Last week, Grant Thornton, a large international accounting firm, finalized an agreement to acquire CCR LLP, a New England-based accounting firm that was formerly known as Carlin, Charron & Rosen. This is the latest in a series of national firms buying up regional firms in our area. Some people think you must be a client […]
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Tommy Yuen, CPA, Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, Westwood, MAPublished December 01, 2011 in The Tax Advisor – AICPAEditor: Michael D. Koppel, CPA, MSA, MBA, PFS, CITP Procedure & AdministrationThe misclassification of workers by taxpayers has been a widespread problem. By treating workers as non-employees, taxpayers do not pay the employer portion of the Social Security
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By Michael Cecere, CPA, MSTGray, Gray & Gray, LLP In the challenging economic times we are currently experiencing, individuals seeking to supplement or replace lost income, or to get through financial crises such as unemployment and medical emergencies, have taken to “raiding” their own 401(k) plans. This is a fiscally risky move that could have
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By Michael D. Koppel, CPATax PartnerGray, Gray & Gray, LLPMarch 2011 The recently enacted tax law (formally known as the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010) has far reaching implications for taxpayers beyond the retention of the Bush-era tax cuts. The new law has also completely changed the gift and
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By Michael Cecere, CPA, MSTGray, Gray & Gray, LLP If your company offers employees a 401(k), pension plan or other similar employee benefit plan, you are providing an important benefit. However, this benefit comes with strings attached. Those strings are the complex and burdensome fiduciary responsibilities surrounding the management of a 401(k) and similar employee
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