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Trying Times Require Financial Discipline, Operational Innovation
As the stock market plummets and the U.S. seemingly careens into what could be a recession, the affordability crisis that's been plaguing critical sectors like healthcare, housing, food, and education is only getting worse. Nonprofits with miss...
Why Are So Many Firms Going Employee-Owned?
The proliferation of artificial intelligence is reshaping how the architecture, engineering, and construction sector operates as firms grapple with the rapidly evolving capabilities of these systems. Finding an appropriate blend of humanity and m...
The IRS is in the eye of the DOGE hurricane; here's what's at stake
The IRS has been marinating in controversy for the past four years with the Biden administration attempting to hire 80,...
Let DOGE Finish Its Job Before the Trump Tax Cuts
The Trump tax cuts need to be renewed, but not until Elon Musk’s DOGE team finishes its review of government spending. If President Trump wants to build a lasting high-integrity budgeting system, it’s got to be done right, and that means figuring out what the government actually needs to spend before setting out a tax plan to take care of the revenue side.
Firms Must Pressure Trump to Solve America's Fiscal Troubles
Owners of successful private businesses are breathing a collective sigh of relief over last week's election results. Rather than being targeted for making more money than the Biden-Harris administration thinks is fair, or potentially facing
Small Businesses Can't Handle Another Four Years Of A Democrat-Run IRS
It's not just the tax code that's on the ballot this fall in the presidential election, but how that code will be enforced for the next four years. The Biden-era IRS has taken an approach that's fairly hostile to successful business owners,...
The construction industry must adapt to survive in an era of economic instability
The construction industry must adapt to survive in an era of economic instability27 Sep, 2024 By Carl Oliveri
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A Dramatic Tax Pounding Come 2026
It's a matter of debate as to whether or not the future of democracy is at stake in this year's presidential election. But the future of your tax bill certainly is. And the differences for successful business owners could be drama...
What to Do When the IRS Audits You
The IRS has been dropping a new press release with an explicit threat to the bank accounts of successful Americans every other month or so. Their messaging sounds increasingly political, and high-income taxpayers would be foolish to ignore...
PwC's new leadership goes back to the future ahead of schedule
PricewaterhouseCoopers' new U.S. lead partner arrived ahead of schedule, with Paul Griggs taking the reins early after the firm announced it would unwind the controversial restructuring his predecessor had introduced.
Why AI will kill accounting generalists
Anyone in the accounting profession with a whit of human intelligence knows by now that artificial intelligence will transform the industry over the next few years. This might be the most important way: It's going to de-value commoditized "...
Biden's IRS is using scare taxes to discourage legitimate tax strategies
The IRS continues to issue press releases with cherry-picked or misleading data that cast long shadows of doubt over completely legitimate tax minimization strategies. Why would the IRS...
So you're getting audited by the IRS. What should you do next?
The just-completed tax season is plunking another 160 million tax returns on the IRS's front doorstep. And if you reported more than $400,000 in income, the likelihood you're going to be audited will be increasing dramatically.
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The IRS Is the Infection, Not the Cure For a Rotten Tax System
The U.S. tax system is suffering from deep and systemic rot and needs a ground-up rebuild. But with the IRS acting more as the infection than the cure, restoring effectiveness to America's tax system will require a revolutionary legislative ref...
IRS Deserves Major Heat for Disastrous ERC Cost Overruns
Does the IRS deserve the heat it's taking for its lead role in the disastrously expensive and f...
How a Backdoor Roth IRA Works (and Its Drawbacks)
Some high-profile personal finance commentators are big fans of the "backdoor Roth IRA." I'm not - at least not for high earners - and here's why: If you're making enough money to be considering a backdoor Roth, there are likely hig...
The IRS's AI Announcement Is Really About Taxpayer Intimidation
The IRS commissioner announced last month that the agency will now deploy artificial intelligence in pursuit of "wealthy tax cheats" who are using partnership structures to pay "little to no tax." But the announcement's logic doesn't...
Why a Wealth Tax Would Be Terrible for American Taxpayers
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a lower court decision on taxation (Moore v United States) that could open or slam the door on a federal wealth tax, it's worth a deep dive into just how terrible a wealth tax would be for A...