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American Rescue Plan Act

Much like the 1984 hit musical number “It’s Raining Men”, Minnesota local governments and school districts may be noticing that it’s raining money.  Amidst the waves of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) signed into law March 27, 2020 and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA…
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Minnesota Creates New State Tax Option for Pass-through Entities

The 2022-2023 Minnesota State Budget signed into law by Governor Tim Walz included a major change for pass-through entities. House File 9 (HF 9) created an election that will allow pass-through entities to pay state and local level taxes on the entity's Minnesota tax return rather than the individual partner/shareholder's tax return. Minnesota's new pass-through…
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Eligible Businesses: Claim the Employee Retention Tax Credit

The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is a valuable tax break that was extended and modified by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), enacted in March of 2021. Here’s a rundown of the rules. Background Back in March of 2020, Congress originally enacted the ERTC in the CARES Act to encourage employers to hire and…
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Are your company’s job descriptions pulling their weight?

At many businesses, job descriptions have it easy. They were “hired” (that is, written) many years ago. They haven’t had to change or do anything, really, besides get copied and pasted into a want ad occasionally. They’re not really good at what they do, but they’re used again and again because everyone assumes they’re just…
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