Play Your PCards Right: Internal Controls Over Purchasing Cards
PCards are a popular purchasing tool for organizations large and small. Unless you establish tight controls over their use, however, they can lead to a big financial mess. A PCard [...]
Best Practices for Responding to Open Records Requests
Collegiate athletics programs are used to being in the public spotlight, with coaches, student-athletes and team performance featured in the media every day. Financial information is not exempt from this [...]
Nonprofits and the Taxpayer First Act: What You Need to Know
The Taxpayer First Act (HB 3151) cleared the way for reforms aimed at improving the tax return process for taxpayers. However, it also introduces some new protections and requirements for [...]
ERISA Rules: Pre-Tax Benefits Aren’t Always Pre-Tax
If you offer benefit plans as a pre-tax perk for your employees, pay attention. Because if they don’t meet criteria cited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), you [...]
Win-Win Giving: Donor Advised Funds
Donor advised funds (DAFs) are one of the fastest growing vehicles for charitable giving in recent years thanks to the advisory control and tax benefits they can provide to donors. [...]
Shaping Your Plans for a Successful Future
When we talk about planning for the future, we often talk creating a plan. The idea of creating something as big as a plan for the future can imply a [...]