Taxation of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding was created to kick-start the funding of a project. Previously if someone was interested in acquiring funds, they had only a few options to do so. Those options included: raising money from family and friends, taking out a loan, or trying to gather all of...
Health Savings Plans Are Hot, Hot, Hot Right Now, and It’s Not Why You Think
Not one week has gone by this year without at least one article crossing my desk about Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) being used for retirement planning. I have a client who has been using his HSA for years to save for retirement; clearly, he was ahead of his time....
New Jersey Relief for Costs of Higher Education
Beginning in 2022, there is good news for taxpayers who pay some student loans and/or tuition. The New Jersey College Affordability Act allows for three income tax deductions on New Jersey returns that are related to education. The caveat is that the gross income...
Stock Market Decline: Should I Sell?
2022 is off to a rocky start for investing with the S&P 500 index down over 20% at one point from its peak. Tech stocks have been hit particularly hard with the average NASDAQ stock down 50% from its high. With the consistent decline in the stock market this year,...
Client Spotlight: SMC Physicians
American Dreamer Founders Succeed in Business and Life While Treating Patients Like Family and Giving Back to Their Community Raised in Jordan, Drs. Samar Bursheh and Tamim Naber invested significant time and effort to excel in medical school and pursue their dream,...
2022 Outlook – Money Watch
Economic & Market Outlook for 2022 Economy: The United Nations is forecasting global economic growth at 4.0% for 2022 while most forecasters have US GDP growth somewhere between 3.5 and 3.8%. These forecasts come in above the long-term trend but much lower than...
Taxation in the Cannabis Industry
As cannabis has become legal recreationally across various states in America, the question of taxation now comes into play. Various tax paradigms have been implemented where cannabis is legal that the NJ Legislature could adopt. These schemes include taxation by...
The IRS is a Hot Mess
Last month, the National Taxpayer Advocate’s office released a grim report on the conditions at the IRS. If you have tried to reach the IRS via phone during the last year, you know full well how difficult it is to reach someone. Well, we now have statistics to back...
NJ to Employers – Mind Your ABCs or Else
“Draconian and just not fair”. That’s how some of the laws passed this summer by the New Jersey Legislature have been described. In an effort to put additional teeth into the enforcement of employee classification rules, New Jersey has passed legislation that will...
Nonprofit Reporting of Non-financial Contributions
Starting soon, the financial statements of nonprofit organizations will contain lots more information about the non-financial contributions they receive, such as fixed assets, materials, supplies, intangible assets and services. FASB ASU 2020-07 requires that:...
CASA Toy Drive
For years, our Team has adopted families for the holidays. This effort is always coordinated by Maureen Wild, who even happily shops for the non-shoppers among us. Last year we did something a little different and had a toy drive for the children served by CASA (Court...
Client Spotlight – Collins Iron Works / Dennisville Fence
There are few multigenerational business owners that have experienced the success and growth as have the Collinses from Collins Iron Works / Dennisville Fence and that can also pride themselves on all three generations having served for our country. After serving in...