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What Drives Business Value?

What Drives Business Value?

  What Drives the Value of a Business? When seeking to grow, expand, or sell their businesses, owners often seek an opinion of value. At Diligentiam, we perform numerous valuations for firms seeking to obtain financing or attract investment for these purposes; however, we find that many business owners are unaware of the pillars of …

Tax Court Ruling Strengthens R&D Credit for Architects

Tax Court Ruling Strengthens R&D Credit for Architects

Tax Court Ruling Strengthens R&D Credit for Architects A recent Tax Court case has given architecture firms more ammunition in substantiating R&D Tax Credit claims. In Populous Holdings v Commissioner, the Court ruled in support of the taxpayer’s R&D Credit Claim for building design projects. In recent years, the architecture industry has been increasingly accessing …

IC-DISC: Exploring one of the most underutilized parts of the tax code.

IC-DISC: Exploring one of the most underutilized parts of the tax code.

The current economic situation has brought international trade to the forefront of discussion. This provides a perfect opportunity to review one of the most underutilized tax strategies tailored to generate large savings for U.S. exporters, the IC-DISC. By utilizing what is called an interest charge domestic international sales corporation (IC-DISC) to sell products abroad, U.S. …

CARES Act Offers New Net Operating Loss Rules to Help Businesses

CARES Act Offers New Net Operating Loss Rules to Help Businesses

While the Paycheck Protection Program and EIDL loans garnered a majority of the attention from the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a major step to repeal net operating loss (NOL) restrictions has flown under the radar. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) passed in 2017 put a limitation on losses that …

COVID-19 UPDATE: Where Can Small Business Seek Help?

COVID-19 UPDATE: Where Can Small Business Seek Help?

There is no question about it that the coronavirus (COVID-19) shock has had devastating effects on our economy; the likes of which, we have never witnessed. New travel restrictions, shelter-in-place orders, and social distancing measures have left business owners scrambling to figure out how to run their company with diminished to zero cash flow. These …

When is Reorganization and Restructuring Not a Good Idea?

When is Reorganization and Restructuring Not a Good Idea?

What company can’t use a little reorganization and restructuring once in a while? Reorganizing and restructuring a company is done by taking the individual components apart and seeing how they work as a whole. Only by finding the glitches that are hidden within a company’s operations can you work to overcome them one step at …

Choosing a Workers Compensation Coverage Plan for Your Company

Choosing a Workers Compensation Coverage Plan for Your Company

Choosing a Workers Compensation Coverage Plan for Your Company Workers’ compensation coverage is a type of insurance that is meant to protect your company or business. For an employee to claim workers compensation, they do not have to prove that you the employer were negligent. All they have to show is that they were injured …

5 Ways You Can Restructure Your Business Plan to Reduce Insurance Costs

5 Ways You Can Restructure Your Business Plan to Reduce Insurance Costs

5 Ways You Can Restructure Your Business Plan to Reduce Insurance Costs Insurance is a necessary evil for any business. Although it can be highly costly, in some instances, if you aren’t fully insured and left vulnerable to something disastrous happening, the consequences can be dire. It might behoove you to have a risk analysis …

Cost Segregation: Finding Cash Hidden Within Your Walls

Cost Segregation: Finding Cash Hidden Within Your Walls

Cost Segregation: Finding Cash Hidden Within Your Walls If you have purchased, own, or have made improvements to a building; a cost segregation study may allow you to unleash money hidden within your building’s walls. Cost segregation is a tax mechanism that allows you to accelerate the depreciation on your building or building’s improvements. By …

Dilligentium’s Guide to How Merging Businesses Eliminates Overhead

Dilligentium’s Guide to How Merging Businesses Eliminates Overhead

Are you ready to merge with or acquire another business? Mergers and acquisitions come with a lot of advantages for both the original entities and for the new business. All of these advantages will ultimately benefit your bottom line. With this guide to merging businesses, you’ll see how your new merger or acquisition will help …

Recognizing the Hidden Liabilities of a Potential Asset with Diligentiam

Recognizing the Hidden Liabilities of a Potential Asset with Diligentiam

Often, the liabilities of a potential asset are obvious and directly stated like debts and loan payments. Learning how to recognize hidden asset liabilities is a little more difficult. However, failure to disclose asset buyer liabilities often leads to a lawsuit for the seller, making the discovery of liabilities a top priority before finalizing a …

Diligentiam’s Strategies for Reducing Insurance Costs

Diligentiam’s Strategies for Reducing Insurance Costs

When it comes to the growth of your business, reducing insurance costs plays a vital role. Unfortunately, many businesses fail to consider strategies for this. However, learning how to reduce insurance costs can lower your business expenses, improving your overall budget. Primarily, it’s crucial that you research the best ways to reduce business insurance costs. …

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