Insights by Author: Crystal Knepler, CPA

Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals

November 19, 2024

As we approach 2025, future tax policy is bracing for change in the coming years. With…

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Key Tax Considerations for Real Estate Investors in 2024

March 11, 2024

Amid the backdrop of market realignment, higher interest rates, and shifting workplace habits, investors remain cautiously…

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2023 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals

November 10, 2023

As the 2023 tax season winds down, it’s time to take a closer look at year-end…

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2022 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals

November 11, 2022

While 2022 started out with some uncertainty about potential tax law changes, very few of the…

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Stimulus Payments Being Sent as Visa Debit Cards

May 25, 2020

The Internal Revenue Service has been distributing Economic Impact Payments to taxpayers across the nation since…

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Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses

November 22, 2019

The first year of filing under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is in…

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Top 5 Real Estate Accounting Mistakes

August 7, 2019

Even some of the savviest real estate brokers can get trapped in the most common accounting…

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IRS Audits Decline for Millionaires and Large Businesses

April 30, 2019

IRS audits of wealthy taxpayers and big business are on the downtick, reaching record lows in…

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2014 Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses

It is that time of year to start thinking about your year-end tax planning. Let's dive into a ...
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2014 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals

It's hard to believe that we are getting towards the end of another year, but with ...
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Bonnie Zappacosta Receives 40 Under 40 Award

Congratulations to BPW's Marketing Manager, Bonnie Zappacosta, who was recently named one of the 2014 40 ...
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The Tax Reform Act of 2014’s Effect on Nonprofits

In early 2014, Dave Camp, U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, unveiled ...
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Phone Scams Continue

It is important to us at BPW to keep our clients and community apprised of not only important industry ...
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CA Partial Sales and Use Tax Exemption

As a way to encourage economic growth in California, a new tax law recently went into ...
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Targeted Partnership Allocations on the Rise

When working with partnership formation agreements for traditional partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, it has become ...
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The IC-DISC: How Your Foreign Sales Can Save You Tax

If your business exports goods that are made or grown in the United States or performs ...
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Regulations Released for Estate and Trust Deductions

The IRS has issued final regulations as to which costs incurred by non-grantor trusts and estates ...
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Converged Standard on Revenue Recognition Released by FASB and IASB

After many years of collaboration, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards ...
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A Major Change in the Rules of IRA Rollovers

With a recent ruling by the United States Tax Court (the Court), there is now a ...
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