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Tax Deduction for Moving Costs: 2017 vs. 2018

February 21, 2018

If you moved for work-related reasons in 2017, you might be able to deduct some of the costs on your 2017 return — even if you don’t itemize deductions. (Or, if your employer reimbursed you for moving expenses, that reimbursement might be excludable from your income.) The bad news is that, if you move in […]

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Employee Spotlight – Justin Phillips

February 20, 2018

“This too shall pass” Justin Phillips, CPA is a Tax Manager at Bradshaw, Gordon & Clinkscales, LLC. He joined the firm in 2012 and has over 9 years of experience in the accounting industry. Justin specializes in tax return preparation and planning for corporations, partnerships and individuals. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in […]

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For-Profit vs. Not-for-Profit: Compare and Contrast Financial Reporting Goals

February 19, 2018

As the term suggests, for-profit companies are driven primarily by one goal — to maximize profits for their owners. Nonprofits, on the other hand, are generally motivated by a charitable purpose. Here’s how their respective financial statements reflect this difference. Reporting revenues and expenses For-profits produce an income statement (also known as a profit and […]

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Families With College Students May Save Tax on Their 2017 Returns With One of These Breaks

February 15, 2018

Whether you had a child in college (or graduate school) last year or were a student yourself, you may be eligible for some valuable tax breaks on your 2017 return. One such break that had expired December 31, 2016, was just extended under the recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: the tuition and fees deduction. […]

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Fixed vs. Variable Costs: How to Compute Breakeven

February 13, 2018

    Breakeven analysis can be useful when investing in new equipment, launching a new product or analyzing the effects of a cost reduction plan. The breakeven point is fairly easy to calculate using information from your company’s income statement. Here are the details. Analyzing your costs Breakeven can be explained in a few different […]

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Big Data Strategies for Every Business

February 7, 2018

You’ve probably heard or read the term “big data” at least once in the past few years. Maybe your response was a sarcastic “big deal!” under the assumption that this high-tech concept applies only to large corporations. But this isn’t necessarily true. With so much software so widely available, companies of all sizes may be […]

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