by groupm7 | Jul 30, 2024 | Blog
Accurate financial statements are essential to making informed business decisions. So, managers and other stakeholders may express concern when a company restates its financial results. Before jumping to premature conclusions, however, it’s important to dig deeper to...
by groupm7 | Jul 29, 2024 | Blog, Henry & Peters
The IRS has published new regulations relevant to taxpayers subject to the “10-year rule” for required minimum distributions (RMDs) from inherited IRAs or other defined contribution plans. The final regs, which take effect in 2025, require many beneficiaries to take...
by groupm7 | Jul 23, 2024 | Blog, Henry & Peters
With a median loss of $766,000, financial misstatement schemes are the costliest type of fraud, according to “Occupational Fraud 2024: A Report to the Nations,” a study published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Fortunately, auditors and forensic...
by groupm7 | Jul 23, 2024 | Blog, Henry & Peters
The current estate tax exemption amount ($13.61 million in 2024) has led many people to feel they no longer need to be concerned about federal estate tax. Before 2011, a much smaller exemption resulted in many people with more modest estates attempting to avoid it....
by groupm7 | Jul 23, 2024 | Blog, Henry & Peters
The Inflation Reduction Act provided the IRS with billions of dollars of additional funding to reduce the so-called “tax gap” between what taxpayers owe and what they actually pay. The tax agency has already launched numerous initiatives aimed at this goal, including...
by groupm7 | Jun 28, 2024 | Blog
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) 2.0 Act was signed into law in December 2022, bringing more than 90 changes to retirement plan and tax laws. Many of its provisions are little known and were written to roll out over several years...