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Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017

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Tax Cuts & Jobs Act: Wealth Management Advisers Urge Action Before 2025Lock Icon

Many provisions of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire at the end of 2025, so wealth management advisers are telling high-asset clients to act now. read more >
Business Services / Government & Politics / Investments

Is the Pass-Through Entity Tax Right for You? (Commentary)

In 2022, businesses have their first opportunity to pay the Arkansas pass-through entity tax (PET) rather than passing the state income tax obligation through to its owners. read more >
The Biden administration says the American Jobs Plan will invest about 1% of GDP per year over eight years to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure.
Construction / Government & Politics / Transportation

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Attracts Criticism

President Joe Biden announced his administration’s $2.3 trillion plan for infrastructure investments March 31. As one might expect, a great many people found fault with it. read more >
President Joe Biden addresses the nation last Thursday, marking one year since the nation began feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Banking & Finance / Education / Government & Politics

‘Hold the Phone’ (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)

Republicans make a big distinction between spending and cutting taxes, but it’s a distinction without a difference when the money has to be borrowed either way. read more >
Dancor Transit of Van Buren saw a drop in freight prices and an increase in insurance prices last year. Then COVID-19 upended the world.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Health Care

Truckers Seeking Bankruptcy Amid COVID-19 ‘Cataclysm’

Dan Bearden’s Van Buren trucking company had been struggling with soaring insurance rates and falling freight prices since last year. Then the pandemic struck like a meteor. read more >
An electric arc furnace at Big River Steel’s Flex Mill near Osceola. Since the mill opened, it has provided hundreds of jobs and a big boost to the local economy.
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Biggest Deals of 2019 See Values Plummet 85%

The value of big deals in Arkansas plummeted 85% in 2019 compared with the previous year, dropping to $7.9 billion compared with a stratospheric $53.9 billion in 2018. read more >
Business Services / Education / Government & Politics

Charities: Use Care in Discussing Tax Deductions (Josh Simer Commentary)

For public charities receiving donations from individual donors, now is a good time to review the language used to describe the tax consequences of these donations. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Education / Government & Politics

Nonprofits See Hints Tax Law Has Cut Giving

Nonprofit executives in Arkansas and beyond can’t say for sure if changes to the federal tax code in 2017 caused a drop in giving in 2018. But they didn’t help. read more >
Randy Zook, president and CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas, argues that increasing the minimum wage too quickly will eventually take a toll of jobs and particularly hurt small businesses.
Business Services / Government & Politics / Nonprofits

The Wages of Raising the Bare MinimumLock Icon

As the minimum wage for Arkansas is raised, the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Arkansas Hospitality Association fear increasing costs. read more >
Daniel Hintz, left, of Velocity Group and Paul Esterer of Newmark Moses Tucker Partners think downtown Springdale could see a quicker revival as an Opportunity Zone.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Government & Politics

Springdale Hopes Opportunity StrikesLock Icon

Daniel Hintz knows about revitalizing a city’s downtown area and believes a new federal tax program could be just the ticket for Springdale’s budding efforts. read more >
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing / Small Business

Marginally Acceptable (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)

We’re never going to find a tax structure that suits everyone — this is the essential tension of governing. But any honest discussion would have to start with this: Taxation isn’t child’s play. read more >
Marsha Moffitt 
Executive Director of the Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Education

Marsha Moffitt Looking for Future CPAs Down for the Count

Marsha Moffitt, the chief of the Arkansas Society of CPAs, says more guidance is needed from the IRS on last year’s tax laws overhaul. read more >
Brian Thompson, a Little Rock CPA, has reconsidered his initial views on whether tax pros will suffer as itemization falls and filers embrace a higher standard deduction.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Government & Politics

Higher Standard: Will New Deduction Rules Hit Arkansas Tax Pros?Lock Icon

Doing your own taxes can be like changing your own motor oil, Little Rock CPA Brian Thompson says. Even if it’s simple, it can be a mess. read more >
Government & Politics / Legal

Nonprofits and Tax Reform (Katie Watson Bingham Commentary)

The 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act will have a significant impact on individuals, businesses and nonprofits, but the latter may experience the most negative effects. read more >
Sonya Murphy, CEO of Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock, is waiting to see what effect changes in the tax code might have on charitable giving.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Government & Politics

Arkansas Nonprofits Hold Breath For Year-EndLock Icon

As a result of changes to the federal tax code, donations to charities are expected to fall by $13.1 billion annually in the United States, according to a May 2017 study by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. read more >