By Kevin Howley and Alex Montgomery What is one’s intellectual property (IP) worth? That’s an important question for a business or individual who holds a patent, trademark or copyright. Of equal interest is how to guarantee that the owner of the IP is adequately and fully compensated for its use by licensees. That is where […]
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Canton, MA (April 1, 2019): Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP of Canton, MA, has been ranked as the 21st largest accounting firm in Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal. The annual rankings are based on the size of the firm’s professional staff in the state and include both independent firms and regional offices of large
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Canton, MA (April 1, 2019): Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP of Canton, MA, has been ranked as the ninth largest accounting firm in New England by Accounting Today, the accounting industry’s leading publication. The annual rankings are based on firm revenues. Gray, Gray & Gray is the fourth largest Massachusetts-based firm. “We are pleased to
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By Kevin F. HowleyGray, Gray & Gray, LLP If you are a licensor of intellectual property, royalty payments are at the core of the value of your business. Your investment of time, talent and capital is repaid in installments from licensees. They are not sharing in their success, but fulfilling their end of a business
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By Martin E. PrendergastGray, Gray & Gray, LLP If you are an architectural or engineering firm that does work in states other than your own, you may be on the hook for payment of state and local taxes. States and municipalities across the country are struggling to close budget gaps and fund obligations such as
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Family businesses account for 64 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, generate 62 percent of the country’s employment, and account for 78 percent of all new job creation.1 Yet the average life span of a family business is a mere 24 years. Less than one in three family-owned businesses survive to be passed on to
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By Martin E. PrendergastGray, Gray & Gray, LLP One of the biggest changes to emerge from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was a significant drop in the corporate tax rate, from 35% to 21%. However, this new tax rate only applies to businesses structured as C Corp entities. Does this mean that
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Canton, MA (August 16, 2018): James Donellon, CPA, MSA, has been elected a partner at Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, a certified public accounting and advisory firm based in Canton, MA. The announcement was made by James DeLeo, Leading Partner of the firm. Donellon joined Gray, Gray & Gray in 2006, and most recently served
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The reach of the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is far and deep, and even extends into the type of IRA you should consider: regular or Roth? And if you have a regular IRA, should you convert it to a Roth IRA and when? Keep in mind that an investment in a regular
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By Kevin F. Howley, CPAGray, Gray & Gray, LLP Royalty payments from the licensing of intellectual property can be a significant source of revenue for a business. But not all licensees keep up to date with their royalty payments, and others may pay a lower amount than required by their agreement. Which is why a
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