by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, IRS Regulation
The IRS must learn in-house terminology being used by the business when they begin auditing or examining, as well as how the business maintains their records. In the case of executive compensation, the IRS is especially interested in arrangements in which the company...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | IRS Regulation, Valuations
When determining fair market value (FMV), valuing donations other than cash or equivalents is rarely easy. Typically, FMV is the highest value that can be obtained for a gift in kind between a seller and a buyer who are acting independently from each other in an...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
The IRS recently published a series of press releases to make tax payers aware of the “dirty dozen” tax scams for this year. The list is not entirely surprising, but it’s important to note that these scams have become increasingly technology-driven in recent...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Deductions, IRS Regulation, Tax Planning
Employment statistics ended 2015 on a positive note, and many businesses are planning to hire new employees this year. In addition, roughly 242,000 new jobs were added in February and the unemployment rate fell to 4.9%, its lowest level in eight years. Several recent...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, IRS Regulation, Valuations
Fox v. CDx Holdings, 2015 Del. Ch. LEXIS 194 (July 28, 2015) The Delaware Court of Chancery has on numerous occasions called out major financial institutions for providing erroneous or even “motivated” valuations. But few opinions include more searing criticism than a...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | IRS Regulation, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation
The new year brought some good news from the IRS for Maine Employers. They announced that the due dates for filing 2015 Affordable Care Act (ACA) information returns have been extended. This gives employers extra time to provide the forms to the recipients, and file...
