When it comes to building and growing a business, founders and investors are always looking for opportunities to maximize investment and protect long-term gains. One of the most powerful—but often…
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CECL: A New Era of Credit Loss Estimation The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard represents one of the most significant changes to bank accounting in decades. Unlike the incurred…
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Getting Back to I&T Basics: The Art of War is probably the most famous treatise on military strategy, but it’s actually the lesser known Dē Rē Mīlitārī, written by Flavius Vegetius…
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Among its numerous tax provisions, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) reinstated immediate deductions for research and experimental (R&E) expenditures under Internal Revenue Code Section 174, beginning in 2025. The IRS…
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Small business owners might be tempted to rush through setting up customer profiles in QuickBooks® just to get invoices out quickly. But the extra data fields aren’t just busy work.…
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The Role of Internal Controls Internal controls are more than an accounting exercise. For community banks, they are the foundation of trust and the guardrails of financial health. Strong controls…
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