Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]