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What’s the Story on Gift Taxes?

In brief, the IRS is not imposing a tax on the sweater you gave to Uncle Arnold for Christmas or those Amazon gift cards you gave your nieces. The IRS only starts taxing gifts when they surpass a certain dollar limit each year and during your lifetime. And gift taxes...

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Vrakas/Blum Adds Product Line, Sage Intacct

Vrakas/Blum Computer Consulting, LLC (VBCC), a related corporation to Vrakas S.C., has added Sage Intacct to its product offerings. Intacct is a robust cloud-based solution that will help VBCC expand into new markets. Intacct is known for its multi-dimensional...

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Changes to the 2023 Form 5500

The Department of Labor (DOL) released the final changes to Form 5500 relating to the September 2021 notice of proposed form revisions (NPFR) to amend the Form 5500.  The changes fall into seven major categories.  These changes are effective for plan years beginning...

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2023 Deductible Meals & Entertainment

As of January 1, 2023, meals and entertainment deductible expenses revert back to the tax rules prior to 2021. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 temporarily increased some these deductions for 2021 and 2022 tax years to 100% deductibility. For tax year 2023,...

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Understanding Common Cost Management Levers

First of all, it is important to distinguish a cost optimization strategy from a cost cutting strategy.  Cost optimization involves strategically aligning on the “special sauce” of the company and being targeted on which costs are truly levers that can be pulled vs....

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Does Form 5500 Reporting Apply to Your Retirement Plan?

Form 5500, the Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan, was developed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Plan sponsors use this form to satisfy annual...

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How To Navigate an Individual Tax Audit

While it is accurate to say that the IRS has audited significantly fewer people, less than 1% of individual tax returns are audited and the majority of audits nowadays are handled from a distance rather than in person, these changes do not mean that you will never be...

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Three Key Supply Chain Management Questions for 2023

Manufacturers will continue to face supply chain headwinds in 2023, a cause for concern following a turbulent few years. Economic uncertainty, supply shortages, rising costs and frustrated customers threaten to impede growth. Some supply chain industry pundits would...

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