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views F E December 2015 Check It Off the List: Simple Reminders for Your Dealership’s Smooth 2015 Year-End Natalie Centeno, Senior Manager | DHG Dealerships Amy Robinson, Manager | DHG Dealerships Is the thought of a chaotic year-end getting you down? Sometimes a simple set of reminders that brings you back to the basics can be the cornerstone to successfully closing your calendar...
views January 2016 PATH Act Business Real Estate Kasey Pittman, Senior Associate | Real Estate For the past several years, the real estate industry has found tax planning to be a tricky undertaking. The tax provisions intended to stimulate the economy would often expire and Congress wouldn’t pass legislation until late in the year, retroactively reinstating programs. Obviously, this...
views January 2016 PATH Act Personal Real Estate Kasey Pittman, Senior Associate | Real Estate Individuals who own real estate have cause to celebrate! The “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015” that recently passed Congress has extended several tax saving opportunities for homeowners and real estate investors. Mortgage Debt Exclusion Mortgage Insurance...
views January 2016 Financial Reporting Quick Hits: FASB Releases New Standard on Classification & Measurement of Financial Instruments Ryan Crowe, Partner | Risk Advisory Sean Prince, Senior Manager | Risk Advisory On January 5, 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) published Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-01, Financial Instruments Overall: Recognition and...
views F E January 2016 Think Like a Buyer: Preparing for the Sale of a Dealership Louie Galbraith, Senior Manager | DHG Dealerships When purchasing a dealership, whether an asset or stock transaction, buyers typically like to make sure they know what they are buying. They conduct buy-side due diligence to assess the quality of the target’s earnings and cash flows, allowing them to...
Change is coming to the healthcare industry Innovation by employers will reshape healthcare markets. PAUL HOPKINS The U.S. healthcare industry is in the midst of its most volatile and provocative period of transformation since the creation of Medicare in the 1960s. Key drivers of change include state budgetary concerns, a variety of effects from the Affordable Care Act...
views February 2016 Accounting for Investments in Renewable Energy Matt Miller, Senior Associate | DHG Financial Services Adam Thomas, Partner | DHG Financial Services Over the last 10 years, the renewable energy industry has experienced rapid growth. This growth continues to be driven by knowledgeable entrepreneurs, public policy and changing societal priorities. Entrepreneurs have...
views February 2016 Navigating the Complexities of Captive Insurance Companies: How to Navigate Through the Truths and Myths of Captive Insurance Brian Kilbane, Senior Manager | Assurance Determining whether to establish a captive insurance company can be quite confusing, especially for individuals who have no previous insurance industry experience. Furthermore, a captive insurance company may...
views F E February 2016 Help Is on the Way for Dealership Reinsurance Companies Adam Neporadny, Senior Manager | DHG Dealerships President Obama signed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the PATH Act) into law on Dec. 18, 2015, which includes significant modifications to the provisions for certain insurance companies including reinsurance entities. Internal Revenue...
views February 2016 Financial Reporting Quick Hits: (P)Lease Help! Understanding and Preparing for the New Lease Standard Ryan Crowe, Partner | Risk Advisory Sean Prince, Senior Manager | Risk Advisory Jim Ewart, Director | Forensics & Valuation In Under a Minute • The FASB’s new lease standard is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2019 for public companies....
views February 2016 The New Lease Standard: What Does It Mean for Your Institution? Eric Crowder, Manager | DHG Financial Services Walter McNairy, Managing Partner | DHG Financial Services After much anticipation, in November 2015, the FASB announced the tentative effective date of the accounting standard titled Leases, ASC Topic 842. The new standard is expected to be effective for public...
views F E March 2016 Six Issues Affecting Dealers Nationwide John Davis, Partner | DHG Dealerships As the dealership industry continues to evolve, there are several hot issues which dealers must keep top of mind. Some may be “old news” while others may surface as newer territory depending on where the dealer and his/her dealership is in its lifecycle. Regardless, industry...
views March 2016 Best Practices for Employee Retention Rick White, Partner | Assurance Employee turnover is a natural part of business in any industry, but excessive turnover decreases the overall efficiency of a company and hurts the bottom line. Big corporations understand the effects of employee turnover and use many different strategies to tackle the issue and best practices for retention....
views March 2016 Leases: Not Just for the Footnotes Anymore Adam Roark, Senior Manager | DHG Assurance Services Overview On February 25, 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 201602 Leases (Topic 842), a new standard that will govern the accounting for lease contracts beginning with the 2019 calendar year-end for public companies and the...
