Sassetti announces the promotions of Shawn Carter to Senior Manager, Korina Carrillo to Manager, and Johnathan Bollas to Senior. Each brings with them a unique skill set, and the firm is excited to enter a new chapter with these gifted individuals.
Due to the lapse in appropriations that began midnight December 22, 2018, the federal government is in its fifth week of a partial shutdown, which includes much of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Indeed, although the IRS is working with a skeleton staff of excepted employees, most employees are not working during the shutdown. While…
Recently, Izabela Poludniak, a senior audit manager here at Sassetti LLC, put out a great blog post which delves deeply into the subject of how donors can be more conscious of where they direct their charitable dollars. I highly encourage you to go back and read her post. For part 2, I’d like to focus…
One of the first things I learned when I started my career in accounting is that numbers don’t lie. But they also don’t tell the whole story. In the case of a for-profit business, years of losses can speak to years of inefficiencies, OR years of research and innovation that will yield exponentially larger future…
Normally, in my life, I try to plan things out in advance. I always have tasks marked on my calendar or my to-do list, and try to be prepared for what may be around the corner. This is probably the case with most accountants, and of course is true for the regulatory bodies that create…
Pick a hat, any hat. It might sound like a game of chance to some, but for small business owners (including me) it’s a daily decision that has to be made, usually many times a day. Small business owners are often simultaneously the CFO, CEO, HR Manager, Payroll Manager, Bookkeeper, and Janitor. Not to mention…
Fall has always been one of my favorite times of year. The smells, the leaves, and a full docket of sports including football, hockey, basketball and baseball playoffs. It is also busy season for those of us who work with not-for-profit organizations. Most people probably assume that accountants will always be the busiest in the…
While many people have heard of Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s) there are many who are eligible and yet have not set up an HSA. In the last few years, more and more people have become eligible for an HSA, as employers strive to shift the cost of health insurance to employees. To be eligible, you…
