In financial planning, forecasts and projections aren’t the same
Businesses are rightly encouraged to regularly generate professionally prepared financial statements. Doing so is important for both understanding your own financial position and providing accurate, comprehensive information to stakeholders such as investors, lenders and advisors.
Overcoming benchmark resistance in your nonprofit
If your not-for-profit sets performance goals — and most organizations should — then you need benchmarks to measure your performance. Staffers and your board may not enthusiastically embrace benchmarking at first.
GASB 96 - What is a SBITA and how will our governmental entity implement this standard?
By: Kevin Stouffer, CPA Member of the Firm
Outsourced CFO Services - What are they and how can they benefit your governmental organization?
By: Krista Gardner, CPA Member of the Firm
Advantages and disadvantages of claiming big first-year real estate depreciation deductions
Your business may be able to claim big first-year depreciation tax deductions for eligible real estate expenditures rather than depreciate them over several years. But should you? It’s not as simple as it may seem. Qualified improvement property
Valuing professional practices
There are many types of professional practices. Examples include medical, architecture, engineering, accounting, advertising, design and law. From a business valuation perspective, it’s important to recognize the common denominators these businesses share.
Is QuickBooks right for your nonprofit?
Not-for-profit organizations exist to achieve nonfinancial or philanthropic goals, not to make money or build value for investors.
If your family owns a vacation home, address it carefully in your estate plan
For many people, the disposition of a family home is an emotionally charged estate planning issue. And emotions may run even higher with vacation homes, which often evoke even fonder memories. So, it’s important to address your vacation home carefully in your estate plan.
Commit to continually improve your nonprofit’s accounting processes
Do your not-for-profit’s accounting processes work perfectly — with no errors, delays or other inefficiencies? If yours is like most organizations, probably not. But if your nonprofit is committed to improvement, you have an edge over those that accept the status quo.
What should you consider when choosing a guardian?
What’s arguably the most common reason people put off estate planning? It’s naming a guardian for their minor children. No doubt this is a difficult decision for parents to make. However, if you and your spouse don’t name a guardian for your minor children and you both die unexpectedly, a court will name one. Contact the estate planning advisors at SEK for help with your will preparation.