A last-ditch effort to restore tax write-offs for research costs -- including software engineers' salaries -- appears dead on arrival in the Senate. Politics is preventing a deal from getting done, despite several GOP Senators wanting to provide more tax…
Budgeting and Forecasting
The high taxes, onerous regulations and quality-of-life woes of doing business in blue states is taking a toll on small business owners (SBOs). Fact: 40% of employers in California are actively looking to move, while another 27% wish they could,…
After years of investing in and touting sustainability, three of the largest financial asset owners in the world are taking their ball and going home. A global task force that aims to phase out fossil fuels and boost renewable green…
"Everything we look at says that we're probably going into very slow growth in 2024 - probably not a recession," said Dan North, a senior economist for North America at Allianz Trade, an insurance and business intelligence company specializing in…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the generally agreed-upon value of commercial real estate has dropped 35%. We think it's a good bet the true drop in value is even worse. Take a recent CRE deal that painted an…
The 1,000-ton elephant squeezing everyone out of the room is now front and center in the minds of business owners and finance executives. The top worry is no longer "interest rates" or "the talent gap" or "inflation" or "China." The…
As 2023 rings to a close, let's take a look back at the stories finance professionals wanted to know about the most. These are the most clicked-on, read and shared ResourcefulFinancePro stories of the past year. We hope you enjoy…
Could entrepreneurs and businesses recoup billions of dollars in taxes paid after Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017? A case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court starting this week will answer that question. SCOTUS is…
Does it seem like the prices you're paying for products and services are going down? Or at the very least, not shooting up like we saw from late 2021 through the early months of 2023? It's not your imagination. Annual…
Governments keep pouring money into renewable green energy. Investment gurus tout its long-term benefits. But when Old Man Winter comes, will solar, wind and the like be there to keep the electricity running? Some folks are betting against it. Like…
Even though you may still be working on your organization's salary increase budget for next year, you should be aware that research is projecting that your peers will be decreasing their budgets compared to 2023. When 1,200 organizations were asked…
Your CFO peers are dealing with unprecedented inflation, several bank failures and an unpredictable labor market. And don't forget about the new COVID-19 variant that the Centers for Disease Control says is now present in the U.S. It's no wonder…
