Author: JoAnne Starks
2022
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11.14
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.)
2022
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10.20
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 […]
2022
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09.16
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.
2022
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09.16
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…
2022
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04.05
2021 Impact Report

AAFCPAs is pleased to introduce and share our second annual Impact Report, which outlines the firm’s 2021 actions and 2022 goals as it relates to AAFCPAs’ Social Purpose: We believe business is the conduit for social change! We want to improve the world. We aspire to do so with our actions, which speak louder than words. […]
2022
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03.09
What I Learned: Moving AAFCPAs to a Work from Anywhere Model

LinkedIn Pulse (March 9, 2022) – What I Learned: Moving AAFCPAs to a Work from Anywhere Model “Where there are challenges, there are opportunities to learn. We announced our #workfromanywhere model last year with clear guidelines to help shift our mindset,” said Carla McCall, AAFCPAs’ Managing Partner. “It takes work, but it can work. We […]
2022
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02.28
Cannabis Watch: Visa cracks down on cashless ATMs
AAFCPAs would like to make cannabis clients aware of an emerging issue with the use of cashless ATMs. Visa Inc. issued a memo in December 2021 to customers, and reported in Marijuana Moment, warning that “miscoding point-of-sale transactions through the use of so-called cashless ATMs—a practice used by some cannabis retailers as a workaround to […]
2021
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12.23
Forbes: AAFCPAs Among America’s Best Tax And Accounting Firms

Forbes (12.2.21) – AAFCPAs (Westborough, Boston, Waltham, MA) is Among America’s Best Tax And Accounting Firms! Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to create a list of the most recommended firms for tax and accounting services in the U.S. based on surveys of tax and accounting professionals and their clients. Approximately 4,400 recommendations were […]
2021
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12.23
Boston Business Journal: AAFCPAs’ Managing Partner discusses diversity a decade ago, and today

Boston Business Journal (12.23.21) – It’s been a decade since Carla McCall started an initiative to help women reach leadership positions at the accounting firm AAFCPAs. McCall spoke to the Business Journal about her efforts at AAFCPAs and elsewhere to combat inequality, and to look ahead at a time when companies are generally still instituting […]
2021
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11.18
Cannabis Business Owners: Are you ready for an exit?

Cannabis Business Executive (Nov 2021) – Consolidation is a defining aspect of the cannabis industry in its current stage. Mergers and acquisitions are mounting at a breakneck pace. Those who want to capitalize on the sector’s appetite for acquisitions need to evaluate three key considerations if they are poised for an exit: