Technology

Businesses should carefully contemplate their cybersecurity budgets

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December 12, 2025
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Is your company spending enough on cybersecurity? Unfortunately, it’s a question every business owner must contemplate carefully these days. The 2025 Security Budget Benchmark Report found that cybersecurity budgets increased by 4% this year, based on survey responses from nearly 600 Chief Information Security Officers collected by IANS Research and Artico Search. That may sound impressive. But it’s […]
#CyberRisk, #Cybersecurity, #TechnologyRisk
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Tax Planning

New law eases the limitation on business interest expense deductions for 2025 and beyond

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December 10, 2025
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Interest paid or accrued by a business is generally deductible for federal tax purposes. But limitations apply. Now some changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will result in larger deductions for affected taxpayers. Limitation basics The deduction for business interest expense for a particular tax year is generally limited to 30% of […]
#BusinessInterestExpense, #OBBBA, #TaxUpdates
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Succession Planning

Protect business continuity with an emergency succession plan

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December 4, 2025
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Unanticipated crises can threaten even the most well-run company. And the risk is often greater for small to midsize businesses where the owner wears many hats. That’s why your company needs an emergency succession plan. Unlike a traditional succession plan — which focuses on the long-term and is certainly important, too — an emergency succession plan addresses who’d […]
#BusinessContinuity, #EmergencySuccessionPlanning, #RiskManagement
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Tax Planning

How will taxes affect your merger or acquisition?

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November 25, 2025
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Whether you’re selling your business or acquiring another company, the tax consequences can have a major impact on the transaction’s success or failure. So if you’re thinking about a merger or acquisition, you need to consider the potential tax impact. Asset sale or stock sale? From a tax standpoint, a transaction can basically be structured […]
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Tax Planning

New itemized deduction limitation will affect high-income individuals next year

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November 21, 2025
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Beginning in 2026, taxpayers in the top federal income tax bracket will see their itemized deductions reduced. If you’re at risk, there are steps you can take before the end of 2025 to help mitigate the negative impact. The new limitation up close Before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), certain itemized deductions of […]
#ItemizedDeductions, #TaxPlanning, #TaxUpdate2026
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Tax Planning

New deduction for QPP can save significant taxes for manufacturers and similar businesses

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November 19, 2025
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) allows 100% first-year depreciation for nonresidential real estate that’s classified as qualified production property (QPP). This new break is different from the first-year bonus depreciation that’s available for assets such as tangible property with a recovery period of 20 years or less and qualified improvement property with a […]
#BusinessTaxUpdate, #DepreciationRules, #TaxPlanning
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Tax Planning

Shift income to take advantage of the 0% long-term capital gains rate

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November 13, 2025
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Are you thinking about making financial gifts to loved ones? Would you also like to reduce your capital gains tax? If so, consider giving appreciated stock instead of cash. You might be able to eliminate all federal tax liability on the appreciation — or at least significantly reduce it. Leveraging lower rates Investors generally are subject to […]
#CapitalGains, #FinancialGifting, #TaxPlanning
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