by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation
You must comply with complex rules established by the IRS and the Department of Labor when your company sponsors a qualified retirement plan. Your firm could face costly penalties from federal regulators if you ignore the rules, and then you plan participants might...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
Giving Tuesday, known on social media as #GivingTuesday, was on November 29, 2016. Never heard of it? The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has grown into one of the biggest fundraising drives for the not-for-profit industry. Similar to Cyber Monday, it’s a day when...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning
It can be deceptively easy to take costs out of a business, at least initially. Cutting low-hanging fruit such as providing coffee in break rooms, consulting services, laying off temporary employees or removing a layer of management can result in considerable savings....
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning
While CFOs at most large U.S. companies have been working overtime themselves to prepare for the new overtime rule changes, many Maine small and midsize businesses haven’t been as quick to react. The deadline for the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Accounting Standards, Business Plans, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation
You might have to close up shop for a while if your business is hit by a natural disaster; hurricane, windstorm, blizzard, or if it falls victim to arson or terrorism. As a result, you could suffer a major loss of income. A key component to continuing as a thriving...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
A business trip is often meant to gain new customers and clients, or solidify relationships with current ones. Or perhaps it’s a time for sales calls and “meets and greets” with suppliers. In any event, the goal of business travel is generally to...