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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 ...
journal entries quickbooks

Making Journal Entries to Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable

More ProAdvisor Insights In order to complete your year-end activities, your accountant may propose that you record journal entries in ...
/ / Nonprofit, QuickBooks
Reimbursing Volunteers

Make Giving Easy

The smartphone is one of the most commonly owned devices in America, which makes it an attractive fundraising tool. There ...
/ / Nonprofit
Nonprofit Organizations

How to Communicate Financial Information to the Boardboard

To properly manage and oversee a nonprofit organization, the board needs to receive timely and accurate financial information. Since every ...
/ / Nonprofit
ABLE inc

ABLE, Inc. Builds New Facility to Meet Current Demands

ABLE, Inc., is a nonprofit organization that provides residential care to those with developmental disabilities within the eastern Minnesota county ...