The Focus - Our Tax Newsletter |
Our Focus newsletter provides monthly tax trends and topics written by our professionals.
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 04/01/2011Beyond the Numbers: John D. BurkeJohn D. Burke, CPA, MS, Partner is an audit partner at Dermody, Burke and Brown and serves as the firm's Chief Financial Officer. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 03/01/2011Passive Activity Grouping Rules (Part 2): New 2011 Disclosure RequirementsIn our February issue ofThe Focus, we discussed the basics of the Passive Activity Loss (PAL) rules as they related to a taxpayer's grouping of activities. In March 2010, the IRS released Revenue Procedure (Rev. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 03/01/2011Beyond the Numbers: John J. TartagliaJohn J. Tartaglia, CPA, CIT, Partner, has been with Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC since 1988 after 11 years in private industry. John has more than 33 years of combined industry and public accounting experience. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 03/01/2011To Buy or To Lease…That is the Question!Do I lease or do I buy? It's a common question that seems like it should have a definitive answer…right? Many of our clients have asked this of us, and every time, our answer has been: "It depends". |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/01/2011Passive Activity Grouping Rules: Changes and Soon-to-be Required Disclosures (Part 1)The Passive Activity Loss (PAL) rules of Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 469 were born out of the tax shelter days of the late 1980's and early 1990's. As taxpayers have discovered, the acronym "PAL" can be anything but friendly. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/01/2011Beyond the Numbers: Robert T. CherryRobert T. Cherry, CPA, CVA, Partner, has been with Dermody, Burke & Brown for over 27 years and leads the firm’s privately held business niche. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/01/2011Developing an Exit StrategyOne of the habits from Steven Covey's book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was to begin with the end in mind. In business and life this is sage advice. Often in our first meeting with a new client we ask about his or her exit strategy. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 01/01/2011Are work related expenses deductible?Let's face it, in these tough economic times we are constantly looking for ways to end the day with a few extra bucks in our pocket. Consequently the question of whether work related expenses are deductible or not comes up quite often and… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 01/01/2011Calmer Seas Ahead for the Trust and Estate ProfessionFINALLY WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 01/01/2011Beyond the Numbers: John W. TaylorJohn Taylor recently joined Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC with over 3 years of tax experience in public accounting. As a Tax Senior Associate at the firm, John specializes in Corporate, Individual, Subchapter S-Corporation and… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 12/01/2010Christmas Comes Early Tax Compromise Bill Signed By PresidentThe much anticipated tax bill was signed into law late in the afternoon on December 17. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 11/01/2010Beyond the Numbers: Karen M. Matticio, CPAKaren M. Matticio, CPA, Partner, is a certified public accountant at Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC with 20 years of consulting, accounting, tax and audit experience. She currently leads the Firm’s Medical Management Services Niche. |