Roanoke, VA – Brown Edwards (“BE”), an Inside Public Accounting (IPA) top 75 firm, announces a change in its leadership effective June 1, 2024. Jason Hartman, the firm’s current CEO, will retire...
Meet BE Partner, Jeff Barbour Jeff started his career at BE in 2003 as a tax associate in the Roanoke office. He is currently the firm's tax coordinator. With over 20 years of accounting and tax...
Stay Informed of Key Changes Proposed to Uniform Guidance Impacting Nonprofits and Higher Education The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing revisions to OMB Guidance for Grants and...
IRS Releases Substantive Guidance on the Treatment of Research and Experimental Expenditures Under Section 174 On September 8, 2023, the IRS released pre-regulatory guidance concerning the...
Clarifying the SECURE Act 2.0 Roth Catch-Up Contribution Extension While, the IRS’ announcement last month provides significant compliance relief for processing catch-up contributions as after-tax...
Select Committee Publishes Report and Recommendations on Chinese Forced Labor As highlighted in prior Trade Alerts, the U.S. has increased its attention on the use of forced labor in the manufacture...
California Franchise Tax Board Designates Microcaptive Insurance Transactions, Some Conservation Easements as Tax Avoidance Transactions On May 31, the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) issued ...
Plan Sponsor Alert: What to Know About Service Provider Consolidation Consolidation among service providers has been a long-developing trend. Empower, the nation’s second-largest recordkeeper has...
Canada Ramps Up Efforts to Eliminate Forced and Child Labor in Supply Chains On May 3, 2023, the Canadian Parliament passed a bill (Bill S-211) focused on environmental, social and government (ESG)...
Bank POV: Forecasting Loan Portfolios in a High Interest Rate Environment