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AAFCPAs’ 2019 Medicaid Cost Report Webinar
AAFCPAs’ Matt Hutt, CPA, CGMA and Courtney McFarland, CPA, MSA, in collaboration with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (The League), present coveted guidance on the Medicaid Cost Report for Massachusetts community health centers in this OnDemand Webinar recorded live on May 21st, 2019.
AAFCPAs’ Tax Strategist Provides Pro Bono Legal Workshop for Lenny Zakim Fund Grantees
AAFCPAs Tax Strategist Brittany Besler, CPA, JD, MBA volunteered her expertise and led a legal workshop: How to Maintain Nonprofit, Tax-Exempt, and Public Charity Status on May 14th in Boston, MA. This pro bono legal assistance workshop was developed at the request of the Lenny Zakim Fund for the benefit of their grantees: small, non-profit organizations with limited […]
AICPA Urges FASB to Delay Effective Date of Lease Standard
ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) took effect for public companies at the beginning of this year and is scheduled to be effective for private companies one year later, at the beginning of 2020. This standard is significant in its impact to virtually all entities that enter into leases of more than twelve months in duration. The study […]
AICPA Issues SAS No. 134 to Enhance Communicative Value of Auditors’ Reports
AAFCPAs would like to make our privately-held commercial clients and nonprofits aware that on May 08, the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 134, designed to enhance the communicative value of the auditor’s report and align generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) with the standards issued by the International Auditing […]
Cannabis firms must overcome financial hurdles
With cannabis businesses steadily entering the mainstream, it can be easy to lose sight of how difficult it is to launch and operate an organization in a quickly evolving industry. The regulatory scrutiny and tug of war between state and federal legislation creates a delicate environment.
AG Healey supports federal bill to legalize cannabis banking
Dave McManus, co-managing partner at AAFCPAs said in an interview that the law would provide more flexibility for banking opportunities, allowing more banks to come into the sector.
AAFCPAs Wealth Management Reflects on the Q1 2019 Market Turnaround, and Provides Guidance on Achieving an All-Weather Portfolio
In January, we wrote to you about 2018’s fourth quarter meltdown, and three months later the markets reversed course and shot higher. Two of the main issues that plagued the market in Q4 2018, tariffs and the Fed, have moved to the back burner. First, although there are mixed messages coming out of Washington and […]
AAFCPAs’ 2019 Medicaid Cost Report Training
AAFCPAs’ Matt Hutt, CPA, CGMA and Courtney McFarland, CPA, MSA, in collaboration with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (The League), will again present coveted guidance on the Medicaid Cost Report for Massachusetts community health centers.
OSD Provides Guidance for MA UFR Filers on Reimbursement of Nonprofit Transportation Tax
AAFCPAs would like to make clients who file a Massachusetts UFR aware that we sought and received guidance from the Massachusetts Operational Services Division (OSD) regarding how unrelated business income tax (UBIT) associated with the provision of transportation benefits to employees would need to be treated for UFR reporting purposes. In response, OSD clarified that […]