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11.22.22

Year-end tax planning ideas for your small business

Blog
Business Owners
Business Tax

Now that Labor Day has passed, it’s a good time to think about making moves that may help lower your small business taxes for this year and next. The standard...

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11.22.22

Year-end giving to charity or loved ones

Articles
Families
Retirees
Individual Tax & Planning

The holiday season is here and many people plan to donate to their favorite charities or give money or assets to their loved ones before the end of the year....

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11.21.22

Is your business closing? Here are your final tax responsibilities

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

Businesses shut down for many reasons. Some of the reasons that businesses shutter their doors: An owner retirement, A lease expiration, Staffing shortages, Partner conflicts, and Increased supply costs. If...

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11.15.22

How savings bonds are taxed

Articles
Families
Retirees
Individual Tax & Planning

Many people have savings bonds that were purchased many years ago. Perhaps they were given to your children as gifts or maybe you bought them yourself. You may wonder how...

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11.14.22

Computer software costs: How does your business deduct them?

Articles
Business Owners
Executives
Technology
Business Tax

These days, most businesses buy or lease computer software to use in their operations. Or perhaps your business develops computer software to use in your products or services or sells...

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11.09.22

How the IRS Will Use Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Newsletter
Business Owners
Families
Business Tax
Individual Tax & Planning

On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law. One of the provisions of the legislation was the additional supplemental funding of $79.6...

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11.09.22

How to Protect and Provide for Your Children in Your Estate Plan

Newsletter
Families
Family Office
Wealth Management

As we move through the fall and into the holiday season, I am always reminded how important family is to me. When gathering with family, it causes me to question...

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11.09.22
Jason A. Marvin, CPA

Off-Balance Sheet Debt No More – The New Lease Standard ASC 842

Newsletter
Business Owners
Executives
Advisory
Outsourced Accounting

Almost 30 years ago, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the International Accounting Standards Board published a discussion paper that proposed the elimination of an operating lease. Operating leases were...

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11.09.22
Jon T. Meyer, CFP®

WFA—an Acronym Your Children and Grandchildren Might Regret

Newsletter
Families
Family Office

My oldest son is a senior in college and starting to interview for his first job. He is in civil engineering and has an awesome resume; COVID did not slow...

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11.08.22

Michael Andrews Joins Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer as Principal

News

Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer (BGM CPAs) is pleased to announce that Michael Andrews, CPA, ABV, has joined the firm as Principal and leader of BGM’s Estate and Trust Services Group....

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10.31.22

Inflation means you and your employees can save more for retirement in 2023

Articles
Business Owners
Families
Retirement 401k

How much can you and your employees contribute to your 401(k)s next year — or other retirement plans? In Notice 2022-55, the IRS recently announced cost-of-living adjustments that apply to...

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10.25.22

You may be liable for “nanny tax” for all types of domestic workers

Articles
Families
Individual Tax & Planning

You’ve probably heard of the “nanny tax.” But even if you don’t employ a nanny, it may apply to you. Hiring a house cleaner, gardener or other household employee (who...

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10.25.22

Employers: The Social Security Wage Base is Increasing in 2022

Articles
Business Owners
Executives
Business Tax

The Social Security Administration recently announced that the wage base for computing Social Security tax will increase to $147,000 for 2022 (up from $142,800 for 2021). Wages and self-employment income...

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10.17.22

Providing fringe benefits to employees with no tax strings attached

Articles
Business Owners
Executives
Business Tax

Businesses can provide benefits to employees that don’t cost them much or anything at all. However, in some cases, employees may have to pay tax on the value of these...

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10.08.22

Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer Celebrates 40 Years of Business and Serving Clients

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Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer (BGM CPAs) is proud to celebrate 40 years of business and serving clients. In 1982, entrepreneurial CPAs Daniel A. Boeckermann, Brad E. Mayer, and James A....

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