situation then they were in March 2020, and a different payment plan may make more sense for them as a result. Meanwhile, […]
What to concentrate on; Ready Return rejection; cases dismissed; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Wasting no time John R. Dundon II EA (http://johnrdundon.com/): The IRS Service Center in Ogden, Utah, was among the first this season to get e-dinged. Taxing Subjects (https://www.drakesoftware.com/blog): Mere hours into the season and crooks are already trying to make life miserable. The […]
The number of employees still quitting their job remains at high. According to recent date from Gusto, providers of a cloud-based payroll, benefits and HR management software, quit rates in November this year stood at 3.4%, well above the 2.7% in November 2020. The figures are based on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Job Opening and Labor Turnover […]
If you received advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) monthly payments last year, you should be getting Letter 6419 from the IRS. This letter details the total advance payments you received last year and lets you know how much of the credit you can still expect to claim when filing your 2021 tax return. However, the IRS recently announced that some […]
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JohnnyGreig | E+ | Getty Images Embracing diversity is good for business. More diverse companies, both at board level and throughout the workforce, can outperform on financial metrics such as return on equity and higher earnings per share. They can also generate higher returns compared to their indices, according to GS Sustain 2020. Moreover, embracing diversity is key to ensuring […]
Jamie Grill | Getty Images In a competitive job market, equity compensation such as stock options — the chance to buy stock in the company that employs you at a specific price — can be an incentive to sign on and stick around. It can also be nerve-wracking when these assets underperform. “Part of the deal when you have stock […]
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has issued its own leasing standard for the public sector. International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) 43, Leases is based on International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 16, Leases, which was developed by the International Accounting Standards Board. For lessees, IPSAS 43 introduces a right-of-use model that replaces the risks and rewards incidental to […]
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