Many McDonald’s franchises are family-owned businesses. The dynamics of a family business can be very different from those in a non-family corporation. Personal history, differences in personality and emotions that can be dismissed in a corporate setting can take center stage when the company is family-owned. There is no more sensitive topic in a family […]
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Many may keep working out of interest rather than need.Presented by Gray Equity Management, LLC Baby boomers realize that their retirements may not unfold like those of their parents. New survey data from The Pew Charitable Trusts highlights how perceptions of retirement have changed for this generation. A majority of boomers expect to work in
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If something sounds too good to be true, guess what: it probably is.Presented by Gray Equity Management, LLC If you are in or near retirement, it is a safe bet that you would like more yield from your investments rather than less. That truth sometimes leads liars, scammers and fraudsters to pitch any number of
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By John W. Cashman, Jr., CPA, Tax Manager at Gray, Gray & Gray, LLPWith input from CPAmerica They say “rust never sleeps,” and the same is apparently true of those people responsible for the U.S. Tax Code. In the last three months of 2014, a number of tax law provisions were revised, some were newly
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How long will it last? Who wins & loses from it?Presented by Gray Equity Management, LLC On the New York Mercantile Exchange, a barrel of light sweet crude is currently worth well under $60. Prices have dropped more than 25% in a month and almost 45% year-over-year. What is behind this freefall? How long will
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By Michael D. Koppel, CPA, PFS, CITP, MBARetired Partner at Gray, Gray & GrayJanuary 2015 The title of this article is taken from the 1943 Broadway musical, Oklahoma. But it may also be applied to a very important tax concept that also originated with a musical great from an earlier decade. In 1930, songwriter George M.
By C. Joseph Ciccarello, CPA, MSTGray, Gray & Gray, LLP If you have built a flourishing chain of businesses over the years, your life has no doubt been focused on operational and financial issues related to the business. But it is essential that you also pay attention to your personal finances. In particular, you need
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By Daniel C. Romano, CPA, PFS Partner at Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP Back in 2011, the federal government, in an effort to save money, stopped printing and mailing annual Social Security benefit estimate statements. Those paying into the program could still get their estimated benefits information online, but relatively few taxpayers registered. Last year
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By Joy Taylor, Kiplinger.com Short on personnel and funding, the IRS audits less than 1% of all individual tax returns annually. We expect the audit rate to fall even lower as resources continue to shrink and even more employees are reassigned to identity theft cases. So the odds are pretty low that your return will
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