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05.28.20
Jon T. Meyer, CFP®

9 Smart Planning Strategies for Down Markets

Newsletter
Families
Executives
Wealth Management

Recency bias has crept into many conversations. Recency bias says that what we see going on around us most recently weighs most heavily in our assumptions of the future. The...

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05.28.20

Embracing Cloud Applications: Now Is the Time

Newsletter
Business Owners
Executives
Technology

In my 20-year IT career, I have witnessed a common cultural trait across most organizations; embracing technological change is difficult. However, with the current Coronavirus pandemic, companies have been forced...

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05.26.20

Student loan interest: Can you deduct it on your tax return?

Articles
Families
Individual Tax & Planning

The economic impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is unprecedented and many taxpayers with student loans have been hard hit. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act contains...

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05.18.20

Cannabis Businesses and IRC Section 471(c) of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act: Has the Curse of 280E Been Mitigated?

Webinar
Cannabis
Business Tax

In response to the article written by Calvin Shannon, CPA, CVA, Principal at Bridge West LLC, and Nicholas J. Richards, Esq., Partner at Greenspoon Marder LLP, and published by the NCIA, Bridge West...

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05.13.20

How Will SBA Review Borrowers’ Required Good-Faith Certification Concerning the Necessity of Their PPP Loan Request

Blog
Business Owners

Earlier today the Small Business Administration (SBA) released information about how it will review borrowers’ required good-faith certification concerning the necessity of their PPP loan request. The SBA states that...

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05.12.20

There’s still time to Make a Deductible IRA Contribution for 2019

Articles
Families
Retirement 401k

Do you want to save more for retirement on a tax-favored basis? If so, and if you qualify, you can make a deductible traditional IRA contribution for the 2019 tax...

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05.12.20
Jason A. Marvin, CPA

Takeaways from the MTA’s Virtual Town Hall

Blog
Transportation & Logistics

I recently attended an informative virtual town hall presented by the Minnesota Trucking Association.  This event allowed attendees to hear updates from Minnesota agencies on recent actions that impact the trucking...

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05.07.20
Calvin P. Shannon, CPA, CVA

IRC Section 471(c) of the TCJA May Mitigate the Curse of 280E for the Cannabis Industry

Blog
Cannabis
Business Tax

Today, May 7, 2020 NCIA published an article co-authored by Bridge West Principal Calvin Shannon. They explain recent findings regarding new tax rules and how they affect the cannabis industry....

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05.05.20

Hemp Blog Part 2-Hemp Processing into Finished Products

Blog
Cannabis

There is an old saying in the accounting world that goes, “If you don’t know what your costs are, you will pretty soon.” That is what is going on with...

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04.29.20

Adjust your Expectations of Business Interruption Coverage

Articles
Business Owners
Audit & Assurance
Advisory

A natural place to turn when disaster strikes is insurance. The very reason you pay premiums and deal with the paperwork is to have these risk management policies in place...

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04.20.20

New COVID-19 Law makes Favorable Changes to “Qualified Improvement Property”

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

The law providing relief due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic contains a beneficial change in the tax rules for many improvements to interior parts of nonresidential buildings. This is referred...

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02.20.20
Nathan B. Panning, CPA

The 2019 SECURE Act: Give a Little, Take a Little More

Newsletter
Business Owners
Families
Retirement 401k

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the 715-page Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included a clever combination of words to produce the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement”...

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02.20.20
Jon T. Meyer, CFP®

The SECURE Act: Two Changes to Your IRA

Newsletter
Families
Individual Tax & Planning
Retirement 401k

On December 20, 2019, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) was signed into law. This new law impacts 401(k) plans, college 529 plans,...

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02.20.20
Element Technologies

Five Steps to Restore Email Sanity

Newsletter
Business Owners
Executives
Families
Technology

Email – we all need to deal with it whether we enjoy it or not. Have you ever really looked at how much time you spend reading, organizing, responding, archiving,...

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02.20.20

SECURE Act: Tax Credits for Employers Who Offer Company Retirement Plans

Newsletter
Business Owners
Executives
Business Tax

The SECURE Act passed on December 20, 2019, has broad implications for retirement plans. It requires changes in how we save and take money out of retirement accounts. Also, this...

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