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November 20, 2008 4:38 PM
Pertinent tax strategies for individual taxpayers include based on President-elect Obama's Tax Agenda include: Long-Term Capital Gains- Discuss with your financial advisor the selling of...more
November 20, 2008 4:35 PM
While only a few of President-elect Obama's proposed tax changes affect the business directly, many of the proposed changes affect the shareholders and owners of the business. Corporate Dividends...more
November 19, 2008 4:31 PM
President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to cut taxes for the middle class, increase taxes on higher-income taxpayers, and lower corporate tax rates. Certainly, Obama’s proposals make tax planning...more
November 5, 2008 3:25 PM
The thought of preparing a budget or projecting profits and losses probably doesn’t fill you with a sense of anticipation. While you may have an informal budget in mind, a formal, well-prepared...more
October 25, 2008 3:00 PM
Is there a benefit in the recent downturn in the stock market and the resulting decrease in the value of your IRA? Probably not, but the situation increases the attractiveness of converting the...more
October 20, 2008 1:09 PM
It appears that the recent credit crisis is pushing us into a global recession. Many economists feel that this economic downturn could last a year. Visit C&G's 17 starting points to help you begin to assess your current financial condition and rethink your business plan in response to economic challenges. more
October 15, 2008 4:42 PM
In today’s business environment, we continually hear about regulations, best practices, oversight, accountability, codes of conduct, and establishing good corporate governance. There is a strong...more
October 10, 2008 1:55 PM
On October 3, 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was signed into law. The rescue plan is designed to restore liquidity to the financial markets. At the same time, it includes...more
October 4, 2008 9:48 AM
On October 3, 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was signed into law. While the headline-maker relates to the bail-out of the financial markets, over 100 tax provisions are...more
September 12, 2008 12:40 PM
Paul Rodrigues, our Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), recently participated in a roundtable on fraud facilitated by The Business Journal of Milwaukee, where two other industry experts joined him...more
September 10, 2008 10:49 AM
With year-end planning quickly approaching, keep in mind that additional bonus depreciation is back. Section 179 expense limits were also increased for 2008. The Economic Stimulus Act reinstated...more
September 4, 2008 10:43 AM
Recession, tighter credit, loan covenants, commodity prices, surcharges, business inefficiencies and inadequacies—are these issues that keep you up at night? If so, your company could benefit from an...more
August 29, 2008 10:40 AM
Data backups have traditionally been performed using two technologies: tape drives and file-based backup software. There are problems with these technologies that have caused alternative technologies...more
August 20, 2008 11:31 AM
Positive Pay, a cash management service offered by many banks, is designed to detect and minimize check fraud. The process is relatively simple: a company sends its bank a list of checks issued each...more
July 17, 2008 11:30 AM
Have you, as the owner of a company, been limited in the ability to defer the maximum amount of 401(k) contributions into your own account? Are you not able to take advantage of deferring up to...more
July 1, 2008 11:20 AM
As computing power continues to double every 18 months on average, new technologies with far-reaching impact on how servers and networks are designed are now available. Once solely available for the...more
June 15, 2008 12:57 PM
We strongly recommend that those companies who have an outside Board of Directors form an audit committee as a subset of that Board. If your company does not have an outside board of directors you...more
June 5, 2008 11:15 AM
We assist customers with addressing the following basic security issues on a regular basis. Please call us today at 262-522-8226 for more information. Get Patched Run all security updates from...more
May 29, 2008 10:58 AM
The Small Business Administration (SBA) considers a change in ownership to be a “new” business because it will result in new, unproven ownership/management and increased debt unrelated to business...more
May 15, 2008 10:40 AM
CGK is pleased to announce the addition of Terry Wacker, who will lead CGK's manufacturing, logistics and engineering consulting business. Manufacturers are facing tough challenges; with increased...more
April 25, 2008 3:55 PM
The most common method of misappropriating funds from the payroll is the overpayment of wages. In companies that use time clocks to collect timekeeping information, payroll fraud is relatively...more
April 22, 2008 3:53 PM
C&G offers a turnkey budgeting service. One component of the service features Sage Active Planner software to streamline your budgeting process. Businesses benefit from Sage Active Planner because it...more
April 15, 2008 3:51 PM
In the age of ever-increasing reliance on information, there are serious risks to running a business without a comprehensive technology use policy. Employees may sue the business if they are offended...more
April 8, 2008 9:12 AM
More and more business owners are taking advantage of a financial tool known as a recapitalization or “recap,” for short. Could a recap work for you?
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April 3, 2008 1:39 PM
With the tightening credit market and downturn in many industries, more businesses need a financial budget to serve as a map, a tool to gauge the financial performance of their companies year to year, month to month, and day to day.
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April 2, 2008 12:58 PM
According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the most common explanation for criminal activity, in general, and internal fraud, in particular, is the accused's attempt to achieve equity. more
April 1, 2008 12:53 PM
C&G recently joined the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center, a national community of CPA firms that promotes employee benefit plan audit quality. more
February 28, 2008 9:00 AM
Microsoft's latest desktop operating system, Windows Vista, has been among the slowest to be adopted by business users. Many IT experts (including C&G Consulting) and businesses have been waiting for...more
February 25, 2008 9:00 AM
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 package was signed into law on February 13, 2008. The Act provides benefits for individual taxpayers through rebate checks and significant incentives for businesses to invest in industrial and business equipment purchases.more
January 2, 2008 9:00 AM
 Paul A. Rodrigues has joined the firm as a Principal. Rodrigues, a licensed CPA with a Masters Degree in Taxation, brings his 20 years of experience in construction, real estate, litigation and forensic accounting to Chortek & Gottschalk. Additionally, he is working to acquire his certification as a Fraud Examiner.
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December 15, 2007 9:00 AM
Noffke Tree Farms of Mequon, a firm client for many years, was the drop-off point for 10 area Christmas tree growers donating 200 Wisconsin-grown trees to the Trees for Troops program. A large FedEx...more
December 1, 2007 9:15 AM
The Federal Community Renewal Tax Relief Act was passed to encourage public-private collaboration to generate economic development in 40 distressed communities around the country. As a result of this...more
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