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4 Financial Factors That Help Valuators Gauge Business Risk
The value of an operating business often depends on two components: the future economic benefits it’s expected to generate and the rate of return hypothetical investors require given the associated risks. Business valuation professionals use benchmarking studies to gain insight into future cash flows and operating risks. Here are four key areas that valuators consider [...]
Consider an Installment Sale to Optimize Taxes When Selling Your Business
Over the years, you’ve invested blood, sweat and tears into building a successful small business. Now it’s time to sell and move on to the next chapter of your life. What are the tax implications of selling — and how can you reduce or defer your taxes? One possible solution is an installment sale. How [...]
What Higher 2026 AMT Risk May Mean for Your Year-End Tax Planning
Tax law changes taking effect this year will increase alternative minimum tax (AMT) risk for some higher-income taxpayers. If you may be affected, consider the AMT before implementing income or deduction timing strategies. A move that would reduce your 2026 regular tax might provide little or no benefit under the AMT — or could trigger [...]
How to Fight Fraud in the Gen AI Age
For years, one of the most effective ways to avoid phishing and other electronic fraud schemes was to look for poor spelling or grammar. That guidance is no longer enough to prevent fraud losses. Generative AI makes it easy for perpetrators to produce polished emails — and create compelling videos — in mere seconds. Now, [...]
What are the Tax Implications of Cryptocurrency Transactions?
If your small business accepts, uses or invests in Bitcoin, Ethereum or other forms of cryptocurrency, accurate reporting and detailed records are critical for federal tax purposes. The IRS continues to scrutinize digital-asset transactions. Today, business tax returns include a question about digital assets, and brokers are now required to report certain transactions to taxpayers [...]
Restricted Stock Deserves Attention Before Year-End
Executives and key employees often receive stock-based compensation in addition to salaries and bonuses. If restricted stock is part of your compensation, considering the potential tax consequences well before December 31 is a good idea. You may have decisions to make if: 1) you’ve recently received an award or are expecting one soon, 2) your [...]
Should You Use a Joint Expert to Value Your Business?
In litigation involving the value of a business, each party often hires its own expert. However, under the right conditions, sharing one expert can benefit both parties. In a joint valuation, the parties retain a single business valuation professional who works for both rather than advocating for either side. The valuator and parties agree in [...]
5 Tax-Smart Ways to Take Cash Out of your C Corporation
If you own a closely held C corporation, you might be looking for ways to withdraw cash from your business. Paying yourself a dividend can be a straightforward option — but it comes at a tax cost. Corporate distributions are generally taxable to you to the extent of your company’s “earnings and profits,” and your [...]
Preventing Disaster Fraud from Compounding Your Losses
Natural disasters can strike at any time. So if your business doesn’t already have one, it needs a formal plan to protect employees, customers, facilities and assets during a disaster and to restore operations as quickly as possible afterward. Make sure it’s comprehensive. Fraud risk is an often-overlooked component of disaster planning. This is where [...]
Repair or Improvement: Does the Distinction Matter Under Current Tax Law?
Ordinary repair and maintenance costs are generally deductible in the year they’re paid or incurred, depending on your accounting method. Costs that improve property must be capitalized. However, under current tax law, capitalization doesn’t necessarily mean waiting years to recover the cost. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) permanently restored 100% bonus depreciation for [...]
Remote Work Can Complicate Your State Taxes
Working remotely may broaden your job options and make daily life easier. But working from a different state than your employer — or spending part of the year working from a second home in a different state than where you normally reside — can create state tax issues. Because the rules vary by state, work [...]
Tax Planning for Real Estate Investors
Many individuals invest in real estate to help diversify their portfolio, create an income stream for themselves from rental income and build net worth over time. Often, this is a side activity to a career in another field or running another type of business — not the individual’s primary source of income. Holdings might range [...]
How to Avoid and Correct Common Payroll Tax Mistakes
Payroll administration can be challenging for small business owners — and mistakes can create problems for both employers and employees. Incorrect paychecks can frustrate employees and require time and resources to fix. Errors involving tax withholding, deposits or reporting can also expose your business to interest and penalties. Mistakes can happen even with payroll software [...]
How to Factor Subsequent Events into the Valuation Equation
When valuing a closely held business, events that happen after the valuation date are generally off limits. However, there are some key exceptions. Here’s a closer look at when business valuation professionals might need to address subsequent events, also known as ex post facto information, in their analyses. Reasonably foreseeable events The first exception relates [...]
Educators May Be Able to Claim 2 Deductions for 2026 Classroom Expenses
Teachers and other educators often spend their own money on books, supplies, equipment and other classroom needs. For 2026, eligible educators may have two ways to deduct qualifying unreimbursed expenses. One deduction is available whether or not they itemize, and a new deduction under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is available to itemizers. [...]
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