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Dalby Wendland Now Providing Wealth Management Services
Chris West, CEO Dalby Wendland is pleased to announce the addition of wealth management services to its suite of client offerings. DWC Wealth Advisors provides comprehensive wealth management services that will help integrate tax, wealth, retirement, and estate planning services for clients. DWC Wealth Advisors has engaged independent
Take Time to Read Your Financial Statements
A complete set of financial statements for your business contains three reports. Each serves a different purpose, but ultimately helps stakeholders — including managers, employees, investors and lenders — evaluate a company’s performance. Here’s an overview of each report and a critical question it answers. 1. Income statement: Is the
Attain Tax Deductions by Retroactively Adopting a Workplace Retirement Plan
Employers who could use a federal income tax deduction for 2020 can consider retroactively adopting a broad-based, tax-qualified retirement plan, such as a discretionary profit-sharing plan, cash balance plan or traditional pension plan and making employer contributions before the extended due date of their 2020 income tax return. An employer
How Business Start-up Expenses are Handled on Your Tax Return
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials are seeing a large increase in the number of new businesses being launched. From June 2020 through June 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that business applications are up 18.6%. The Bureau measures this by the number of businesses applying for an Employer Identification
5 Ways to Help Your Accounts Receivable
No matter the size or shape of a business, one really can’t overstate the importance of sound accounts receivable policies and procedures. Without a strong and steady inflow of cash, even the most wildly successful company will likely stumble and could even collapse. If your collections aren’t as efficient as
Accounting Method Choices for Private Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Businesses need financial information that’s accurate, relevant and timely. The Securities and Exchange Commission requires publicly traded companies to follow U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), often considered the “gold standard” in financial reporting in the United States. But privately held companies can use simplified alternative accounting methods. What’s right
DWC Announces 2021 Promotions
Congratulations to the following professionals for their recent promotion. Loren Hofer, CPA, to Tax Manager Loren grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia. She moved to Grand Junction in 2001 and became a U.S. Citizen in 2008. Loren graduated from Colorado Mesa University with a B.S. in accounting and computer information systems.
DWC Named a 2021 Top 300 Public Accounting Firm
Dalby, Wendland & Co. (DWC) is honored to be recognized by INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) as a Top 300 Firm. IPA ranks firms nationally by U.S. net revenues, and they are compiled by analyzing the more than 520 responses received this year for IPA’s Survey and Analysis of Firms. This
What is the Pass-Through Deduction?
Are you eligible to take the deduction for qualified business income (QBI)? Here are 10 facts about this valuable tax break, referred to as the pass-through deduction, QBI deduction or Section 199A deduction. It’s available to owners of sole proprietorships, single member limited liability companies (LLCs), partnerships and S corporations.
Tax Rules When Inheriting Property
If you’re planning your estate, or you’ve recently inherited assets, you may be unsure of the “cost” (or “basis”) for tax purposes. The Current Rules Under the current fair market value basis rules (also known as the “step-up and step-down” rules), an heir receives a basis in inherited property equal