What are the Four Horsemen of Your Portfolio?
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...
Not-for-Profit Finance & Accounting Leaders Roundtable Session
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,...
Construction Industry: How HBE Can Help
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...
HBE Launches Employee Wellness Program, HBE(be)Well
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 2018,...
Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Qualified Retirement Plans
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...
Succession Planning Survey
**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...
Benchmarking – How does your Organization Stack Up?
With over 1.5 million nonprofits registered in the United States is can be difficult to compare the metrics or your organization with other nonprofits. Fortunately the BDO Institute for Nonprofit Excellence in partnership with The Nonprofit Times has...
Business Succession and Transition
By: Scott Becker Our clients know that we provide traditional tax and accounting services for our clients. While we enjoy helping our clients navigate the increasing complex compliance issues that businesses face, we truly make a difference for our clients when it...
Modification of Rules Governing Hardship Distribution
With all the updates to the tax law, you may not realize that there are a few miscellaneous provisions that could affect your employee benefit plan. These new provisions modify the rules governing hardship distributions from cash or deferred arrangements....
Tackling Tax Reform: 5 Steps Manufacturers Can Take Now
On December 22, just a few weeks following the passage of the Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the conference version of the bill was signed into law, marking the largest change to U.S. tax policy in decades. With most of the provisions set to go into effect in the new...