January 1, 2020 Ohio SNF Medicaid Rates By: Paula Reape CPA LNHA Medicaid rates for Ohio nursing facilities were recalculated on January 1, 2020, to reflect: Semi-annual case-mix adjustment using the average of the June 30, 2019, and September 30, 2019, Medicaid […]
2020 Part B Fee Schedules & Industry Updates By: Steven Anderson CPA With the New Year upon us, HW&Co. would like to wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. As always, the New Year brings many changes to the Long-Term […]
Conflict-of-interest policies are too important for nonprofits to neglect By: Helen Weeber Does your not-for-profit organization have a conflict-of-interest policy in place? Do your board members, trustees and key employees understand how the policy affects them? If you answer “no” to either […]
Be careful when applying for a Small Business Administration loan By: Anthony LaNasa A Small Business Administration (SBA) loan can make big things happen for your small company. But the agency’s loan program is sometimes abused by con artists who know that many […]
New rules will soon require employers to annually disclose retirement income to employees By: David M. Reape As you’ve probably heard, a new law was recently passed with a wide range of retirement plan changes for employers and individuals. One of the provisions of the SECURE Act […]
Congress rolls back burdensome UBIT on transportation benefits By: David M. Reape A much-hated tax on not-for-profit organizations is on the way out. At the end of 2019, Congress repealed a provision of 2017’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that triggered […]
Contemplating fraud litigation? Not without a CPA By: Anthony LaNasa You may already know how CPAs can help businesses uncover and prevent fraud. But what about when a fraud incident leads to civil litigation? An experienced CPA can help your […]
New law provides a variety of tax breaks to businesses and employers By: David M. Reape While you were celebrating the holidays, you may not have noticed that Congress passed a law with a grab bag of provisions that provide tax relief to businesses and employers. […]
Has fraud corrupted your supply contracts? By: Anthony LaNasa If your business solicits bids for goods or service contracts, there’s a risk that employees will solicit or accept kickbacks to favor certain vendors. Or, they might steer a bid […]
Jury duty fraud rears its ugly head again By: Anthony LaNasa Some fraud schemes refuse to die. Jury duty scams existed long before phishing, malware and other cybercrime methods became synonymous with identity theft. Yet just this month, the U.S. Marshals […]
Wayfair revisited — It’s time to review your sales tax obligations By: George Timoteo CPA In its 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld South Dakota’s “economic nexus” statute, expanding the power of states to collect sales tax from remote […]
The Disaster Act Repeals “parking tax” for Tax Exempt Organizations By: David M. Reape Senate passed the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 (commonly referred to as the Disaster Act,) on Thursday, December 19th. The Disaster Act: Repeals the requirement of […]