The IRS will audit hundreds of thousands of individual tax returns this year. Although that represents but a small percentage of all returns filed, this is little consolation if your return is among those selected for audit. But with proper preparation and planning, you should fare well. The purpose of...
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Year-end financial planning is always a relevant topic come December, but it is especially important to consider this year with the uncertainty relating to numerous tax increases scheduled to go into effect on January 1st if Congress does not act to prevent them. Not only will individual tax rates go...
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Copeland Buhl & Company prefers to be proactive in tax planning with our clients. This year, planning is a bigger challenge because unless Congress acts, the Bush-era tax cuts expire at the end of 2012, meaning large tax increases for some clients. Among the changes scheduled to take effect in 2013...
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August 27, 2012 by Staff
As you plan for your next financial statement audit, there are changes in auditing standards that may impact your engagement. Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) Nos. 122-125 (referred to as the Clarified Auditing Standards) introduce some changes that go into effect for financial statement audits for periods ending on or...
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April 18, 2012 by Staff
Being an accounting firm we maintain a lot of confidential information. We take securing this data very seriously. Copeland Buhl employs current firewall and unified threat management solutions. Reports from these devices are regularly monitored, and suspicious activity dealt with. Regularly systems are scanned for vulnerabilities or potential misconfiguration. To protect client data,...
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