Ask Your Accountant May 2016

Ask Your Accountant May 2016

I am opening a new business that will be operating as a partnership. How do I draw a paycheck? ~ Carrie Gill You don’t. Partners, and members of LLCs taxed as partnerships, are considered to be self-employed, not employees when performing services for the partnership....
Does Your Practice Need a Wellness Visit?

Does Your Practice Need a Wellness Visit?

You may need to re-evaluate your internal controls. We’ve all read about it in the newspaper- someone has stolen funds from his employer, his partner, his pension fund, his shareholders. Maybe we know them and maybe we don’t, but there’s one thing we’re sure of: we...
Top 10 “To-Do’s” for Non-Profits

Top 10 “To-Do’s” for Non-Profits

Sometimes even the most proactive and well managed organizations need to revisit some of their tax, governance and management policies, procedures and protocols, especially if it has been a few years since they were last addressed. Here are some items that might make...
Business Health Checkup: Pre-tax Net Income

Business Health Checkup: Pre-tax Net Income

Authors: David Wagstaff and Calvin Longer  Periodically we will highlight a ratio or benchmark and talk about how you can use these to better understand your business. The disclaimer: Benchmarks and ratios, blindly applied, can be dangerous. Benchmarks can be useful...
Have you thought about Exit Planning?

Have you thought about Exit Planning?

Author: Michael J. Reynolds, CPA, CEPA  If you’re a business owner, one of your most valuable assets is your business. It is also probably true that you devote a lot of time and thought to managing and growing your company and much less time imagining your company if...