By Stephanie Loiland, CPA Many companies choose to lease assets for a period of time instead of buying them outright. If you’re in this situation, it’s important to know whether you’re dealing with a capital lease or an operating lease. That’s because the type of lease will affect how you record it—and the payments you […]
5 Reasons Why Employee Ownership Could Be Right for Your Business
By Kyla Hansen, CPA, CVA An employee stock ownership plan, or an ESOP, is a retirement program that allows its participants to be owners of the company for which they work. As a business owner, you might consider an ESOP as a way to provide a valuable benefit for your employees. But this isn’t the […]
Top 5 Ways the New Revenue Recognition Standard Will Impact the Construction Industry
By Kyla Hansen, CPA There’s been a lot of talk about the new revenue recognition standard and the effect it could have on the construction industry. Although the standard, known as Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, was first issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in 2014, it goes into effect for privately held […]
How Indirect Construction Costs Can Impact Your Profitability
By Joy McAdoo, CPA Keeping tabs on direct construction costs for a project is pretty straightforward. Take your materials costs, for instance: X number of beams used on the project multiplied by cost of each beam = total cost. Easy! Dealing with indirect construction costs, however, can be another story. Indirect costs relate to the […]
States Respond to Supreme Court Sales Tax Decision
By Todd J. Koch, CPA, MBT, CFP® Since the decision in the South Dakota v. Wayfair case, states are continuing to determine their position. Many states already had economic laws in place and others introduced hard to understand requirements which includes noncompliance penalties. There are several different factors states are considering and it is important […]