2014 Year-End Tax Planning Strategies
As we approach the end of 2014, we have summarized several important year-end tax planning strategies. This information will be helpful as you begin preparing for the upcoming tax season and any important financial decisions you will need to make before the end of the...
Thanksgiving
Announcing Ron Ecklund’s Retirement from Active Client Service
Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Friends: At HBE Becker Meyer Love LLP we take great pride in helping our clients work through long-term transitions and we strive to practice what we preach. That is why, over the past several years, we have been working closely with Ron...
Cost Segregation Studies May Offer Valuable Tax Savings
By Michael J. Arens, CPA A cost segregation study can be a valuable tax savings strategy for owners of business real estate. Cost segregation studies are a method for tax purposes that allow both new and existing buildings to be depreciated over a shorter period of...
2014 Halloween Costume Showcase
Attention 1099 Filers: It’s That Time of Year Again!
Now that we’ve entered the final week of October, the end of the year will be here before we know it. If your business has made payments of over $600 to any vendor throughout the year, now is the perfect time to begin collecting and assembling the information needed...
Big dreams realized in Nebraska’s hometowns
By Jeff Yost President & CEO Nebraska Community Foundation Where are you from? That’s a question that pops up in many casual conversations among those of us who call Lincoln or Omaha home today, but still have fond memories of and close ties to much smaller...
#Nonprofits #SocialMedia and #Taxes: Is Your Organization Protected?
By Sandra Feinsmith Social media can offer cost-effective platforms through which nonprofit organizations can better communicate with stakeholders and raise awareness of their causes and fundraising efforts. Following major online giving success stories such as...
2014 Tax-Related Nebraska Legislative Changes
INCOME TAX Partial Income Tax Exemption for Military Retirement Income (LB 987 – Operative Date: January 1, 2015) A taxpayer may make a one-time election within two years after the date of his or her retirement from the military to exclude some military retirement...
Attention Company Retirement Plan Fiduciaries: Do You Know Your Role?
Retirement plans offered by a company must follow a multitude of administrative and regulatory requirements established by the Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service. The plan’s fiduciaries, according to acceptable standards of conduct, are the individuals...