Courtney McFarland
IRS Launches New ERC Withdrawal Process to Combat Fraud
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the IRS has released details of its special Employee Retention Credit (ERC) withdrawal process. This initiative is designed to assist employers who filed an ERC claim but have concerns about its accuracy due to pressure or misleading advice from ERC marketers or promoters. The new withdrawal option […]
MassCPAs 2023 Women’s Leadership Summit
On October 26th, 2023, AAFCPAs had the pleasure of celebrating our very own, Courtney McFarland, CPA at the MassCPAs Women’s Leadership Summit! Congratulations to Courtney McFarland, CPA, and alumna Amanda Pelcher, CPA, on their well-deserved honors! We are incredibly proud of both of you!!
Courtney McFarland Selected for MassCPAs’ Women to Watch Award
Boston, MA (October 9, 2023)—AAFCPAs, a preeminent 300+ employee CPA and consulting firm specializing in tax, assurance, accounting, wealth management, business process and IT advisory solutions, is pleased to announce that Courtney McFarland, CPA, MSA, 340B ACE, Partner has been selected as recipient of the 15th Annual MassCPAs Women to Watch Award in the Experienced […]
Best and Worst Practices in Nonprofit Finance
During AAFCPAs’ recent Nonprofit Educational Seminar (April 2023), leaders in our Managed Accounting & Advisory Solutions practice provided more than 400 attendees with a behind the scenes glimpse into some of the best and worst practices in nonprofit financial operations. The session included insight, thoughts, and recommendations from Joyce Ripianzi, CPA, Lauren M. Duplin, CPA, […]
IRS Halts ERC Claims and Urges Vigilance to Combat Fraud
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that, as of September 14, 2023, the IRS has ordered an immediate halt to new Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims in an effort to curtail a surge in scams. This move is set to affect all businesses taking or thinking about taking credits. The moratorium extends through the […]
Staying Ahead of Healthcare Reimbursement Reforms
As you may know, the nation’s healthcare reimbursement model is pivoting from one that incentivizes the number of visits provided to one that rewards health outcomes of patient populations instead. While some payors have already made this switch, we are seeing a significant trend in the marketplace for public and private payors to shift reimbursement […]
Reconciliation of Wrap Payments
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware, effective January 1, 2022, Massachusetts Medicaid (MassHealth) launched an alternative payment methodology (APM) for Community Health Centers who are licensed as a freestanding clinic and not financially or physically an integral part of a hospital. Under the APM, there is a quarterly wrap reconciliation completed by MassHealth which […]
Clients Having Success Reassessing Employee Retention Credit
Many of AAFCPAs’ clients are having success reassessing their eligibility for the Employee Retention Tax Credit. “IRS anticipates that approximately 70%-80% of small and medium businesses (as well as tens of thousands of charities) were good candidates for taking the ERC,” according to Forbes.com. “The reality is, to date the actual numbers of businesses and […]
Watch Now: 340B Pharmacy Program Compliance
AAFCPAs’ Healthcare Practice leaders Courtney McFarland, CPA, 340B ACE and Pauline Legor, CPA, in collaboration with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (The League), presented this educational 340B Drug Pricing Program Compliance webinar, recorded live on July 27, 2022. This educational webinar highlights hot topics surrounding management and compliance of 340B in-house and contract pharmacies, including: How […]