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How to Read a Not-For-Profit Tax Return (Even if you are not a tax professional) Part II

In a way, IRS Form 990 consists of two separate tax returns. The first is the “numbers” section (discussed in part I of this article) where organizations report their income…

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Meet Jessica Nutbrown: Client Accounting Services Supervisor

Jessica Nutbrown is a Supervisor in our Client Accounting Services department and has been a member of the R&A team for four years. In her role, she supports a variety…

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Top 10 Cybersecurity Practices Every Business Needs to Stay Ahead of Threats

As businesses become increasingly reliant on digital technologies to run their operations, cyber-related attacks have taken a quantum leap in both number and sophistication, threatening to derail continuity and create…

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Are Nonprofits Exempt from Arizona Sales Tax?

One of the appeals of establishing a nonprofit organization is that these organizations are generally exempt from paying one or more types of tax. But just because an entity is…

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Why More Businesses are Turning to Fractional CFO Services

For many small and mid-sized businesses (SMEs), hiring a full-time Chief Financial Officer (CFO) can often exceed operational needs or current budget realities, despite the clear value seasoned financial leaders…

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Succession Planning is Vital – What You Need to Know

In 1977, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak incorporated Apple Computer, a company that would revolutionize technology and consumer electronics and have a profound impact on the music, film, and wireless…

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May 2025 Newsletter

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How to Read a Not-For-Profit Tax Return (Even if you are not a tax professional) Part I

According to the Internal Revenue Service, there are approximately 1.5 million public charities and private foundations in the US. That’s a lot of good work being done! Public charities depend…

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Managing Cash Flow and Tax Planning in Real Estate Portfolios

Real estate has weathered its fair share of market shifts in recent years, but compared to more volatile asset classes, its resilience continues to buoy portfolios with diversification and long-term…

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BOI Reporting Obligations Reinstated–And Then Removed Again

The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is the agency that enforces the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Earlier in 2025, FinCEN sent out a notice indicating a…

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EV Tax Credits End in September 2025

September 2, 2025

Congress began creating tax incentives for purchasing energy efficient vehicles in 2005, and the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022 brought major expansion to the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit program. The Trump tax reform bill passed in July 2025 has ended the federal EV credit for any vehicles purchased after September 30, 2025. For…

QuickBooks Desktop Slated to Sunset as Intuit Shifts to the Cloud

September 2, 2025

Like many vendors across the software industry, including Microsoft and Adobe, Intuit is sunsetting its long-running desktop product line in favor of its cloud-based model. QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), used by small businesses for decades, is being phased out as the company directs customers to QuickBooks Online (QBO). As of September 2024, Intuit stopped selling new…

August 2025 Newsletter

July 31, 2025

In this newsletter we cover employee gift matching programs as a philanthropic strategy, fraud prevention using the “fraud diamond” framework, upcoming expanded income tax disclosure requirements for private entities, and differences between public charities and private foundations. Also features a team spotlight on Lisset Anderson from Client Services.

Meet Nathan Bolt – Senior Manager, Client Accounting Services

July 31, 2025

Nathan is a seasoned Chief Financial Officer (CFO) drawing from over two decades of experience in accounting and finance. He holds a BS in Accounting, is a licensed CPA, and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Nathan is also a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Arizona Society of CPAs…

Why 2025 Is Turning Out to Be a Great Year

July 31, 2025

In January, we wondered what the year would bring. Well, now we know what the first half of the year has brought, and it is good news for high-net-worth business owners. On Wall Street, the saying is buy low, sell high. In the world of estate planning, the saying is more like sell high, transfer…

ACC Announces New Policies Aimed at Preventing Business Filing Fraud

July 31, 2025

Most state business filing agencies like the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) are ministerial entities only and have no regulatory or enforcement authority.  In other words, these government entities can make sure any documents you file meet filing requirements, but that’s where their responsibility stops. For example, ACC does not have a requirement to confirm or…

Key Provisions of the New Tax Act

July 31, 2025

  On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. At the center of the bill is the extension of many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) slated to end at the end of 2025. The OBBBA makes many expiring provisions of TCJA permanent,…

OBBBA – Tax Treatment of R&D Expensing and Bonus Depreciation

July 31, 2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) significantly impacts the tax treatment for businesses of research and development (R&D) expense and bonus depreciation. These new provisions offer substantial benefits and  crucial planning opportunities for businesses looking to invest and innovate. Following is a breakdown of the key changes. R&D expensing: Immediate Deductions Restored Internal Revenue…

July 2025 Newsletter

July 15, 2025