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Educational Podcast: Unraveling the Mysteries of Employee Benefit Plan Costs

Educational Podcast: Unraveling the Mysteries of Employee Benefit Plan Costs

Listen to Podcast Click here to listen to podcast or use the above media player. Clients often ask “How much does my employee benefit plan cost, and how do costs relate to compliance and risks?” Plan costs are often buried and difficult for plan sponsors to truly figure out. In order to meet their fiduciary […]

Educational Podcast: Keynote Marylou Sudders
Secretary Marylou Sudders

Educational Podcast: Keynote Marylou Sudders

Listen to Podcast Click here to listen to podcast or use the above media player. At the time of this post, Marylou Sudders leads the largest executive agency in state government, overseeing a $22 billion state budget, twelve agencies and 22,000 public servants. EOHHS services directly touch the lives of slightly more than 1 in […]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Opportunity Funds Target a New Pool of Investors to Affordable Housing Projects
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Opportunity Funds Target a New Pool of Investors to Affordable Housing Projects

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that The Tax Cuts and Job Act (TCJA) created a new investment vehicle known as “Opportunity Funds,” which could potentially target a new pool of investors to affordable housing projects.  To benefit from this newly developed program, the project must be in a Qualified Opportunity Zone approved by […]

Educational Podcast: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and What Nonprofits Need to Know
Josh TCJA

Educational Podcast: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and What Nonprofits Need to Know

Listen to Podcast Click here to listen to podcast or use the above media player. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, known officially as H.R. 1, (The Act) represents a dramatic overhaul of the U.S. tax code, and includes widespread changes to the tax rules affecting charitable nonprofits. AAFCPAs Joshua England, JD, LLP, Trust, Estate, Tax […]

Educational Podcast: Nonprofit Executive Panel
Carla Panel

Educational Podcast: Nonprofit Executive Panel

Listen to Podcast Click here to listen to podcast or use the above media player. There’s nothing like being in a room full of like-minded peers to inspire creativity! In this closing panel session, we take advantage of this unique opportunity to leverage the collective expertise and experiences of peers to curate new ideas to […]

Educational Podcast: 2018 Accounting Standards Update
Matt and Amanda

Educational Podcast: 2018 Accounting Standards Update

Listen to Podcast Click here to listen to podcast or use the above media player. AAFCPAs Nonprofit Assurance Practice leader Matt Hutt, CPA, CGMA, Partner and Amanda Pelcher, CPA,  provide attendees with specific implementation guidance for new major standards, including: The Nonprofit Financial Statement Framework, Revenue Recognition, and Lease Accounting. Matt and Amanda provide operational insights and best […]

How Your Form 990 May Trigger an Audit

How Your Form 990 May Trigger an Audit

AAFCPAs would like to make our clients aware that the IRS is now taking a data-driven approach to reviewing the Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, to scrutinize governance, accountability and oversight of exempt organizations.   The IRS’s Exempt Organizations (EO) compliance specialists are now using data queries to better focus their examination […]

AAFCPAs Hosts 9th Annual Nonprofit Educational Seminar & Reception
AAFCPAs

AAFCPAs Hosts 9th Annual Nonprofit Educational Seminar & Reception

Westborough, Mass. (April 24, 2017) – AAFCPAs, a best-in-class public accounting firm known for assurance, tax and advisory solutions, announced its 9th annual Nonprofit Educational Seminar & Reception. The invite-only event will be held May 3rd at the Newton Marriott, and will host the firm’s clients, friends and colleagues for a day of education and […]

Biggest Improvement of Financial Reporting Guidance in Two Decades for Not-for-Profit Entities

Biggest Improvement of Financial Reporting Guidance in Two Decades for Not-for-Profit Entities

On August 18, 2016, the FASB issued a final ASU 2016-14, Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958), Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities, to improve financial reporting guidance for not-for-profit entities (NFPs).  The existing financial reporting guidance was established in 1993 when the FASB issued the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (AFAS) No. 117, Financial Statements […]