Articles for April, 2026
Tax and Financial News
Filing Your 2026 Tax Return? The Stakes Just Got Higher
April, 2026
Picture two things happening at the same time. The agency responsible for reviewing your tax return is understaffed and buried under a backlog; and the software that agency uses to catch filing errors just keeps getting...
Filing Your 2025 Taxes? Why Accuracy Matters More Than Ever This Year
March, 2026
Tax season is here, and while the IRS opened its doors for 2025 returns on Jan. 26, with the familiar April 15 deadline intact, this year's filing experience is shaping up to be anything but routine. A perfect storm of workforce cuts, rushed...
What to Expect from U.S. Tax Policy in 2026
February, 2026
After a whirlwind 2025 that produced what may be the largest tax bill in American history, the coming year looks dramatically different. Tax policy experts are predicting a legislative standstill, a turbulent tax filing season...
General Business News
Understanding Cash EBITDA
April, 2026
While Cash EBITDA isn’t recognized by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), it’s a way for company owners and investors to account for deferred revenue during valuation modeling. This financial metric...
Understanding Qualifying Dispositions
March, 2026
With 57 percent of public companies offering their workers employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs), according to the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP), understanding how qualifying dispositions work is an essential...
Understanding the Equity Multiplier
February, 2026
Whether you are an investor, an owner or an internal financial analyst, understanding how the equity multiplier works and how to interpret it is a helpful skill....
Accounting News
Understanding the Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
April, 2026
The Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) measures how much a company spends to obtain new, additional customers. Oftentimes, this calculation is used with the customer lifetime value (LTV) metric, that also projects...
Understanding Hidden Values
March, 2026
Companies that have assets on their balance sheet, but the values of those assets aren't accurately reflected are considered to have hidden value. As part of an investor's fundamental analysis of a potential investment, it looks...
Accounting Considerations for Senior Debt
February, 2026
Also known as a Senior Note, Senior Debt consists of a company's outstanding loans collateralized by the business' assets. As the name implies, Senior Debt holders are the first claimants...
Guest Post of the Month
What Your Tax Preparer Wishes You Already Knew
March 2026
Most people approach tax season thinking about one thing: getting their return done. What they rarely think about is what the experience looks like from the other side of the desk. Having seen it from both angles,...