At Machen McChesney, we are committed to Returning Value to you through our monthly e-newsletter, The Value Report.

Here you'll find regular tips to help with your business and personal finances, as well as strategies to grow and more efficiently run your organization. 

Table of Content

1. Research Credit Can Offset a Small Business's Payroll Taxes
2. Tax Relief on Tap for Disaster Victims
3. Are You On The Hook For Unauthorized Charges?
4. Six Ways to Improve Cash Flow
5. Seven Time Tested Year-end Tax Tactics
6. Strategies to Help Startups Overcome Financial Statement Hurdles
7. How Will the Proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact You
8. 2017 Might be Your Last Chance to Hire Veterans and Claim a Tax Credit
9. Five Year-end Moves for Small Businesses
10. What's New at Machen McChesney?

Research Credit Can Offset a Small Business's Payroll Taxes

Tax Relief on Tap for Disaster Victims

Catastrophic events, such as hurricanes Harvey and Irma—or tornados, earthquakes, wildfires and the like—can severely damage your personal or business property. Small consolation: You may be entitled to deduct a casualty loss on your tax return. Continue reading.

Are You On The Hook For Unauthorized Charges?

With the recent Equifax hack, it serves as a reminder of how easily your information can fall into the wrong hands. Here are some basic guidelines of just how liable you are for lost or stolen bank cards. Continue reading.

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Six Ways to Improve Cash Flow

Practical ideas to spur business growth

When you are running a small business, the numbers matter. This is especially true when it comes to cash flow. If you have more money going out than you have coming in, your business will not survive for very long. Continue reading.

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Seven Time Tested Year-end Tax Tactics 

At this point, it is still uncertain whether any significant tax reform will be enacted this year. Keeping that in mind, individual taxpayers may stick with “tried-and-true” methods to reduce taxes owed at year-end. Here are seven prime examples: Continue reading.

Strategies to Help Startups Overcome Financial Statement HurdlesTo put the early phase of building a startup business into context, consider dating. You remember that, right? Daters find each other through different avenues, get together, gauge their respective interest in one another, and then pursue a relationship or go their separate ways. Continue reading.

How Will the Proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact You

November 2, 2017, the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, Kevin Brady, introduced a draft tax reform bill titled "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." This proposed bill would overhaul the federal tax code with a majority of the provisions effective starting in 2018. Below is a brief summary of some of the proposed legislation. Continue reading.

2017 Might be Your Last Chance to Hire Veterans and Claim a Tax Credit

With Veterans Day on November 11, it’s an especially good time to think about the sacrifices veterans have made for us and how we can support them. One way businesses can support veterans is to hire them. The Work Opportunity tax credit (WOTC) can help businesses do just that, but it may not be available for hires made after this year. Continue Reading.

Five Year-end Moves for Small Businesses

Top ideas for your business operation

As with individuals, year-end tax planning for businesses remains somewhat uncertain. However, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 preserved certain tax benefits that can be incorporated into a logical year-end plan. Here are five ideas for small-business owners to consider: Continue Reading.

What's New at Machen McChesney?

Sponsorships, new hires, announcements

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We hope you found value in The Value Report you've received this month. We look forward to finding, even more, ways to Return Value to you in the future.