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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Does Your Work Environment Help or Harm You?
Aug 3, 2017
Employers are constantly in pursuit of discovering new innovative ways to increase productivity and profits. While many potential methods exist to achieve amplified profits, one attention-grabbing technique is to improve the quality of environmental conditions in...
Motivate Your Employees During the Dog Days of Summer
Aug 3, 2017
During the winter, when it’s cold and dark, people don’t mind being indoors and getting work done, but in the summer, when the weather and the sunshine are calling, how do you keep your employees motivated and focused? I don’t know about you, but during the summer, I...
Newsday: The Boss’ Downtime
Aug 1, 2017
Ken was featured in Newsday on Sunday, July 30, 2017, because of his extraordinary hobby. Click the image below to check out the article!
Smart Phone, iPhone; Smart Form, I-9?
Jul 20, 2017
It’s official! On January 22, 2017, paperwork took a change. For better or worse you ask? Well you decide. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has caught up with technology (in some sense) and smart-ified the Form I-9 (the Employment...
S Corporations and Transactions with Shareholders & ESOPs
Jul 10, 2017
On June 13, 2017, the U.S. Tax Court reached a decision of first impression on the relationship between an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), its employees, and the corporation. The case conclusion was that the participants of the ESOP (the employees) are...
Lead Your Business Like a King or Khaleesi
Jul 6, 2017
**SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen Season 6 of Game of Thrones yet, you may not want to read ahead.** Eventually, Eddard Stark was bound to be correct. Winter is here. Everything is on the line. You have stared into the abyss, and you see that war and annihilation...
New York’s New Family Paid Leave
Jun 23, 2017
Effective January 1, 2018, New York State employers will be required to provide their employees with eight weeks of Paid Family Leave (PFL). This applies to all private employers (public employers are exempt). PFL is a wage replacement program fully funded by the...
Business Lessons Learned from Our Fathers
Jun 22, 2017
Reflecting after this Father’s Day, a few of the staff at Cerini & Associates have collated some of their favorite and inspirational quotes, lessons, and tidbits from their fathers. As the old adage goes, “Father knows best.” Or perhaps “the apple does not fall...