by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Manufacturing & Distribution
As smartphones (iPhone, BlackBerry) and tablets (iPad and Kindle Fire) become more popular, employees are increasingly asking if they can use their own devices for work. Whether employees use these devices for work full-time or just to take work home to check email...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Manufacturing & Distribution
Is your business taking full advantage of the Domestic Production Activities deduction? This deduction – which can be as much as 9 percent of your U.S.-based business activity profit – is available to virtually every small business in the manufacturing industry. A...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Manufacturing & Distribution
When a recession hits, it may be tempting to slash departments and costs seen as nonessential. Marketing comes to mind. So do research and development. After all, who knows if your R&D investments will ever pay off once they do make it to market? R&D Activity...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Manufacturing & Distribution
Employee stock ownership plans – ESOPs – are tax-advantaged employee benefit plans designed by Congress to allow the purchase of private company shares to encourage employee ownership. ESOPs work well for companies to encourage employee ownership and for companies...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Manufacturing & Distribution
Am I allowed to monitor my employees’ off-duty behavior and fire an employee because of it? Chances are that most managers have wondered about some form of this question. The behaviors might include drinking, smoking, working for a political party or candidate, using...
by apexcpas | Jul 3, 2018 | Manufacturing & Distribution
Manufacturers attempting to optimize investment and profit created the concept of lean manufacturing. Going beyond the definition of waste as excess or ruined materials, lean manufacturing evaluates process flow and the productivity of people and machinery. Inventory...