January 26, 2024

Take Five #061: Seriously sound advice from a boring business buyer, and more

Take Five #061: Seriously sound advice from a boring business buyer, and more

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Take Five #061: Seriously sound advice from a boring business buyer, and more

1. Life, death, and business: how a CEO’s close call sparked a perspective shift

2. Who doesn’t love tax tips? There are a few in here you might not know.

3. Some seriously sound advice from a boring business buyer

Business investor-influencer Codie Sanchez covers her background, contrarian investing concepts, creating multiple income streams, and way more in this insightful, info-packed interview with the Young and Profiting Podcast’s Hala Taha.

4. 8 game-changing AI Chrome extensions

5. Employee Retention Credit (ERC) scams are holding up business deals

Advertisements by third-party bad actors promoting the credit persisted, and faulty employee retention credit claims became so prevalent that in March, the IRS put the employee retention credit on its “Dirty Dozen” list of scams.

The issue of false or incorrectly claimed credits has begun to bleed into the world of mergers and acquisitions, prolonging deals and creating more hours of due diligence work.

On this week’s episode of Talking Tax, Bloomberg Tax reporter Lauren Vella sits down with Jenn McCabe, a partner at Armanino LLP, to hear about the fallout from what was meant as a pandemic rescue plan.

Listen to the full podcast episode here.

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