Industry
How to Identify Areas of Improvement within Processes and Systems?
Whether caused by external forces like the pandemic or internal shifts at a specific company, there is a renewed focus on operational efficiencies. Your employee resources may be consistently frustrated by challenges such as: Extensive manual data manipulation in Excel Lack of reporting functionality in your system Information maintained in multiple systems Difficulty gaining cooperation, […]
AAFCPAs’ Cannabis Practice Leaders Join NECANN-Boston Programming Schedule
AAFCPAs has been selected to present two educational workshops at NECANN Boston 2023 (The New England Cannabis Convention) scheduled for March 10-12th at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston. AAFCPAs’ Cannabis Practice has also signed on as a Sponsor for the Convention, aka “THE Annual Meeting of the East Coast Cannabis Industry!” Entrance to Exit for […]
GASB: Subscription-Based Information Technology Arrangements
AAFCPAs would like to remind entities following government accounting rules, including clients in the Charter School industry as well as other quasi-governmental organizations, of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 96, Subscription Based Information Technology Arrangements, which is required to be adopted in FY 2023. GASB 96 applies to all subscription-based information technology arrangements […]
Should Cannabis Operators Prepare for Federalization in 2023? Not so fast…
The Administration took bold steps last year that signaled an openness to federalizing cannabis. Plenty of speculation has followed, and it seems clear that the federal market could open soon. My perspective is that 2023 is not the year, and probably not 2024 either. Federal legalization is on the horizon, though, and operators should build […]
2022 HSN Supplemental Payments
AAFCPAs would like to make FQHC clients aware, as part of the Massachusetts Economic Growth and Relief Act of 2022, $20,000,000 was allocated to the Health Safety Net (HSN) Trust Fund for community health centers or hospital-licensed health centers (health centers) participating in the MassHealth program. Payments were to be made to the health centers […]
McManus Weighs in on Cannabis in 2023
Cannabis Regulator (January 23rd, 2023) – Interview: What Does 2023 Hold for Cannabis Companies? The legal cannabis industry remains fluid and growing as we head into a new year. Two more states approved recreational laws on Election Day 2022, expanding the map where marijuana is legal…
Guidance: CECL Standard for CDFIs
The long-awaited Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Standard, Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 – Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326) will be effective for nonpublic business entities and not-for-profit entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. This means CECL will be effective for the calendar year 2023 reporting period and fiscal year 2024 for off-year […]
Affordable Housing Sponsors Approaching LIHTC Property Transitions
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, enacted in 1987, has been paramount for financing the construction and rehabilitation of properties in low-income communities. The credits are claimed by the investor over a period of 10 years, with a 15-year Federal compliance period. Additionally, there is an overall 30-year restricted use-period with the state housing […]
AAFCPAs Invests in Solution to Streamline Indirect Tax Compliance
Boston (December 9, 2022) – AAFCPAs, a leading CPA and Consulting firm based in New England, today announced its recent strategic partnership with Synexus Tax Solutions, to help clients simplify and streamline state tax compliance. AAFCPAs now combines our years of tax expertise with new state-of-the art technology to deliver multistate indirect tax compliance so […]