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01.06.20
Calvin P. Shannon, CPA, CVA

Should your cannabis company consider the cash-basis method of accounting for tax reporting purposes?

Blog
Cannabis
Business Tax

The best place to start trying to answer this question may be a quick review of the basics of tax accounting methods. An accounting method is a set of rules...

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12.10.19
Jerome R. Reutzel, CPA, MBT

The Skills You Need for a Career in Accounting

Blog

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with students at Lincoln High School in Lake City, Minnesota about accounting careers. I have enjoyed meeting with students since my elementary school...

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12.02.19

Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer Combines CPA Firms with Weber & Deegan, Ltd. and Majeski Jahnke & Company, LLC

News

BLOOMINGTON, MN, December 2, 2019 – Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer (BGM), a nationally recognized top 200 accounting firm, announced today that they have combined firms with Edina-based CPA firm, Weber &...

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11.19.19

IFRS Biological Assets in the Cannabis Industry

Blog
Cannabis
Advisory

In the cannabis industry, the current trend is going public on a Canadian stock exchange through a reverse merger. Going public provides access to vast amounts of funding and high...

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11.18.19

The Tax Implications if Your Business Engages in Environmental Cleanup

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

If your company faces the need to “remediate” or clean up environmental contamination, the money you spend can be deductible on your tax return as ordinary and necessary business expenses....

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11.11.19

Gifting for the Holidays

Newsletter
Families
Family Office

With the holidays close at hand, now may be a good time to review the gifting rules in play for 2019 to see if changes are needed to any gifting...

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10.02.19

Laptop Battery Safety Is No Laughing Matter

Articles
Business Owners
Technology

You’d be hard pressed to find a business today that doesn’t have laptop computers listed among its assets. Large companies have hundreds of them; midsize ones issue them to managers...

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09.24.19

Cannabis Inventory and IFRS Biological Assets – Inventory Records

Blog
Cannabis
Audit & Assurance
Outsourced Accounting

As cannabis companies continue to move to the public markets in Canada, high quality inventory records become much more important. Not only is there greater disclosure and scrutiny of financial...

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09.16.19

Five Ways to Withdraw Cash from your Corporation While Avoiding Dividend Treatment

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax
Advisory

Do you want to withdraw cash from your closely held corporation at a low tax cost? The easiest way is to distribute cash as a dividend. However, a dividend distribution...

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08.07.19

Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer Ranked Among Top 200 Accounting Firms

News

BLOOMINGTON, MN, August 7, 2019 – Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer (BGM) was recently ranked among the country’s “Top 200 Accounting Firms” by INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA). IPA’s annual rankings of...

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