AAFCPAs Honors 2025 Team Member Award Recipients
AAFCPAs is proud to honor the outstanding achievements of our 2025 employee award recipients. The individuals honored this year reflect values that guide all of us. Their examples show how kindness steadies teams through change, how emerging leaders help colleagues grow, how a growth mindset opens new paths, and how inclusion, innovation, and character strengthen […]
MA Form 3ABC due by 3/1 to avoid local property taxes
Editor’s Note: This article was updated in 2025 for accuracy and relevance. The Massachusetts Return of Property Held for Charitable Purposes Form 3ABC provides for an exemption from local taxation on personal and real property for eligible charitable organizations. As a reminder, to be exempt, you must file an annual Form 3ABC, due at the Assessor’s […]
AUP vs. QofE Reports in Business Acquisitions
Could Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUPs) serve the purpose of a Quality of Earnings (QofE) report for certain business acquisitions? Buyers engaging in or evaluating potential transactions, mergers, or acquisitions (M&A) need to assess the true value of a business’s assets, liabilities, and intellectual property. Proper due diligence can be used to pinpoint synergies among entities, offer […]
Firms find it’s cool to be kind
Journal of Accountancy (March 2024) – A boss throws a tantrum to rival a 2-year-old. Co-workers snap after too many long days of work during busy season. Clients bite your head off when you ask for a crucial document they didn’t upload to your portal. You’ve heard about firms like this and may have even […]
Securing Your IT Infrastructure & Creating Resiliency
IT infrastructure is the combination of hardware, software, communications, data centers/hosting services, and human resources that allow an organization to deliver information technology services to its constituent communities. IT resiliency refers to an organization’s ability to avoid or minimize business disruption when the IT Infrastructure is challenged by planned or unplanned events. IT resiliency is […]
How to Use This Year’s Market Tumble to Reduce Your Tax Bill
Barron’s Magazine (November 13th, 2022) – This year’s market mayhem could shave your tax bill for years to come. AAFCPAs’ Partner & Tax Attorney Joshua England, LLM, Esq. was interviewed by Barron’s magazine on tax strategies in a down market. (This is subscriber-only content.)
AAF Wealth Management’s Q3 2022 Market Perspective
A PROLOGUE TO THE STORY… As we sat down to pen this latest quarterly newsletter, we couldn’t help but think of the opening scene of the movie The Big Short (2015). “IT AIN’T WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW THAT GETS YOU INTO TROUBLE. IT’S WHAT YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT JUST AIN’T SO.” – MARK TWAIN The […]
Human & Social Services Pod End of Summer Get Together
Team members in AAFCPAs’ Human & Social Services Pod enjoyed an end of summer 2022 get together, hosted by partners Jeffrey Cicolini, Tom Muldoon, and Katie Belanger.
What Do You Need To Do Your Best Work?
To do your best work, you first must be able to witness and evaluate your thoughts, rhythms and emotions. Self-reflection is important to understanding how you do your best work. I use the term best work, but what I really mean is engaged, happy and productive. Reflective questions to ask yourself include…