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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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09.25.19

Does Your Team Know the Profitability Game Plan?

Articles
Business Owners
Advisory

Autumn brings falling leaves and … the gridiron. Football teams — from high school to pro — are trying to put as many wins on the board as possible to...

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09.24.19

Reflecting on Campus Recruitment Events as an Employee and Student

Blog

Quality employee recruitment is an integral part of continuing the success of your company. Building a foundation of strong employees contributes to long-term growth and developing future leaders of the...

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09.24.19

When is Tax Due on Series EE Savings Bonds?

Articles
Families
Individual Tax & Planning
Family Office

You may have Series EE savings bonds that were bought many years ago. Perhaps you store them in a file cabinet or safe deposit box and rarely think about them....

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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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09.23.19

How to Treat Your Business Website Costs for Tax Purposes

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

These days, most businesses need a website to remain competitive. It’s an easy decision to set one up and maintain it. But determining the proper tax treatment for the costs...

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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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08.28.19

Some Business Owners Can’t Participate in Their Own Companies’ HRAs

Articles
Business Owners
Advisory

Many companies now offer Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) in conjunction with high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). HRAs offer some advantages over the perhaps better-known HDHP companion account, the Health Savings Account...

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08.26.19

The Tax Implications of a Company Car

Articles
Business Owners
Business Tax

The use of a company vehicle is a valuable fringe benefit for owners and employees of small businesses. This benefit results in tax deductions for the employer as well as...

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08.22.19
Jason A. Marvin, CPA

Takeaways from the 2019 Minnesota Trucking Association Conference

Blog
Transportation & Logistics

Kurt Dingmann and I had an incredible time at the 87th Annual Minnesota Trucking Association Conference on July 30 – August 1 in Alexandria, Minnesota. We caught up with industry friends and...

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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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08.06.19

The Tax Implications of being a Winner

Articles
Individual Tax & Planning

If you’re lucky enough to be a winner at gambling or the lottery, congratulations! After you celebrate, be ready to deal with the tax consequences of your good fortune. Winning...

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07.30.19

The “Kiddie Tax” Hurts Families More Than Ever

Articles
Families
Individual Tax & Planning

Years ago, Congress enacted the “kiddie tax” rules to prevent parents and grandparents in high tax brackets from shifting income (especially from investments) to children in lower tax brackets. And...

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07.29.19
Corey W. Edmunds, CPA, MBT

Tax Considerations Relating to the Sale of Your Business

Newsletter
Business Owners
Advisory

A business owner has a variety of issues to consider when planning for the sale of their business. A seller’s first concern is to get the highest sales price for...

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07.29.19
Jon T. Meyer, CFP®

Selling Your Business Started Five Years Ago

Newsletter
Business Owners
Advisory

The biggest mistake a business owner can make is waiting until the closing to find out how the sale price affects the rest of their life. Yet many do this....

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