Providing expert business insights, regulation updates, and savvy financial solutions.

Pinion Insights

Grow Your Business

Are You Ready for a Growth Spurt?

By K·Coe Editorial | October 17, 2019
, , , ,
Reading Time: 2 minutes
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” – James Cash Penney Every business faces its share of challenges. Some are beyond our control, such as economic uncertainty, declines in customer spending, and regulatory factors. Other challenges encompass the creative innovation, development, and marketing …

Read moreAre You Ready for a Growth Spurt?

Cyber Scams

Scary Cyber Scams

By K·Coe Editorial | October 7, 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutes
October brings promise of candy corn, bright orange pumpkins, and trick-or-treaters delivering happy fright on Halloween night.  October also symbolizes the month to recognize another type of fright – perhaps the most monstrous fright lurking and circling your business:  the attack of the cyber scams and cyber criminals. This very …

Read moreScary Cyber Scams

Missouri Bankers Association

Missouri Banks to Undergo Positive Tax Law Changes for 2020

By K·Coe Editorial | October 7, 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Tax year 2020 will bring several positive changes for Missouri banks.  Senate Bills 884 and 769 (taking effect January 1, 2020), and Senate Bill 174 (took effect August 28, 2019), all could potentially affect your bank in big ways.  Tax law changes can be tedious to decipher, so we’ve highlighted …

Read moreMissouri Banks to Undergo Positive Tax Law Changes for 2020

strategic business consulting

Alternative Compensation Plans: How Paying Employees without Money Pays Off

By K·Coe Editorial | September 27, 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s businesses are seeking creative, new ways to establish or maintain a competitive advantage and secure performance goals, but without the drain on precious cash flow delivered in the traditional forms of bonuses, spot awards, and profit-sharing funds, introducing alternative compensation plans. Why? For some businesses, it’s a matter of …

Read moreAlternative Compensation Plans: How Paying Employees without Money Pays Off

Getting Ahead of Carbon Regulation: 4 Action Items for Businesses

Getting Ahead of Carbon Regulation: 4 Action Items for Businesses

By Pinion Editorial | September 23, 2019
, , , ,
Reading Time: 2 minutes
With the intent to deliver practical actions to address global greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit is underway in New York.  This year’s summit is garnering significant media attention, in part because many young climate activists from across the globe are voicing their concerns over …

Read moreGetting Ahead of Carbon Regulation: 4 Action Items for Businesses

Business Tax Alert: IRS Issued Final Regs on New Depreciation Deduction

Business Tax Alert: IRS Issued Final Regs on New Depreciation Deduction

By K·Coe Editorial | September 19, 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Through the release of the final regulations under section 168(k) which define the new 100% depreciation deduction provisions, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have provided clarity and new provisions beyond what was proposed in August 2018. What businesses need to know about the new 100% additional first …

Read moreBusiness Tax Alert: IRS Issued Final Regs on New Depreciation Deduction

Categories