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Keeping Tax Records: Long Island Small Biz Edition
If you’re doing the books, juggling the hiring, navigating supply problems, delivering work to clients, and thinking about big-picture items for the year … you might be a small business owner.If you’ve got a lot on your mind and more gets added daily? You might be a...
Leadership Development in Your Long Island Business
Unless you’ve been living in a cave like this woman, you know that business ownership is a tough gig right now — it’s nearly an Olympic sport to keep things running and moving ahead. But, despite all that, being a business owner is also pretty great....
How Innocent Spouse Relief Could Help Some Long Island Filers
Wedding bells might be chiming for some Long Island people as we head into warmer weather, but for others, the thud of a gavel signals the end of a happily-ever-after.As if a separation or divorce isn’t enough of a punch in the gut for you, it can be further...
Prioritizing Employee Wellness in Your Long Island Business
It’s a bit of a dog-eat-dog world for businesses these days. (Feel that sentiment in your bones?)Inflation is pervasive. Supply chain issues still have you jumping through hoops to get products. The hunt continues for good help… proving the adage. Covid-era debts now...
Making a Plan to Reskill and Upskill Your Staff
Well, here we are — just like that, we find ourselves already a quarter of the way through 2023. While people all across Long Island are breaking out the deep cleaning sprays and scrub brushes to get a little springtime sparkle, you might want to be thinking about a...
Pierre-Louis & Associates CPA, P.C. on Removing a Tax Lien from Your Credit Report
Debt is such a dream killer.It has a way of strangleholding your best-laid plans and keeping you from things like……buying a house…taking a vacation…making a career change…building a good retirement…starting a businessThe list could go on.A particularly difficult kind...
What Long Island Employers Should Know About Employee Satisfaction
It happened: Silicon Valley Bank sold. Well, at least part of it. The bank’s deposits, loans, and 17 branches — scheduled to reopen today — were snagged by First Citizens BancShares, a Raleigh-based bank. (About $90 billion of assets still remain with the Federal...
The Why & How of Business Referrals for Long Island Owners
Firstly, before I jump into what business referrals could mean for your Long Island business, I wanted you to see this.You may have already heard me talk about this … but the explosion of shady flim-flammers gaming the Employee Retention Credit and making...
Long Island Businesses: Avoiding the Employee Retention Credit Cons
Seen any ads lately about how your Long Island business can still claim the Employee Retention Credit (ERC)? There are a lot of false claims out there saying you could receive thousands in government money to help your business. Naturally, in an economic crisis, that...
How a Continuous Audit Helps Your Long Island Business
My quick take on SVB: Don’t let it rob you of your focus for building the business under YOUR control.In other words, let noise be noise … and focus on what’s most important: your immediate world.But I will say that this crisis is a perfect example of why you should...
The Scoop on Property Seizure for Long Island Taxpayers
Everyone can agree that the solid bedrock of any relationship is communication.And, as any couple knows, failing to communicate means backlash and a heap of relationship issues. Non-communication elicits drastic responses. I’m not just referring to your...
Pierre-Louis & Associates CPA, P.C.’s Tips for 2023 Small Business Tax Planning
Forward-thinking is a must in business… that goes for your taxes too. And I’m going to dive into what that looks like today. But first, let’s talk about your tax filing. The S corp and partnership filing deadline is coming up (March 15 to be exact). While we’ll...