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Exploring Midyear Tax Planning Strategies for Your Company

Businesses can make many last-minute moves at the end of the year to lower their tax bills, but year-end planning can only go so far. Some of the most effective strategies take time to implement, ...

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Are you sure about those beneficiaries?

Regularly review who’ll receive your assets. Do you know the meaning of the term “nonprobate assets?” These assets bypass more traditional estate planning vehicles, such as a will or revocable trust, and are transferred to ...

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Tax Tips: July 2025

Renting to family and friends: Handle with care Ordinarily, you can deduct the expenses of owning and operating a rental property. You may even be able to claim a loss if those expenses exceed your ...

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Cash or Accrual Accounting: Choose Carefully for Your Small Business

To manage their finances and accurately file their taxes, most small business owners must choose between two accounting methods: cash or accrual. This choice directly affects how and when you report income and expenses, and ...

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HM&M Recognized as One of the Best Places to Work in Texas for 2024

DALLAS, TX – [February 21, 2025] –HM&M, a leading accounting and advisory firm, is proud to announce that it has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Texas for 2024 by Best ...

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65-Day Election Deadline Approaches for Complex Trust and Estates

Updated February 14, 2025 A complex trust or estate may make an election under Internal Revenue Code Section 663(b) to treat all distributions made during a 65-day period as having occurred on the last day ...

BOI Update Blog Post

FinCEN BOI Reminder

As this reminder was going to press, a Texas-based federal court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing the requirement to report Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI).  The federal government is expected to ...

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Did You Know? The Upcoming Changes Impacting Estate and Gift Tax Law

The landscape of gift and estate tax planning is experiencing significant shifts, with the upcoming 2026 sunset looming as a pivotal moment for tax professionals and high-net-worth individuals. This article delves into the key points ...

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2024 Qualified Charitable Distribution – $105,000

Are you planning to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) in 2024? Yes? Then read on … A QCD allows an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) owner to make a distribution directly from their IRA to ...

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2023 v 2024 Changes

Please refer to the list below for some changes that will be made for 2023 v 2024. Bonus Depreciation – In prior years we have been able to take a 100% bonus depreciation deduction. For 2023 ...

FinCEN Identifier

What is a FinCEN Identifier and why is it so important?

Under the Corporate Transparency Act beginning January 1, 2024, certain entities will be required to file a Beneficial Owner Information Report (BOI). Entities that meet the definition of a “reporting company” and do not qualify ...

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Do I have to E-file 2023 Form 1099s, Form W-2s etc. for my Business?

Starting tax year 2023, businesses may need to e-file certain information returns that they had historically paper filed. The Final Regulations for filing returns and other documents electronically significantly expanded electronic filing requirements for tax ...

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