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From The Desk of Andrew Hammond

From The Desk of Andrew Hammond

Different times throughout the year provide different opportunities to explore certain personal financial planning strategies. At the end of the year, it’s taxes and Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs). But many of our conversations this time of year are about benefits. As we think about personal financial planning and benefits, consider the Health Savings Account (HSA). […]

340B ESP New Data Request Raises Concerns About Overreach

340B ESP New Data Request Raises Concerns About Overreach

340B Report (February 24, 2024) – The drugmaker vendor 340B ESP’s recent requests for additional claims data from some 340B hospitals has raised concerns from 340B providers that the vendor is going beyond the scope of what it is legally permissible to collect. An email obtained by 340B Report from 340B ESP to a 340B […]

From The Desk of Kevin Hodson

From The Desk of Kevin Hodson

As we get the ball rolling in 2024, I’ve been working with clients on IRA contributions and tax filings. I’m also preparing to present at AAFCPAs’ Nonprofit Seminar in April. (We sent you an invite recently.) This event is a complimentary day of education we provide annually geared toward our nonprofit clients, primarily heads of […]

From The Desk of Carmen Grinkis

From The Desk of Carmen Grinkis

As you may know, I’m passionate about music. I remember in the late 1960s when my parents gave me a transistor radio to help me go to sleep at night. I would wait for a certain Carpenter’s song to play as it always did around the same time. Once I heard the lines, “On the […]

AAFCPAs Announces Rebrand of MAS Practice

AAFCPAs Announces Rebrand of MAS Practice

Boston, MA (March 1, 2024)—AAFCPAs, a preeminent 325+ employee CPA and consulting firm specializing in tax, assurance, accounting, wealth management, business process and IT advisory solutions, is pleased to announce the rebrand of its Managed Accounting Services (MAS) practice. As part of our ongoing commitment to innovation and growth, we have updated the practice name […]

Los Angeles and San Francisco City Taxes Due

Los Angeles and San Francisco City Taxes Due

While most taxpayers are focused on federal and state tax obligations, city taxes can often slip under the radar, leading to potential oversights. AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that two California city taxes affecting businesses in Los Angeles and San Francisco are due February 29, 2024. Los Angeles City Tax This is a […]

IRS Launches ERC Voluntary Disclosure Program

IRS Launches ERC Voluntary Disclosure Program

Last year, the IRS managed fallout resulting from deceptive third-party promoters, known as ERC mills, who used aggressive tactics, such as unsolicited cold calls and emails, to mislead well-intentioned businesses into filing Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. To assist businesses who were pressured into submitting inappropriate claims, the IRS announced several special initiatives. These initiatives […]

AI Aids Cyber Crime, Elevates Need for Vulnerability Management and Employee Training

AI Aids Cyber Crime, Elevates Need for Vulnerability Management and Employee Training

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that leading U.S. intelligence officials recently presented on the elevated risk of cybercrime, hacking, and money laundering stemming from the rise in artificial intelligence (AI). At the International Conference on Cyber Security at Manhattan’s Fordham University, Rob Joyce, Director of Cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, touched on […]

FASB Approves New Guidance on Certain Crypto Assets

FASB Approves New Guidance on Certain Crypto Assets

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that in December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2023-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets. Note: the amendments in ASU 2023-08 require that an entity measure “in-scope” crypto assets (as […]