by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
The holidays can be a joyous time of year, but also very chaotic. It’s easy to forget to spend any remaining funds in your Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) before New Year’s Day while you’re juggling shopping for gifts, decorating your home and...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Bruno v. Bozzuto’s, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156339 (Nov. 19, 2015) What goes around comes around. In a contract action, finance professionals made one bad decision after another, until the case collapsed under a Daubert challenge. ‘Most infamous plot twist’ A...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Accounting Standards, Business Plans, Fraud Prevention
According to the 2016 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the average organization loses 5% of its annual revenues to fraud. Bear in mind, that’s the top line of your income...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
The IRS released new temporary and final Section 752 regulations at the beginning of October 2016. Sec. 752 of the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations explain how to allocate partnership debt among partners for purposes of calculating the basis of their...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
If you’re considering investing in a start-up or starting your own business in Maine, there’s an exciting tax break that could sweeten the deal: Gains from selling qualified small business stock (QSBS) that you acquire on or after September 28, 2010, are...