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I began my career at what is now a publicly owned investment management firm that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. It was a typical large corporation with several hundred employees. It was a fine place to work, but most employees had no sense of ownership — no skin in the game. I then […]

Often when purchasing a company, certain assets pose issues not easy to discern. For example, a purchaser can buy real estate through a purchase contract and perhaps even personal property such as furniture and furnishings, fairly easily. When purchasing real estate, title insurance can be ordered, surveys re-dated, and abstracts renewed. Information on mortgages can be

Many affluent professionals and business owners put estate planning on hold. Only the courts and lawyers stand to benefit from their procrastination. While inaction is the biggest estate-planning error, several other major mistakes can occur. The following four blunders can lead to major problems. Failing to revise an estate plan after a spouse or child

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Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. NFIB‏ @NFIB Get a customer complaint email? Consider yourself lucky. #Smallbiz tips on how to turn it into an opportunity: http://on.nfib.com/2jy52qK SBDC at Onondaga CC‏ @onondagabizwiz 27 Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets to Staying Focused: https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/286302#0?platform=hootsuite

Onondaga County’s Shared Services Panel recently released a report outlining opportunities to create savings that directly address the fiscal challenges faced by our local governments. Their work is an important recognition that the status quo cannot continue, and I applaud their efforts to embrace cooperative solutions to eliminate duplication of services and tackle the tax pressures

Serving those who have faithfully served our country is a core value at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). As a result of their military training and experiences, veterans have developed skills and leadership abilities that are naturally suited to operating a business. At SBA, we are committed to getting veteran entrepreneurs the resources and

Answering common employer questions The New York Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) on July 19 published its final regulations implementing the New York Paid Family Leave Law (PFL). With the regulations final, employers should be modifying existing leave policies and processes to incorporate PFL requirements, and to develop new PFL policies that offer employees information about

Taxes are neither sexy nor exciting, except perhaps to us CPAs who seem to thrive on the nuances of the tax code. But taxes are a critical factor in your business, affecting your bottom line and your daily operations. When a business does not plan for the proper collection and payment of taxes — whether