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Working Capital: A Potential Valuation Sleeper
Working capital is sometimes overlooked in determining the value of a business. But it can have a material effect on value, so it's important to remember. A business's working...
Consider Another Way to Calculate Overtime Pay
After decades in limbo, regulations that clarify certain overtime pay practices have been released by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The newly finalized rules explain how to...
Does HIPAA Apply to Information Obtained to Help Prevent COVID-19?
Here's a question from one employer about how the pandemic may affect HIPAA requirements. Q. Due to COVID-19, our company is planning to take employees'...
Myths and Truths about Business Valuation
The business valuation profession has grown rapidly since 1980. Over the decades, it has developed from a rudimentary process into a highly sophisticated mix of art and science...
Can Employees Collect Unemployment if They Refuse to Return to Work?
Many states are beginning to reopen in phases and employees are being called back to work. In general, most states have provisions that require workers receiving...
Boosting the Productivity of Remote Workers
Even while conditions in some states have improved enough to allow some workers in exile to begin returning to their workplaces, life isn't likely to return to normal for a long...
Businesses: Think about Tomorrow When Hunkering Down Today
Until recently, the number one concern for many employers was finding and retaining top talent. Today, to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many of those same companies are...
CARES Act Provides 4 Possible Reasons to File an Amended Return
The $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act delivers good news to individuals and businesses, including valuable tax-relief measures. Some of...
New Law Retroactively Fixes QIP Drafting Mistake
At long last, Congress passed legislation to correct a drafting error related to real estate qualified improvement property (QIP). The correction is part of the Coronavirus Aid,...