Written by: Jonathan C. Hitter, CPA, MST, CGMA and Angela Parziale, CPA, MST The Massachusetts Millionaire’s Tax, a significant fiscal policy aimed at taxing the state’s wealthiest individuals, has become a pivotal factor for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) considering their residency…
Top Six Private Equity Trends Impacting Tech Companies
The second half of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 presented a thorny challenge for the tech industry as adverse market conditions slowed growth to a crawl, forcing tech companies to revisit their business models. At the same time, deal…
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…
Understanding How the R&D Tax Credit Can Offset Payroll Taxes
Start-ups and small businesses customarily incur expenditures that may qualify for Research & Development (R&D) tax credits, but generally, these businesses don’t have the taxable profit needed to take advantage of the credit. Qualifying small businesses can apply all or…
Tax implications for cryptocurrency owners
Cryptocurrency, a type of virtual currency that utilizes cryptography to validate and secure transactions digitally recorded on a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain, has been on the rise over the past several years. ‘ Approximately 14 percent of Americans…
New Lease Accounting Standards Could Affect Your Financial Statements
Author: Jonathan Hitter Rent your office? Leasing your copier or network services? If so, you’ve signed a lease agreement with a lessor and your financial statements will be affected by the new lease accounting standards approved by the Financial Accounting Standards…
New Revenue Recognition – 5 Steps You’ll Need to Know
Author: Jonathan Hitter, Shareholder The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued new revenue recognition guidance effective December 15, 2017, for public companies and December 15, 2018, for private companies. The new standard will affect all entities that enter into contracts to…
Understanding How the R&D Tax Credit Can Offset Payroll Taxes
Author: William Cooper, Shareholder Start-ups and small businesses customarily incur expenditures that may qualify for Research & Development (R&D) tax credits, but generally, these businesses don’t have the taxable profit needed to take advantage of the credit. The IRS issued guidance…