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Hawkins Ash

Maximizing Your Firm’s Bonding Capacity

The information you present in your company’s financial statements gives sureties a sense of your company’s operating results and financial ...
/ / Construction
federal student tax

“Federal Student Tax” Scam

A new tax scam is directed at college and university students and involves what's called a "federal student tax." Scammers are ...
/ / Tax
Tax and Business

June 2016 Tax and Business Alert

Our June 2016 Tax and Business Alert Newsletter is available. Topics in this edition include: Final Rule: Overtime SALT Expert ...
/ / Business, Tax
Fulfillment

Fulfillment by Amazon

When the internet was created, nobody imagined it would become as great as it has today. Businesses now have a ...
/ / Business, Tax
Hawkins Ash CPAs

Getting a Jump-Start on your 401(k) Audit

This is the time of year that you start looking at your 401(k) audit. Here are a few tips for ...
Fiduciary

DOL Change in Fiduciary Rule

As a retirement plan sponsor, you often hear a lot about fiduciary responsibilities and how important it is that you ...
Forfeitures

Forfeitures: Why Reading the Plan Document is So Crucial

Reading and understanding your company's plan document is crucial to making sure your company is complying with the Employee Retirement ...
Overtime ruling

Overtime Ruling

Final Rule: Overtime Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees under the Fair ...
/ / Business, Staff
WICPA

Steven G. Handrick, CPA, CGMA, Named Chair of WICPA Board of Directors

Steven G. Handrick, CPA, CGMA, partner at Hawkins Ash CPAs, has been named chair of the 2016-2017 Wisconsin Institute of ...
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Personal Guarantee Waivers No Longer Required for Member Business Loans

May 13, 2016 the National Credit Union Administration announced that credit unions now have the ability, under certain circumstances, to ...