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Business Travel Expenses: Per Diem vs Actual Expenses

Business Travel Expenses: Per Diem vs Actual Expenses

If your employees travel for work purposes, it’s important to understand the various methods of tracking and substantiating travel expenses so that you can maintain accurate records, control costs, and take advantage of potential tax benefits. Watch this video to learn about business travel expenses, per diem allowances, and how they affect employees and employers.
6 Misconceptions of a Revocable Living Trust

6 Misconceptions of a Revocable Living Trust

A revocable living trust, or RLT, offers many benefits, including probate avoidance, privacy, and flexibility in managing assets during one’s life, incapacity, and death. However, despite their popularity as an estate planning tool, there are many misconceptions surrounding revocable trusts that lead to confusion and misunderstandings. Watch this video to learn about the top six misconceptions.
IRS Dirty Dozen Top Tax Scams To Avoid

IRS Dirty Dozen Top Tax Scams To Avoid

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service publishes its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams highlighting various schemes that put taxpayers and their financial well-being at risk. In this video, we'll provide an overview of five of the top scams on the list.
Pugh CPAs welcomes Andi Anderson to the team

Pugh CPAs welcomes Andi Anderson to the team

Pugh CPAs is pleased to announce that Andi Anderson has joined the firm as Officer. Her estate and trust experience will be beneficial in working with clients to help achieve their tax planning goals. In this role, she will also assist clients on entity formation decisions as well as merger and acquisition advisory support.
Properly Funding Your Living Trust

Properly Funding Your Living Trust

Failing to properly fund a living trust is one of the most common errors people make and can lead to unintended consequences and added costs for both the individual and their beneficiaries. In this video, we'll provide an overview of how to properly fund a living trust.
R&E Expense Amortization Got You Down?

R&E Expense Amortization Got You Down?

Now that Research & Experimentation expenses must be amortized over several years, many companies are looking for ways to increase deductions and reduce taxable income. Here are three opportunities to potentially accelerate depreciation and reduce your tax liability.
U.S. inventories are growing at twice the rate of sales

U.S. inventories are growing at twice the rate of sales

The surge in inventories raises the risk that firms will be caught with excess supplies just as demand begins to slow down this year.
Required minimum distributions after SECURE 2.0

Required minimum distributions after SECURE 2.0

SECURE 2.0 changes the rules governing how and when certain retirement savers can withdraw money from their retirement accounts and IRAs.
Protecting Your Finances During an Economic Downturn

Protecting Your Finances During an Economic Downturn

Many economists are predicting that the US economy will experience a downturn, if not a recession, in 2023. A downturn can lead to job loss, reduced income, and financial insecurity. While it's impossible to predict the future with certainty, there are steps you can take to protect your finances during a downturn.
Incentivize Employees With Stock Appreciation Rights Instead of Equity

Incentivize Employees With Stock Appreciation Rights Instead of Equity

Many business owners want to incentivize and reward employees by tying their compensation to the company's performance. One way to do this is through stock options, but using stock appreciation rights might be a better solution.
FASB Proposes Changes to Lease Accounting Rules

FASB Proposes Changes to Lease Accounting Rules

The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update for Leases (Topic 842). The update addresses related-party arrangements between entities under common control. This video provides an overview of the proposed changes.
Cybersecurity tips that every family office should know

Cybersecurity tips that every family office should know

Managing cybersecurity risk, including protecting sensitive data, is crucial for family offices.
5 essential conversations for the family at year end

5 essential conversations for the family at year end

Operational excellence plays an integral role in advancing family office goals and strategy.
Cybersecurity considerations and trends for boards and audit committees

Cybersecurity considerations and trends for boards and audit committees

Boards of directors can strengthen cybersecurity at their organizations by understanding trends and taking action accordingly.
Financial services organizations and edge computing

Financial services organizations and edge computing

Financial services organizations need to assess what edge computing means for customers and growth plans.