2019
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05.20
AAFCPAs’ Tax Consulting Attorney Provides Pro Bono Legal Workshop for Lenny Zakim Fund Grantees
AAFCPAs Tax Consulting Attorney 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 ability to raise other funds. Brittany answered general questions and provided grantees with an... continue reading
2019
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05.17
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 and preparation for successful implementation by the effective date of January 1, 2020 is an... continue reading
2019
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05.17
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 and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The SAS... continue reading
2019
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05.13
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.
2019
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05.10
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.
2019
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05.09
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 Beijing, there does seem to be some momentum towards resolution of the trade impasse. The... continue reading
2019
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05.08
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.
2019
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05.06
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 the taxes generated on the “income” (as required by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)... continue reading
2019
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05.05
Tax Consulting Attorney Josh England Appears on Radio Entrepreneurs’ Cannabis Broadcast
AAFCPAs Tax Consulting Attorney Josh England was invited to appear on the May 5th episode of Radio Entrepreneurs’ Cannabis show “In the Weeds” alongside host Jeffrey Davis and Attorney Walter Sullivan. Radio Entrepreneurs is a business talk show that brings to light the inspiring and astounding stories behind successful entrepreneurs. In this broadcast, Josh shares strategies for navigating some of the unique challenges cannabis businesses face, including: tax planning and preparation; options for... continue reading
2019
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05.02
AAFCPAs to Present FEI-Boston’s 2019 Ethics Symposium
AAFCPAs’ Jeffrey Mead, CPA, CGMA and Olga Yasinnik, MBA, CPA will present a 4-hour ethics CPE course on Building Ethical Management & Culture at FEI-Boston’s June 20th Ethics Symposium. This course is based on the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and will cover the conceptual framework, as well as the rules and interpretations applicable to CPAs. Jeff and Olga will provide a detailed overview of the ethics standards that apply... continue reading