Uncategorized

05.18.21
Dane J. Boeckermann, CPA

The Mid-Year Business Review: What Should it Cover?

Newsletter
Business Owners
Executives
Audit & Assurance
Outsourced Accounting

Now that we are half-way through the year it is time to assess your business. Mid-year reviews help business owners see how they are doing and adjust to achieve their...

Read More
a sign saying spring cleaning on a decorated table
05.18.21
Jon T. Meyer, CFP®

Spring-Clean Your 2020 Tax Return

Newsletter
Families
Executives
Business Owners
Real Estate Developers
Individual Tax & Planning

While we have all been locked up in our houses over the last year, many of us have taken the opportunity to clean a bit. Throwing things out, repurposing things,...

Read More
05.17.21

An S Corporation Could Cut Your Self-Employment Tax

Articles
Business Owners
Individual Tax & Planning
Business Tax

If your business is organized as a sole proprietorship or as a wholly-owned limited liability company (LLC), you’re subject to both income tax and self-employment tax. There may be a...

Read More
05.10.21

Help Ensure the IRS doesn’t Reclassify Independent Contractors as Employees

Articles
Business Owners
Executives
Business Tax

Many businesses use independent contractors to help keep their costs down. If you’re among them, make sure that these workers are properly classified for federal tax purposes. If the IRS...

Read More
04.27.21

Why it’s Important to Meet the Tax Return Filing and Payment Deadlines

Articles
Families
Individual Tax & Planning

The May 17 deadline for filing your 2020 individual tax return is coming up soon. It’s important to file and pay your tax return on time to avoid penalties imposed...

Read More
04.10.21

Know the ins and outs of “reasonable compensation” for a corporate business owner

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax
Individual Tax & Planning

Owners of incorporated businesses know that there’s a tax advantage to taking money out of a C corporation as compensation rather than as dividends. The reason: A corporation can deduct...

Read More
03.31.21

EIDL Loans, Restaurant Grants Offer Relief to Struggling Small Businesses

Articles
Business Owners
Advisory

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law in early March, aims at offering widespread financial relief to individuals and employers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The law...

Read More
03.01.21

Work Opportunity Tax Credit extended through 2025

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

Are you a business owner thinking about hiring? Be aware that a recent law extended a credit for hiring individuals from one or more targeted groups. Employers can qualify for...

Read More
02.23.21

Didn’t contribute to an IRA last year? There still may be time

Articles
Families
Retirement 401k

If you’re getting ready to file your 2020 tax return, and your tax bill is higher than you’d like, there might still be an opportunity to lower it. If you...

Read More
an accountant protecting a group of wood characters symbolizing people
02.23.21
Michael P. Deegan, CPA

Making Sense of the Employee Retention Credit

Newsletter
Business Owners
Business Tax

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), was signed into law on December 27, 2020, and, with respect to the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), the CAA did two things. First, the...

Read More

“BGM” is the brand name under which BGM CPA, LLC and BGM Group, LLC provide professional services. BGM CPA, LLC and BGM Group, LLC practice as an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. BGM CPA, LLC is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients, and BGM Group, LLC and its subsidiary entities provide advisory, and business consulting services to their clients. BGM Group, LLC and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. The entities falling under the BGM brand are independently owned and are not liable for the services provided by any other entity providing services under the BGM brand. Our use of the terms “our firm” and “we” and “us” and terms of similar import, denote the alternative practice structure conducted by BGM CPA, LLC and BGM Group, LLC.

BGM WEALTH: Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® (with plaque design) and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.