Category: Business Owners

Business Owners

Navigating Tax Nexus in the Cloud by Karen A. Lake, CPA


Posted on August 18, 2017 by Karen Lake

There is no doubt that the rise of interconnectivity between networks, devices and apps have helped businesses in virtually all industries improve operational efficiency and personalize the customer experience. While more than half of U.S. states have made some progress in defining the sales taxability of digital goods and software, either by adopting the standards […]

6 Tax Regulations Face the Chopping Block by Edward N. Cooper, CPA


Posted on August 15, 2017 by Edward Cooper

The Department of Treasury in July 2017 announced its intent to reform or repeal eight tax regulations enacted during the Obama administration that it deems to be financially burdensome or excessively complex for U.S. taxpayers. It is expected that Treasury will make its final recommendations on these rules by September 18, 2017. The regulations at risk […]

First Steps to Tackling the New Model for Revenue Recognition by Christopher Cichoski, CPA


Posted on July 20, 2017 by Christopher Cichoski

Businesses large and small and across virtually all industries face a perfect storm of financial reporting compliance challenges to contend with in the coming months. On the near horizon are the new revenue recognition standards, which go into effect for public companies, employee benefit plans and certain not-for-profit entities beginning after Dec. 15, 2017, and […]

Partnerships Must Adapt to New IRS Audit Rules, Liabilities at the Entity Level


Posted on June 23, 2017 by Richard Berkowitz

For more than three decades, IRS partnership audits have operated under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA), which required individual partners to pay their share of a partnership’s tax underpayments identified in an IRS audit, unless the partnership elected to be taxed at the entity level.  Since TEFRA’s enactment, partnerships have proliferated […]