Get a Handle on Business Spend Management with Sage Intacct

By Krysten Hambrook

Sage Intacct is built to anticipate the needs of its users and organizations. Intacct applies a series of modular controls delivering a busines spend management solution that enables users to be proactive in understanding costs, applying automation policies, and digging deeper into reporting elements that can create opportunities for new spend management activities. System Controls…

New York Issues Formal PPP Guidance for Personal Income Tax Purposes

By Krysten Hambrook

Share Updated as of 02-02-2021: New York has updated their Frequently Asked Questions to clarify their guidance regarding New York State’s conformity to Federal treatment of the PPP to include corporations as well. On January 13, 2021, New York has issued formal guidance on their website in regards to the state’s treatment of the Paycheck…

The “Big One” Just Hit: The U.S. Cyber Attack Discovered in December 2020

By Krysten Hambrook

As 2020 thankfully stumbled to a close, the most substantial and potentially costly U.S. cyberattack campaign to ever strike the nation’s targets (both government and private industry) was being detected. The attack was operating covertly within network monitoring utilities for approximately nine months prior to its detection. This article is the first of two-part series…

Withum Comes Together for Annual Culture Video

By Krysten Hambrook

Share Withum, leading advisory and accounting firm, held its annual State of the Firm event on January 11, albeit virtually. The Firm also unveiled their annual culture video with a fitting message for the times – Stay Connected.  This latest edition highlights Withum team members continuing to embrace the family spirit despite remote working environments…

SBA Issues Guidance on the New PPP

By Krysten Hambrook

Share In response to the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), the SBA on January 6, 2021, released an 82-page interim final rule (IFR) that consolidates the prior guidance applicable to PPP1 (i.e., the original PPP loan program that opened up on April 3, 2020 in response to the CARES Act). This IFR…

IRS Acknowledges the Latest Stimulus Legislation and its Effect on the PPP

By Krysten Hambrook

Share On January 6, 2021, the IRS issued a revenue ruling that officially obsoletes (i.e., withdraws) its prior Notice and Revenue Ruling that disallowed deductions for expenses relating to loan forgiveness under a paycheck protection program (PPP) loan. In Rev. Rul. 2021-2, the IRS acknowledged the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and the…

3 Important To-Do’s To Add To Your Year-End Checklist

By Krysten Hambrook

Share Currently making a list and checking it twice? Add these three year-end planning to-do’s to your checklist to make sure you are maximizing your planning and financial goals and optimizing your tax savings. Planning Tip 1 Review your Will to make sure it is up to date and, more importantly, still reflects your goals…