Business Owners – What is Your Company Worth?
By: Mike Kottwitz, CPA, CVA The value of a business is often a business owner's most valuable asset. Despite this, many business owners do not have a clear idea of what their business is actually worth. Often, business owners may have ballpark value estimates based on...
Cost Segregation Studies: Accelerating Your Real Estate Deductions
By: Scott Scheef, CPA For those that own commercial real estate or multi-family residential properties, the cost recovery lives for depreciation have long been 39 or 27.5 years, respectively. While many owners of such real estate may have these on a long-term note...
Forfeiture Accounts: Not Just Another Participant in Your 401(K) Plan
January 1st was the start of a new plan year and for many employee benefit plans and those charged with governance may take the first quarter of 2019 to review plan provisions, benchmark investments or evaluate service providers. One area that...
New Tax Opportunities and Trends in the Manufacturing Industry
With tax law updates and manufacturing industry changes, new tax planning opportunities and tax trends are very important for manufacturers to be aware of. The following article consists of three sections with information covering the Wayfair Sales Tax...
HBE’s Agriculture Industry Specialty Team | A Leader in the Field
Crop prices. Cattle prices. Opportunities and threats. Farmers and agribusiness owners know that the agriculture industry is ever-changing and staying ahead of the game can be a daunting challenge. At HBE, one of our firm’s core industry groups is our Agriculture...
HBE Announces Promotions
We are pleased to announce the promotions of Grant Nuttelmann, Dan Carmichael, Phillip Oman, CPA, Kendra Schlautman, and Stacey Gerdts. Each of these individuals has provided top-notch client service, advanced their education, and developed deeper...
Healthy Under Pressure
By: Brian Klintworth, CPA "How do you stay 'Healthy Under Pressure'?" is the namesake question and also one of my favorite questions asked on the podcast hosted by Amber Pankonin, a registered dietitian in Lincoln, Nebraska. Amber's podcast, which has been...
Meet the Interns 2019
HBE’s intern program has been designed to provide college students considering a career in public accounting with real world experiences in audit, tax, and business advisory related services. Unlike traditional intern programs, our intent at HBE is to provide our...
What to Expect from the IRS as the Government Shutdown Continues
By now, you’re probably starting to receive your tax documents and are wondering how the government shutdown is impacting the IRS’ ability to process tax returns. The following article provides a summary of how the IRS is currently operating and what you can expect...
Investing for the Long Term Amid Stock Market Volatility
Volatility (/vä-lə-ˈti-lə-tē/) is "a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index," according to Investopedia. In other words, it's the market bouncing up and down. But let's face it, it's not the ups with which we...