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YOUR MONEY: Tax planning for businesses in the year ahead
As I mentioned in an earlier article, the landmark passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in late 2017 brought the most significant changes to the tax landscape we have seen since 1986. Previously we discussed how individuals were impacted by the changes, but businesses could also have significant adjustments to m
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Emerging From The Pandemic: How Small Businesses Can Begin To Recover
As small businesses plan strategies for reopening and recovery, the new business landscape offers little more than painful choices. Being shut down or running minimal operations may turn out to be less stressful than facing the challenges ahead—new rules for safe operation, huge debts, uncertain ability to retain a wor
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Governance in Action: Navigating Boardroom Scenarios
Effective corporate governance is not just about policies and procedures; it’s about how directors respond to real-world scenarios that test their fiduciary duties and the integrity of the boardroom.
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Dispelling Five Common Payment Recovery Myths
With customer acquisition costs rising, more subscription-focused businesses are searching for ways to improve customer retention and extend lifetime value. One solution is to reduce involuntary churn caused by failed payments.
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5 Ways to Protect Your Wallet From Holiday Shopping Fraud
I'm betting that you're deep into the weeds of holiday shopping right now, alongside many Americans. It's unfortunate, but the holiday season brings many opportunities for fraud and scams that result in lost money and plenty of headaches for shoppers.
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Missed Rents’ Impact on Real Estate
By Niel Harmse & Bryan Reid of MSCI Real EstateLockdowns and social distancing have impacted many tenant businesses, resulting in an unprecedented number of requests for rental relief, stressing real estate rental income streams. For equity investors, income returns have weakened, despite softening asset values. Recent
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The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed life and business for almost everyone
The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed life and business for almost everyone. But for veterinarians, the pandemic caused a phenomenon similar to whiplash. In March 2020, when the country went into lockdown mode, veterinarians saw their patient loads dry up almost immediately, as people canceled appointments a
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Why Leaders Should Embrace The Returning Workforce Opportunity
As countries around the world ease lockdown restrictions, few in the workforce believe there will be a return to ‘business as usual’. At best, organisations are hoping to settle quickly into the ‘new normal’. But as Blitz Studio CEO Melissa Hanley recently remarked, “Whatever the new normal is, it’s only going to be th
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When Is Inflation Good for the Economy?
Inflation is and has been a highly debated phenomenon in economics. Even the use of the word "inflation" has different meanings in different contexts. Many economists, businessmen, and politicians maintain that moderate inflation levels are needed to drive consumption, assuming that higher levels of spending are crucia
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Unpaid Customer Invoices Are Piling Up, Squeezing Small Businesses
A new survey finds a majority of entrepreneurs reporting growing numbers of late payments that cost companies an average of $40,000 annually.