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Year-end Tax Planning By Kristina Drzal Houghton, CPA, MST   This year has been unlike any other in recent memory. Front and center, the COVID-19 pandemic has touched virtually every […]

Review, Refocus, and Reset By Julie Quink, CPA, CFE This year has been riddled with a series of unexpected and unanticipated events for business owners and organizations, the height of […]

Chuck Leach, president and CEO of Lee Bank.

Lending Support Community banks love commercial lending, Chuck Leach says. “It’s just good business for us — Main Street lending, that’s where we can have a nice give and take […]

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Seeking Relief By Lisa White and Malik Javed   On March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, was signed into law. The Act has […]

At a Premium The story is a familiar one by now: hospitals across the U.S., hammered by COVID-19, began directing resources toward fighting the pandemic last spring and curtailed elective […]

Covering All the Bases By Mark Morris When COVID-19 became a daily reality in March and working from home became the default for many businesses, Trish Vassallo had to scramble. […]

Michael Tucker

Uncharted Waters It’s safe to say 2020 has been an unpredictable year, testing the ability of all businesses to be nimble. Matt Sosik thinks banks are passing that test. “Community […]

Volume Business By Mark Morris When COVID-19 made its arrival in Western Mass., it was mid-March, just weeks before the start of the traditional home-selling season. Area mortgage professionals didn’t […]

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Course of Action By Gabriel J. Jacobson and Ian Coddington In addition to the obvious financial benefit to the employee, employer-funded advanced education can carry financial and soft benefits for […]

By All Accounts By Jim Moran CPA, MST The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has provided taxpayers affected by COVID-19 with some relief in the area of […]

A Primer on RMDs By Bob Suprenant, CPA, MST With all that’s happened in the world this year, the SECURE Act, signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019, seems to […]

Rich Kump

Pandemic Lessons It’s the wave of the future, Rich Kump said — and the COVID-19 pandemic simply cast that wave in sharper relief. “We’ve had a goal of moving routine […]

More Relief from the CARES Act By Lisa White On March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. Since its inception, much of […]

Sticker Shock Business-interruption insurance should be a simple idea to explain. But in the era of COVID-19, it has become a thorny topic. “It is coverage that most businesses have […]

This Tax-relief Provision of the CARES Act Brings Advantages to Employers By Carolyn Bourgoin, CPA Businesses that either repaid in a timely fashion or did not receive a loan pursuant […]