Document Retention Guidelines Document and record retention is an important issue, and one that our firm frequently receives questions about. Without knowing what the document retention guidelines are, document storage can quickly lead to...

Tax Reform: Choice of Entity Considerations The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax reform bill passed in December 2017 represents the biggest change to U.S. tax policy since the 1980s. With wide sweeping changes to both the corporate and individual tax systems, changes wrought...

Employee Benefit Plan Newsletter For over 10 years, HBE has been a member of BDO Alliance USA, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting and consulting firms. The Alliance allows the firm to draw on BDO, LLP’s resources and...

By: Brian Klintworth, CPA It’s that time of the year where it seems like everyone you know has a child who is graduating from high school. Or maybe you are the parent of one of the graduating seniors. What an exciting time! There are so many possibilities for these...

In Biblical tradition, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are a quartet of immensely powerful entities personifying the four prime concepts—war, famine, pestilence and death—that drive the Apocalypse. For today’s investors, the equivalent of those four horsemen are...

HBE’s next roundtable session for not-for-profit finance and accounting leaders is scheduled for Monday, June 4, 2018. The session will be held at HBE’s Lincoln office from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and lunch will be provided. During this session, Mikaela Davis, CPA,...

HBE has been in business since 1974 and is recognized as one of Nebraska’s premier certified public accounting and consulting firms. Our business philosophies are rooted in providing services that bring the most value to our clients. Whether identifying opportunities...

By: Ruth Tewes At HBE, we encourage our employees to consider health and wellness an everyday part of their lives. Our employees are our most important resource and the investment our organization has made in our wellness program reflects this. Launched in January...

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2018. The dollar limitations for pension plans and selected other items are attached in the document below. Certain annual compensation amounts were increased, including the limit for...

**ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS** Our Marketing Intern, Emily, is working on an important project for a marketing research class at UNL and needs your help! Please give her a hand by completing this short survey about succession planning. Your responses are greatly...