Let's start today with a couple questions I've been getting here at Edward M. Gardner PC CPA from our Harris County small business clients about the second round of the PPP, and some of the new provisions of the recent bill that affect businesses.If I received the...

Quick Summary: What Smart Accounting For Small Businesses Looks Like In 2025Call your tax advisor before making financial moves to avoid missed deductions or costly surprises. You need modern, integrated tools to stay compliant (and audit-ready) in 2025. The...

There's this idea out there among many wannabe Harris County business owners that they have to come up with the next completely fresh idea in order to have a great business. Shows like Shark Tank (which I love) go towards creating this kind of mindset -- although the...

With all the floods, fires, hurricanes, and other events that happened in 2019, it turned out to have been a very expensive year for natural disasters.Then...2020 rolled in and said, “Wait until you see what I’ve got!”For decades, a little-known federal loan program...

Less than two weeks remain until the 2024 presidential election. While Elon Musk is making headlines with his million-dollar-a-day prize for swing-state voters (sign a petition, become a millionaire — interesting tactic and a possibly illegal one)... what you...

Firstly, we are barrelling towards the March 15th deadline for corporate tax returns. There's a good chance that we'll just put you right on extension, but if you have anything you need for us to know about your situation, please do let us know...

Your employees are happy, right? They’re never going to leave you ... right?They’re not looking for another Harris County job ... uh ... right?You know what the answers are: Maybe, wrong, and I sure hope not.Sooner or later, the advantage will swing back to you, the...

During the first Super Bowl that Tom Brady won (with the Patriots), these were some of the companies who advertised (hat tip to Jon Erlichman of Bloomberg):AOLBlockbusterRadio ShackCircuit CityCompUSASearsHotJobsYahooVoiceStream WirelessGateway ComputersThe year was...

You might have seen some rumors on this already, but I wanted to help make everything clear for you...A few weeks back I told you that there were some tax professional rumors circulating about “automatic PPP loan forgiveness” for loans under $150K. Remember that?Well,...

Feeling the strain of tightening things up and trying to stay one step ahead of whatever’s coming next? You’re in good company – because this kind of pressure isn’t new.Sam Walton didn’t have deep pockets or a fancy MBA. But he did have a knack for thinking a few...