Growing to accommodate the changing landscape of Northeastern Ohio businesses, S&T Bank has expanded their locations and services to partner with local business owners. Steve Hendricks from S&T Bank joins Chuck and Brittany today to discuss how business owners should choose a smart bank for their business and how to set up for success. Using …
Chuck & Brittany are joined today by Keri Zipay, business retention and expansion specialist for the City of Beachwood. Keri discusses how Beachwood has grown their community by attracting, and keeping, prominent businesses to drive economic change. Keri shares trends from local businesses, including shared workspaces and the need for local food trucks. And which …
Article #3 in the New Business Owner Series By Toby Kaye, CPA/ABV | Manager, Tax As a business owner, you will always be juggling multiple priorities. Regardless of the situation in your business, your attention must be laser-focused on your target market. Helping your customers is the reason you entered the business. You must understand them …
CANTON, Ohio – (August 26, 2019) – Apple Growth Partners (AGP), award-winning accounting and business advisory firm, has expanded the Canton leadership team with a new senior tax manager. Leif Erickson, CPA, MTax, joins AGP with an extensive background in public accounting. With 17 years of experience in both public and industry diversified tax experience, …
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By Logan Jaworski | Associate, Tax As we await the smoke to clear from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), Ohio has just passed changes of their own for the 2019 tax year. For tax years 2016 and forward, Ohio Rev. Code Section 5747.01(B) allowed anyone who reports income from a pass-through …
Kicking off a new focus on local entrepreneurs, Chuck & Brittany are joined today by Brian Krusz, co-founder of Sgt. Clean’s Car Wash. Brian and his team grew his company’s revenue by 760% in just four years, while expanding to five locations in Northeastern Ohio. Brian discusses his entrepreneurial spirit began when he was a …
Before You Start: Understand Yourself and Your Current Situation By Toby Kaye, CPA/ABV | Manager, Tax A mentor of mine would often tell me, “always keep the end in mind.” Proactive planning is a good recommendation. The stakes are much greater when it comes to succession planning. As soon as the entrepreneur starts a business, …
By Toby Kaye, CPA/ABV | Manager, Tax Congratulations! You have recently conceived your big idea to launch a new business and secured initial funding to get started. You are excited to work hard to build your dream into reality. Passionate in their mission. Taking risks. Resilience under pressure. I love listening to entrepreneurs talk about …
You go to the doctor for a check-up every year, shouldn’t your business do the same? Our very own chairman emeritus Dave Gaino joins us today to discuss his industry-leading Healthy Growth Checkup®, a comprehensive overview critical for all business owners. Dave tells us what led him to create this ground-breaking service and how his …
Stimulating developments have occurred recently to reestablish important tax deductions for small business owners in Ohio. Early in June: The Ohio House of Representatives passed their version of a state budget, including an increase of $1.2 billion in business taxes. The House budget cuts personal income tax rates by 6.6% but switched tax burden to …
