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Recently Published
30 Second Ideas
- You’ve Got Two More Days to File Your Tax Return
- 2012 Standard Mileage Rates
- Taxpayers Beware: IRS Impostor Emails
Accounting Updates
- New Consolidation Standards — Who Put the VIE in Related-Party Lease Arrangements?
- Proposed Changes to Revenue Recognition Standards — Only One Proud Standard Rather than Dozens
- Proposed Changes to Lease Accounting Standards — The Classic Cookie-Cutter Standard Is Likely to Be Retired
Alerts
- Beware: New Form 8938 - Statement of Foreign Financial Assets
- Time to Come Clean with Cook County (and Chicago too?)
- SSAP 101 Adopted
Articles
- Beware: New Form 8938 - Statement of Foreign Financial Assets
- You’ve Got Two More Days to File Your Tax Return
- 1099-MISC Requirements for Landlords
Business Surveys
- Survey of Chicago Area Business Leaders, September 2009
- Survey of Advisors to Family-Owned Businesses
- Survey of Chicago Area Business Leaders, February 2009
Construction Edge
- Managing Indirect Costs Calls for a Keen Eye ... and a Plan
- An Escalation Clause Can Help Curtail Materials Cost Woes
- Four Ways Dishonest Employees Can Steal Your Money
Healthcare Edge
- Specialty Snapshot: Home Healthcare Services
- Is Your Healthcare Entity a Personal Service Corporation?
- Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
Insurance Edge
- SSAP 101 Adopted
- Organizing Reinsurance in Receiverships and Troubled Companies
- Redefining the World of Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC)
Legal Talent
- Varying Rates for Contract Attorneys: Caveat Emptor!
- Top 10 Reasons to Hire Temporary Help in a Down Economy
- Five Organizational Tips for Staffing a Document Review Project
Manufacturing Edge
- A Year-End Planning Checklist for Every Manufacturing Company and Distributor
- Goodwill Impairment Testing — Simplification May Be Possible
- Ten Easy Ways To Improve Your Website and Bring In More Customers
Not-for-Profit Edge
- Insights from Not-for-Profit’s Accounting and Auditing Update 2011
- Benefits of Conducting a Fraud Risk Assessment
- A Formula for Sustainable Spending
Quick Links & Good Ideas
- Quick Links and Good Ideas, January 2011
- Quick Links and Good Ideas, November 2010
- Quick Links and Good Ideas, September 2010
Strategy Insights Blog
- Measuring the Success of Your Strategy, Starts with Asking the Right Seven Questions
- Leadership Lesson from the Military: Put Away Your Iron Fist and Empower Your Troops
- The New Digital Reality: Your Brand Is No Longer in Your Own Hands
Construction Edge
Managing Indirect Costs Calls for a Keen Eye ... and a Plan
Many construction company owners feel that, based on experience, they know their indirect costs—those expenses not specifically allocated to a job, such as depreciation, repairs and training (also known as overhead). Yet, the money you're spending on indirect costs might...
read moreAn Escalation Clause Can Help Curtail Materials Cost Woes
The price of construction materials remains high, with little to no sign of falling anytime soon. Many blame a building boom overseas, particularly in China. Others point to environmental reasons—loss of forestland driving up lumber prices, for instance. And don't...
read moreFour Ways Dishonest Employees Can Steal Your Money
Contractors and their employees have a reputation for working hard—and for good reason. You operate in a labor-intensive, deadline-oriented industry. Yet, you can work as hard as you like, and it will all be for nothing (or less than it...
read moreIs Fleet Management Software Worth a Spin?
Q: I recently suffered a huge loss on a big job when one of my employees decided to take a company vehicle containing key materials on a joyride. I lost ground on another job when two of our trucks broke...
read moreOnline Equipment Auctions Offer Savings, Risks
So you need a piece of equipment, quickly and you're on a tight budget. In the past, you might have been at the mercy of an equipment dealer or manufacturer. But today you need only open your Internet browser to...
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