Firm Insights

Are “Nicer” Companies More Profitable? Taking a Look at Corporate Citizenship Consumers, particularly millennials, are increasingly considering whether a company is a good citizen when purchasing goods and services. More importantly, they will often pay more for brands that make corporate ethics a priority, whether that means transgender friendly employee policies or environmentally-conscious packaging. As […]

Cyber Threats on Small Businesses Come from All Angles The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued several “cyber alerts” that may impact small businesses in Monmouth County and throughout New Jersey. As with all potential threats to data security and privacy, it is essential that businesses stay up to date on emerging risks and […]

A Better Way to Sell Your Business: Part 2 – Structuring the Transaction In Part 1 of this two part article, “A Better Way to Sell Your Business,”we looked at a transaction in which a seller of a going business was retiring, and a young relative or key employee, who lacked sufficient initial funding for a […]

A better way to sell your business part 1: how to buy a company with no money down The story is familiar – a business owner is getting older. He would like to sell the business to which he has devoted so much of his life and retire to a sunny climate while he can […]

Getting More Sleep Can Make Your Monmouth County Business More Successful When facing a busy work day, that extra cup of coffee can only do so much. A new study confirms that getting more sleep can help Monmouth County business executives be better leaders. Benjamin Franklin, Margaret Thatcher, and Winston Churchill all claimed to have […]

In a Groundbreaking Tax Court Decision in Estate of Morrissette v. Commissioner, the Court Deems Split-Dollar Arrangements are not Subject to Gift Taxes A recent Tax Court decision has potentially groundbreaking results. In Estate of Morrissette v. Commissioner, the Court ruled that the economic benefit regime applies to this split-dollar arrangement because the only economic […]

New bill pushes tax simplification Tax simplification has been a popular topic around Washington recently. But on April 13, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced legislation that may take a big step toward it. According to a CPA Practice Advisor report, the “Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2016,” would require the IRS to create a free service online […]

The Internet has become the lifeline of business. It is as crucial for communications and R&D functions as it is for tracking transactions and data management. This is particularly true now that more and more devices are able to access a company’s network, which has pushed Cybersecurity to the forefront of priorities for a business. […]

The NFL Regional Scouting Combine Not every football player taken in the NFL draft or signed as an undrafted free agent made their way there through mock draft focus meetings and national scouting events. Players who don’t spend their college careers in the national media spotlight can still manage to make it onto an NFL […]

SunEdison Prepping Chapter 11 It was recently reported that SunEdison Inc., the solar energy giant and one of the biggest developers of renewable-power plants in the U.S., planned to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within weeks. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company’s market value has plummeted from $10 billion last summer down […]

How do Reality TV Shows Get Away with Being Fake? People can’t yell, argue and stir up controversy as often as reality television makes it seem, can they? Well, thanks to contract provisions much of what people see on reality TV may not be real at all. The number of unrealistic situations that seem to […]

Businesses often spend thousands of dollars to create fancy websites with high-tech graphics, streaming video, and scrolling text. However, many fail to consider whether the websites are ADA compliant or accessible to users who have vision, hearing or physical disabilities. Website accessibility is becoming a hot button issue, with regulators and disability advocates calling for […]