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Paula Haferman Named Partner-in-Charge of Hawkins Ash CPAs in Neenah

Paula Haferman, CPA, was named Partner-in-Charge (PIC) of the Hawkins Ash CPAs Neenah office. In this role, she will oversee ...
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Vincent Schamber Named Partner-in-Charge of Hawkins Ash CPAs in Green Bay

Vincent Schamber, CPA, was named Partner-in-Charge (PIC) of the Hawkins Ash CPAs Green Bay office. In this role, he will ...
Minnesota Minimum Wage January 1 2025

Minnesota Minimum-Wage Rate Adjusted for Inflation as of January 1st, 2025

Minnesota’s minimum-wage rate will be adjusted for inflation on Jan. 1, 2025, to $11.13 an hour for all employers in ...
/ / Articles, Business, QuickBooks
Navigating Tax Complexities Craft Partnership Agreements And Llc Operating Agreements With Precision

Navigating Tax Complexities: Craft Partnership Agreements and LLC Operating Agreements with Precision

Partnerships are often used for business and investment activities. So are multi-member LLCs that are treated as partnerships for tax ...
/ / Articles, Business, Business Tax, Tax
Understanding Taxes On Real Estate Gains

Understanding Taxes on Real Estate Gains

Let’s say you own real estate that has been held for more than one year and is sold for a ...
/ / Articles, Business, Business Tax, Tax
Assets With Sentimental Value May Require More Thoughtful Planning Than Those With Greater Monetary Value

Assets with Sentimental Value May Require More Thoughtful Planning Than Those with Greater Monetary Value

As a formal estate planning term, “tangible personal property” likely won’t elicit much emotion from you or your loved ones ...
/ / Articles, Estate & Trust
Cash Or Accrual Accounting What’s Best For Tax Purposes

Cash or Accrual Accounting: What’s Best for Tax Purposes?

Your businesses may have a choice between using the cash or accrual method of accounting for tax purposes. The cash ...
/ / Articles, Business, Tax
Tax+business Alert

Tax+Business Alert – September 17th, 2024

View and sign up for our latest Tax+Business Alert newsletter. Headlines in this edition include the following: Navigating Tax Complexities: ...
/ / Business, Newsletters, Tax
Legacy Insights Newsletter

Legacy Insights – September 10th, 2024

View and sign up for our latest Legacy Insights newsletter. Headlines in this edition include the following: Assets with Sentimental ...
Tim Ketchum New Hire

Tim Ketchum, CVA, Joins the Valuation Services Group at Hawkins Ash CPAs

ROCHESTER, MN – Tim Ketchum, Certified Valuations Analyst, recently joined Hawkins Ash CPAs, as a Manager of Business Valuation and ...
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