What You Need to Know About the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Today, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. While the House and the Senate originally had measurable differences in their respective [...]
Are Your Holiday Party Expenses Allowable?
The holidays are here. Is your company getting ready to have its annual holiday party? If so, you may be asking, “Are the costs of the company holiday party allowable or unallowable?” The answer is maybe.
How Government Contractors Should Prepare for a Government Shutdown
This is a follow-up to previous discussions about a potential Federal government shutdown that was avoided through a continuing resolution restricting expenditures. The threat hinges [...]
How to Prepare for the Potential Tax Reform Bill
On Friday afternoon, the combined House and Senate Conference Committee unveiled a reconciled tax bill (The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that would significantly overhaul [...]
Keeping Your Estate Plan Current
There is a great scene in the first "Back to the Future" movie in which Michael J. Fox, as Marty McFly, takes over for an injured band member and introduces the tune "Johnny B Goode" to the audience, just a little before it is supposed to show up on the music scene. He tells the rest of the band "This is a blues riff in B, watch me for the changes and try to keep up."
Planning a Future to Look Forward To
Back in the spring, I wrote about ways to look forward to tax filing by making positive changes in our planning and small adjustments to [...]
Important Change to Technical Interchange Requirements
We reported in December 2016 that the Department of Defense had issued a final DFARS rule requiring major contractors to engage in technical interchanges with [...]