Pre-Election Focus on Russian/Iran Sanctions, AI Utility Bills, Crypto Regulation and Nondiscriminatory FEMA Assistance Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 (HR 6500) – This appropriations bill was finalized and passed…
AI-Powered Corporate Fraud: What Business Leaders Need to Know For years, corporate fraud was limited by the costs, expertise and resources required to carry out a convincing deception. Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed this…
How to Save Energy This Fall Temps are dropping, the leaves are turning and you know what that means: Fall is here, which is the best time to prepare your house for the chill that follows. But we all know that keeping warm takes energy and, yes, is costly. Here are…
Heirless Estate Planning The purpose of estate planning is to distribute your assets to heirs in a formal, legal process. If you do not have any heirs to speak of, you might not feel the need to do this. However, your assets will go somewhere, so you may…
Valuation Reserve Requirements According to FitchRatings, over the past 12 months ending August 2026, there were 109 defaults by 89 entities, compared to the same period ending July 2026 where 83 entities saw 105 defaults. With businesses (especially life insurers) exposed to asset…
Rolling Over Your 401(k) Just Got Less Painful – Here’s What the IRS Changed Anyone who has moved retirement money out of an old employer’s plan knows how frustrating it can be. Every administrator has their own forms. Timelines are all over the place. Paper checks show up weeks later…
How to Account for Bonds With the global bond market size bigger than many of the world’s biggest economies, it’s important for businesses that sell bonds to understand how to report transactions properly. According to the International Capital Market…
How to Account for Bolt-On Acquisitions With over $4 trillion in merger and acquisition transactions happening in 2025, understanding the necessary accounting considerations is essential to see how tax professionals can navigate…
Extending Daylight Hours, Protecting Cultural Livelihoods and Making Local Banking Easier Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 (HR 139) – The purpose of this legislation is to make daylight savings time (DST) permanent for most of the country. States…
The Death of the App: Why Your Business Will Sideline SaaS Dashboards For two decades, enterprise software has been built around a simple assumption: people log into multiple applications to retrieve information, make decisions and complete work. A CRM, a project tracker, a business intelligence…
