Don’t Get Juice Jacked in Your Holiday Travels
As we head into the last stretch before the holidays, many of us will be heading to the mall or to the airport. If you find yourself with a low battery on your cell phone or tablet, beware of using the...
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Final Assistance for Nonprofits That Receive Grants and Contracts in...
Nonprofit chief financial officers, controllers and other key financial managers need to knowledgeable and ready to address the new revenue recognition requirements, also called Topic 606 and ASU...
View ArticleInsurance Coverage for a Home Owned By A Trust – Keep Your Insurance Agent in...
Why it’s important to tell your insurance agent if you put your assets in a trust, LLC or other entity. More and more often individuals are using trusts and other types of non-individual ownership...
View ArticleWealth Management Quarterly Market Update: January 2020
MARKET RALLY 2019 was an extraordinary year for markets. After an abysmal 4th quarter (specifically December) in 2018, January marked a reversal for equities with the Standard and Poor’s (S&P) 500...
View ArticleNew Law, H.R. 1865, Gives Nonprofit Organizations Relief from 2017 Enacted...
In 2017 with the many sweeping changes of the Tax Cuts and Job Act (TCJA), nonprofit organizations found themselves circling the lot trying to understand one of the more perplexing laws involving tax...
View ArticleThe SECURE Act and Your Retirement Plan: Five Things IRA Investors Need to Know
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was signed into law just before Christmas and is providing several reforms that will make it easier for many Americans to save for...
View ArticleSECURE Act Helps Employers Provide Retirement Plan Options for Employees
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was designed to help strengthen retirement security for more Americans by helping to increase access to tax-advantaged accounts to...
View ArticleForm W-4 Gets a Makeover for 2020: How to Equip Your Employees to Navigate...
How payroll professionals can give employees the tools they need to be informed while being careful to not give tax or legal advice. The 2020 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate, got its first...
View ArticleHow BerganKDV’s Diversity & Inclusion Program is Helping Shape Our Future
Diversity in the workplace creates the opportunities for a variety of viewpoints and perspectives which in turn can help develop stronger relationships with customers and increased innovation in...
View ArticleSECURE Act: Are Your Documents in Order?
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act is the largest reform seen in more than a decade for retirement plans. Many of the provisions in the SECURE Act will require...
View ArticleWhat is Your Risk? Protecting Yourself as a Fiduciary
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) outlines the minimum standards for how a retirement plans are to be operated. This includes outlining who is considered a plan fiduciary, plan...
View ArticleWhat is the DOL Looking For? How to Prepare for an Audit
The thoughts of receiving a DOL letter alerting you that “pursuant to Section 504 of ERISA, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (ESBA) is requesting your voluntary cooperation with an...
View ArticleHave You Outgrown Your Spreadsheets: The Importance of Moving to A Single...
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets serve a great purpose in every business environment. Since the first version was released, Excel supported advanced reporting, automation of repetitive tasks and other user...
View ArticleThe Role HR Professionals Play for Your Organization’s Information Security
Human resources professionals are in daily contact with some of the most sensitive information a company has in its possession – employee data. Whether these records are stored in file cabinets or...
View ArticleEmployers Can Immediately Provide Tax-Free Qualified Disaster Payments to...
Employers are scrambling to find ways to help their employees who are impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Help is available. Now that the COVID-19 has been declared a national emergency,[1]...
View ArticleIRS Outlines Procedures For Payroll Tax Credits And Rapid Refunds For...
The federal government is trying to get much-needed cash into the hands of employers and employees affected by COVID-19 as quickly as possible. To do so, it is utilizing employers’ existing payroll...
View ArticleIRS Unveils People First Initiative
To help people facing the challenges of the COVID-19 issues the IRS announced on March 25, 2020 a sweeping series of steps to assist taxpayers by providing relief on a variety of issues ranging from...
View ArticleCoronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Summary
The Senate late Wednesday night unanimously approved a $2 trillion emergency relief bill, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate...
View ArticleTen Tips for Attention vs. Time Management in Our Newly Disrupted World
Many of us are reeling with the disruption being caused in our lives due to COVID-19. Moving to a remote work environment, worrying about friends and family on the frontlines fighting this pandemic,...
View ArticleTips for Employers to Secure Remote Access to Your Network
In the rush to move to a work from home environment, many employers are now facing the situation where employees need to remotely connect to your network in order to complete their job duties. Here are...
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