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01.31.23
Dane J. Boeckermann, CPA

Year-End Accounting Checklist: 10 Things to Cross off Your List

Blog
Families
Executives
Business Owners
Advisory
Audit & Assurance
Outsourced Accounting

Before 2022 ends, you should square away several accounting tasks. Your accounting books should be organized, up-to-date, and ready to transition into a new year. To prepare for 2023, follow...

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01.23.23

Forms W-2 and 1099-NEC are due to be filed soon

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax
Individual Tax & Planning

With the 2023 filing season deadline drawing near, be aware that the deadline for businesses to file information returns for hired workers is even closer. By January 31, 2023, employers must...

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01.16.23

How the new SECURE 2.0 law may affect your business

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax
Retirement 401k

If your small business has a retirement plan, and even if it doesn’t, you may see changes and benefits from a new law. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement...

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01.10.23
Dane J. Boeckermann, CPA

Different Types of Buyers When You’re Selling Your Business

Blog
Business Owners
Advisory

There are many reasons you may be looking to sell your business, from retiring to making a life change. You’ll need to know the different kinds of potential business buyers in the...

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01.10.23

Tax-wise ways to save for college

Articles
Families
Individual Tax & Planning

If you’re a parent or grandparent with college-bound children, you may want to save to fund future education costs. Here are several approaches to take maximum advantage of the tax-favored...

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01.09.23

Employers should be wary of ERC claims that are too good to be true

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was a valuable tax credit that helped employers that kept workers on staff during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the credit is no...

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01.04.23
Cory M. Parnell, CPA

Send Sensitive Information Through BGM’s Secure Portals, Not in Email or Text Message

Blog
Business Owners
Executives
Families
Advisory
Outsourced Accounting
Business Tax
Family Office
Individual Tax & Planning

Email and text messages are the most common communication in today’s digital world, which we use for personal and business. While sending sensitive data by email or text message is...

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01.03.23

The standard business mileage rate is going up in 2023

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

Although the national price of gas is a bit lower than it was a year ago, the optional standard mileage rate used to calculate the deductible cost of operating an...

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12.23.22

Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer Promotes Kurt Dingmann to Principal

News

Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer (BGM) is pleased to announce that Kurt Dingmann, CPA, has been promoted to Principal. “We congratulate Kurt on this well-deserved promotion,” said Dane Boeckermann, President and...

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12.21.22

Inbound vs. outbound: Balancing your company’s sales strategies

Articles
Business Owners
Executives
Advisory

It might sound like the lingo of air traffic controllers — inbound vs. outbound. But businesses of all types must grapple with these concepts and their associated challenges when developing...

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12.19.22

2023 Q1 tax calendar: Key deadlines for businesses and other employers

Articles
Business Owners
Executives
Business Tax

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the first quarter of 2023. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may...

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12.14.22
Cory M. Parnell, CPA

Year-end Cannabis Tax Planning: Preparing Your Business for the 2023 Tax Season

Blog
Cannabis
Business Tax

The end of the year is busy for most businesses and individuals, and it can be incredibly hectic for cannabis business owners and operators also. While it’s ideal for cannabis...

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12.13.22

Selling stock by year-end? Watch out for the wash sale rule

Articles
Families
Individual Tax & Planning

If you’re thinking about selling stock shares at a loss to offset gains that you’ve realized during 2022, it’s important to watch out for the “wash sale” rule. The loss...

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12.12.22

Do you qualify for the QBI deduction? And can you do anything by year-end to help qualify?

Articles
Business Owners
Individual Tax & Planning
Business Tax

If you own a business, you may wonder if you’re eligible to take the qualified business income (QBI) deduction. Sometimes this is referred to as the pass-through deduction or the...

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12.06.22

Answers to your questions about taking withdrawals from IRAs

Articles
Families
Retirees
Retirement 401k

As you may know, you can’t keep funds in your traditional IRA indefinitely. You have to start taking withdrawals from a traditional IRA (including a SIMPLE IRA or SEP IRA)...

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