Jacob Lutz

The Essential Guide to Expanding to a New State

As your business grows, you may inevitably find yourself selling goods or services to customers outside of your home state, opening new facilities out of state, or perhaps even hiring out of state employees. Conducting any of these actions as well as a multitude of...

Cerini & Associates, LLP Announces Strategic Promotions and New Hires

For Immediate Release January 15, 2016 – Bohemia, NY – Cerini & Associates, LLP, Certified Public Accountants, announced that Edward McWilliams, CPA was promoted to the position of Manager. McWilliams, who has been with the firm for the last two years, provides...

Don’t Be Caught Dead Without Estate Planning

All too often, the estate tax or “death tax” is overlooked since it is not a tax that affects us while we are alive. Proper estate tax planning is important and can help you to maximize the value of the assets that will pass to your heirs upon your death. The first...

Cerini & Associates, LLP Promotes Multiple Staff Members and Appoints Kimberly Roffi to Partner

January 21, 2015 - Bohemia, NY - Cerini & Associates, LLP, a leading audit, tax and business advisory firm serving the tri-state area, is thrilled to announce multiple staff promotions and the appointment of Kimberly Roffi, CPA to Partner. A member of the firm...

Donate! Help Others and Reduce Your Tax Bill

The holidays are fast approaching and so is the end of the 2014 tax year. In less than a month, 2015 will be here and that means that there is only a limited time left to reduce your 2014 tax bill. One of the simplest ways to do this is to donate to a charitable...

Tax Planning for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that means that two of the most popular shopping days of the year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, are almost upon us. For the past week, people all across America have been ripping through sale circulars and scouring the...

Customer Service: The Core to Apple’s iPhone 6

Are you amazed like I am at all of the recent headlines about Apple’s new goliath? One person actually stood in line for 44 hours to salvage his marriage by getting his upset wife the newest product from Apple; whether she needed it or not. Then, there is the young...

Repairs & Maintenance: Playing the IRS’ Game

When it comes to your business’ tax return, you do not have any room to gamble.  One wrong move and you can increase your business’ chances of having its tax return selected for Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) review; a process that you want to avoid at all costs. ...

Data Mining Your Tax Return

Each year, all businesses are required to file a tax return with the IRS, whether it be an 1120, an 1120S, or a 1065. Accounting firms will gather up the businesses’ information, prepare the returns, file them with the IRS, and send each client a copy of the return...
R&D Payroll Tax Credit

R&D Payroll Tax Credit

With the passage of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, hereinafter the PATH Act, many parts of the tax law were changed. Most notably, the PATH Act made section 179 expensing permanent, changed numerous depreciation provisions, and delayed the...

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The Essential Guide to Expanding to a New State

The Essential Guide to Expanding to a New State

As your business grows, you may inevitably find yourself selling goods or services to customers outside of your home state, opening new facilities out of state, or perhaps even hiring out of state employees. Conducting any of these actions as well as a multitude of...

read more
Don’t Be Caught Dead Without Estate Planning

Don’t Be Caught Dead Without Estate Planning

All too often, the estate tax or “death tax” is overlooked since it is not a tax that affects us while we are alive. Proper estate tax planning is important and can help you to maximize the value of the assets that will pass to your heirs upon your death. The first...

read more
Donate! Help Others and Reduce Your Tax Bill

Donate! Help Others and Reduce Your Tax Bill

The holidays are fast approaching and so is the end of the 2014 tax year. In less than a month, 2015 will be here and that means that there is only a limited time left to reduce your 2014 tax bill. One of the simplest ways to do this is to donate to a charitable...

read more
Tax Planning for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Tax Planning for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that means that two of the most popular shopping days of the year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, are almost upon us. For the past week, people all across America have been ripping through sale circulars and scouring the...

read more
Customer Service: The Core to Apple’s iPhone 6

Customer Service: The Core to Apple’s iPhone 6

Are you amazed like I am at all of the recent headlines about Apple’s new goliath? One person actually stood in line for 44 hours to salvage his marriage by getting his upset wife the newest product from Apple; whether she needed it or not. Then, there is the young...

read more
Repairs & Maintenance: Playing the IRS’ Game

Repairs & Maintenance: Playing the IRS’ Game

When it comes to your business’ tax return, you do not have any room to gamble.  One wrong move and you can increase your business’ chances of having its tax return selected for Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) review; a process that you want to avoid at all costs. ...

read more