2024-2025 Tax Planning Guides for Business and Individuals
Year-end tax planning involves a comprehensive review of your estimated tax requirements, anticipated cash outlays, off-season filing deadlines, new and expired tax laws, and relevant tax breaks. By taking a well-thought-out approach, taxpayers may optimize their retained, or after-tax, earnings and avoid penalties. This being an election year, our team is closely monitoring potential tax policy […]
Best Practices for Cash Management
10 Tips for Effective Cash Management Understanding and managing cash is essential to running a business. Cash is at the center of every decision, from paying bills to meeting payroll. Effective cash management also ensures a business can invest in new projects, expand operations, and prepare for unexpected expenses or downturns. It ensures timely credit […]
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Are You Prepared?
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is observed in October in the United States to raise awareness about the importance of protecting digital systems and data from cyber threats. As of the third quarter of 2024, there were over 2,000 reported data breaches affecting an estimated 1.3 billion individuals globally with major breaches affecting companies like UnitedHealth, Snowflake, […]
OSD Procurement Regulations Related to Environmentally Preferable Products
AAFCPAs would like to inform our health and human services clients that the Operational Services Division (OSD) of Massachusetts is planning to amend 808 CMR 1.00 to include provisions and requirements related to Environmentally Preferable Products (EPPs). While these amendments are currently in the early stages and OSD is soliciting feedback, their implementation appears imminent. […]
Election Impact on Taxes: Essential 2024 Strategies to Know
Webinar OnDemand: Post-Election Tax Update Fireside Chat AAFCPAs invites you to watch our special Post-Election Tax Update. Our tax advisors provide in-depth analysis of key outcomes of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and their potential impact on your tax planning. Details: Hear in-depth analysis of key election outcomes from the 2024 U.S. presidential election and […]
Navigating New York Medicaid Reimbursement: A Strategic Approach for FQHCs
Like many Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the country, New York’s centers are grappling with increasingly constrained budgets and rising staffing costs, making Medicaid reimbursements more critical than ever to sustaining their services. New York’s Medicaid system offers a key opportunity, providing FQHCs with the ability to apply for supplemental payments that cover costs […]
AAF Wealth Management Q3 2024 Market Insights
AAFCPAs is pleased to share the following Q3 2024 Market Insights published by AAF Wealth Management, a subsidiary of AAFCPAs. While world markets were relatively calm, we saw a bit more volatility this quarter in the investing and political arenas. Coming out of an uneventful first half of the year, the combination of more realistic […]
Enhancing Reporting Capabilities With Integrated Systems
For CFOs and financial leaders within the Health and Human Services sector, the challenge of managing and reporting on diverse programs funded from various sources is a significant one. Accurate and efficient reporting is essential but often hampered by data spread across multiple, disconnected systems. AAFCPAs provides the following guidance on how integrating these systems […]
Carla McCall to Open 2024 Accounting Scholars and Pipeline Diversity Symposium
AAFCPAs is pleased to announce that Carla McCall, CPA, CGMA, Managing Partner and current Chair of the American Institute of CPAs will take the stage at the 2024 Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop (ASLW) and the Accounting Pipeline Diversity Symposium (APDS) opening session hosted by AICPA & CIMA. The event will be held at the Atlanta […]