Healthcare Archives - Walter Shuffain

7 Healthcare Private Equity Trends to Know

Healthcare continues to face a challenging economic and regulatory environment. Inflation and interest rates remain elevated, increasing both the cost of care and the cost of capital. At the same time, labor expenses remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels, placing…

What’s Driving Margin Erosion in Healthcare?

Healthcare Has a Margin Erosion Problem The past few years have significantly destabilized the healthcare industry’s financial footing. According to our 2023 Healthcare CFO Outlook Survey, 60% of healthcare CFOs could not meet the terms of their bond or loan…

Preparing for Healthcare’s Regulatory Environment Shift

Healthcare providers are approaching a major regulatory shift. On May 11, the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for the COVID-19 pandemic will lapse, ending or sunsetting regulatory changes which greatly benefited providers during the pandemic. The end of the PHE,…

The Top 12 Tax Scams to Avoid According to the IRS

Fraud. Scam. Phishing. Regardless of what you call these illicit activities, it’s important to protect yourself against the bad players that take advantage of weaknesses for their gain. Not only is it inconvenient, but there’s often a financial cost when…

2023 Mileage Rates for Business Reimbursements

The IRS recently released the 2023 mileage rates for businesses to use as guidance when reimbursing workers for applicable miles driven within the year. The rates tend to increase yearly to account for rising fuel and vehicle and maintenance costs…

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Are You Up to Date on Travel Deductions as Business Travel Returns?

Business travel is back. COVID restrictions have eased, and in-person conferences are back on the calendar. And as more people return to offices, companies are warming to sending their employees on work trips. For many businesses, it’s been a minute…

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Build Back Better May Be Stuck, but How Could It Impact Business Owners?

Build Back Better is one of two pieces of legislation that form the centerpiece of President Biden’s domestic agenda. The first piece — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — was signed into law in November 2021. Build Back Better (BBB) focuses…

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2022 mileage rates for business reimbursements

The IRS recently released the 2022 mileage rates for businesses to use as guidance when reimbursing workers for applicable miles driven within the year. The rates tend to increase every year to account for rising fuel and vehicle and maintenance…

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Don’t overlook the Employee Retention Credit

Note: We are closely monitoring H.R. 3684, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Senate has approved the infrastructure bill and now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration as of the publication. The infrastructure bill would…

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Seven tax strategies that save small businesses money

Taxes are a constant for any business. They come due every year, whether you have a profitable year or are in times of economic downturn. Planning for your taxes is an important business function, as it allows you to make…

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