Building The Future Of Construction With Digital Transformation
Building the Future of Construction with Digital Transformation By Ian Shapiro, Adam Rouse and Malcolm Cohron The construction industry is due for a digital renovation. Faced with challenges around project efficiencies, ongoing safety concerns and flatlining labor...
Power of Real-Time Insights to Improve Donor Communications
Power of Real-Time Insights to Improve Donor Communication By Michael Ward CPA, CGMA, Brian Kenyon, CPA and Bis Dhar, CPA For years, organizations looked to data primarily to understand past performance. But major advances in computing power and other technology have...
Is it Time to Reconsider the Decision to Buy or Lease Equipment?
Is it Time to Reconsider the Decision to Buy or Lease Equipment? By Michael Jacobson Given the historically low interest rate environment in which we find ourselves, most business owners in capital intensive industries will be impelled to explore their options when...
Retirement Planning: How the SECURE Act Impacts Farmers
Retirement Planning: How the SECURE Act Impacts Farmers On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act. The SECURE Act contains several provisions that will affect a farmer's retirement...
Attention Business Owners: New Salary Thresholds Begin Jan. 1, 2020
Attention Business Owners: New Salary Thresholds Begin Jan. 1, 2020 For over 15 years, in order for employees to be paid on a salary basis they must have made at least $23,660 annualized ($455 per week). Under a new overtime rule issued by Department of Labor...
New Lease Accounting Standards: Are You Prepared?
New Lease Accounting Standards: Are you Prepared? By Landen Thieman FASB issued updates on the accounting standards for leases as part of ASU No. 2016-02, Leases Topic ASC 842 in February 2016, which brings significant changes to the way businesses and non-profits...
2019 Year End Form 1099 Reporting Guidelines
By Shannon DohmenManager, HBE 360Form 1099 is typically filed to report annual payment of more than $600 to some person or entity, especially if the payment is expected to be reported as an expense. The form is issued to put the payee on notice that they need to...
Nebraska State Employees Have Options With NPERS Cash Balance Plan at Retirement
Nebraska State Employees Have Options with NPERS Cash Balance Plan at Retirement If you are a employed by the State of Nebraska, there are a few decisions you must make regarding your state-offered cash balance plan upon retirement. The State of Nebraska’s cash...
2019 ACA Reporting Information
HBE LLP will be offering Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting services for the 2019 reporting year. Forms 1095 and 1094 are required to be filed by employers with the IRS. Any applicable large employers (over 50 full-time equivalent employees) and all self-insured...
Take Note! Revisions to Form W-4 Coming Soon
Due to recent tax law changes, the 2020 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate, has been substantially revised. Although current employees are not required to complete the updated version, anyone who is hired or makes changes to their existing W-4 in 2020 will...