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incentive stock options

Careful Tax Planning Required for Incentive Stock Options

Incentive stock options (ISOs) are a popular form of compensation for executives and other key employees. They allow you to ...
/ / Articles, Tax
Forbes 2020

Hawkins Ash CPAs among Forbes’ 2020 List of ‘America’s Top Recommended Tax & Accounting Firms’

Hawkins Ash CPAs, a certified public accounting firm with offices in Wisconsin and Minnesota, has been selected by Forbes to ...
/ / Articles, Company News
sales tax QuickBooks Online

Sales Tax in QuickBooks Online

Collecting and remitting sales tax with QuickBooks Online does not need to be difficult! To enable sales tax within QuickBooks ...
/ / Articles, QuickBooks
Robin Lutz

Robin Lutz, MT, CPA, Joins Hawkins Ash CPAs

Robin Lutz, MT, CPA, recently joined Hawkins Ash CPAs with more than 30 years of public accounting experience. As a ...
Reimbursement

Determining an Employee’s “Home” for Reimbursement Purposes

Despite the prevalence of web-based meetings, many of today’s businesses still have plenty of employees who travel. If you still ...
/ / Articles, Tax
Tax Bracket

Do You Know Your Tax Bracket?

Although the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) generally reduced individual tax rates through 2025, there’s no guarantee you’ll receive ...
/ / Articles, Tax
Tax Business

Every Business Owner Needs an Exit Strategy

As a business owner, you have to keep your eye on your company’s income and expenses and applicable tax breaks ...
/ / Articles, Business, Tax
upgrade computer software

Software Lifecycles and How They Affect You

Software systems are envisioned, developed, released, maintained and then retired; making way for new versions that support new features and ...
/ / Articles, QuickBooks
Howe Community Resource Center

Client Feature and Executive Director Q&A: Howe Community Resource Center

Nearly 90 percent of children who attend Howe Community School in Green Bay, WI, come from economically disadvantaged households. With ...
mileage reimbursement rates

New IRS Mileage Reimbursement Rates for 2020

The IRS issued the 2020 optional standard mileage reimbursement rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile ...
/ / Articles, Business