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Face it, other than theft, there’s no faster way to slide into the red in a restaurant than through poor inventory management.  There are basics that every operator need to follow as our friends at Skoda Minotti, a sister firm in the BDO Alliance USA, points out in this blog post.

The great news is you have generous donors of really good items.  The challenge is to account for those in a way that comply with accounting standards and related guidance for gifts-in-kind.  Click here for guidance from the AICPA on managing this task.

With 60% of the nonprofit organizations operating on less than 12 months of liquidity, how can your organization adjust to insure long-term viability?  See this article from BDO USA for more info.

Nonprofits – if you own an interest in debt financed real property, you could be subject to UBTI.  Read more on this technical catch in the tax law here.

Does your company sell to, distribute in or operate in multiple states?  With the variable cacophony of sales, use, income, franchise and gross receipts taxes across the country, trying to manage your activities in multiple jurisdictions without the support of an experienced team of CPAs can easily lead to a difficult audit by state taxing

While they may have initially denied it, according to this article, more and more evidence in IRS audits appear to point to the agency’s knowledge of taxpayer’s possessions, travels, and in particular, if they go off bragging online on how they beat the system through possibly questionable tactics. It seems the truth is that the

That is question your will soon need to answer in your financial statements. According to new Accounting Standards from FASB, this new inclusion will be mandatory for all effective for fiscal years starting after December 15, 2017. Click this link for more info.

In fact, in hindsight, a significant number may come from a much warmer place. What, as the company’s financial leader can you do to meld both parts of the combo into a profitable, growing machine? Here are some thoughts from CFO Magazine that lays out six steps that could serve as your road map to

Before ever asking for the first nickel on a fundraising drive, you and your fundraising team had better get themselves inside the heads of the potential donors. Many emotions, tax deduction needs and issue-focused giving all come into play at various levels. Recognizing the giver’s motivation can make the difference in the success of your

…Unless you take out the temptation for an employee to “borrow” from you. You see, there are three triggers to all fraud. For the fraudster, there’s a “need” for the cash and secondly, their ability to rationalize that you really owe them that money or that they tell themselves they will pay it back. So,