Archive for October 2015
10 Questions to Ask about Your School’s Financial Statements
Eight Types of Transition Relief from the Affordable Care Act
By Tommy Lee, partner; Anita McBurney, senior manager; and Bob Carreker, senior manager With the advent of the Affordable Care Act’s requirements, applicable large employers (ALEs) are faced with a substantial reporting burden as they adjust. Fortunately, the IRS has provided eight forms of transition relief for 2015 that employers can use to ease the…
Read MoreGet Ready to Report – 2015 ACA Requirements for Applicable Large Employers
By Tommy Lee, partner; Anita McBurney, senior manager; and Bob Carreker, senior manager The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is officially here, and now’s the time to begin gathering data to comply with the ACA’s requirements. If you’re an employer with over 50 full-time equivalent employees, you have reporting requirements for 2015 due in January of…
Read MoreHA&W Announces 16 Promotions Among the Next Generation of Leadership
Professionals recognized for delivering high-quality client service and technical expertise October 20, 2015- HA&W, LLP, the largest tax, accounting and business consulting firm in Georgia, is pleased to announce the promotion of 16 professionals, further strengthening HA&W’s commitment to being a trusted business advisor to clients and offering the highest level of service. Danielle Berg…
Read MoreAlabama Sales Tax Regulation Ignores U.S. Supreme Court
A new sales tax regulation in Alabama directly contradicts the bright-line physical presence nexus standard created by the U.S. Supreme Court in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota. While Congress has debated (and been unable to enact) multiple versions of federal legislation that would limit the application of the physical presence nexus standard for certain retailers,…
Read MoreState & Local Tax (SALT) Newsletter October 2015
https://www.aprio.com/media/newsletters/SALTnews-10-15.html
Read MoreThe Basics of Change Orders and Change Order Management
Change orders can range from simplistic to intricate, can cause disruption or resequencing, and can eat away at profits. In its most basic form, a change order is a contractor’s right to additional time and/or compensation for work performed outside the scope of the original contract. Under optimal scenarios, change order pricing is negotiated prior…
Read MoreALTA Best Practices Report Guide
ALTA Best Practices: Standards or Guidelines?
By Paul Roberts, director, Title Industry Services ALTA released Version 2.1 of its Best Practices Framework Assessment Procedures in November 2014. Often we are told that these are guidelines and not measurable standards. Is that really the case? And was that the intent when Best Practices were developed for the title industry? Guidelines are subjective and…
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