NEW YORK (AP) — A tax credit is among the most satisfying benefits you can turn up when preparing your return. Unlike a deduction, which decreases the income on which you’ll be taxed, a tax credit reduces your overall tax…
NEW ORLEANS – Entergy has announced the election of Gina Adams and John Black to its board of directors. Adams has a legal and government affairs career that spans nearly 40 years. Her current role is corporate vice president of…
NEW ORLEANS – University of Holy Cross has launched a new accelerated program that allows working adults to receive credit for current work experience toward a Bachelor of Science in accounting. The program begins in the fall of 2023 and…
NEW YORK (AP) — The IRS announced Friday that most relief checks issued by states last year aren’t subject to federal taxes, providing 11th hour guidance as tax returns start to pour in. A week after telling payment recipients to…
NEW ORLEANS – From the University of Holy Cross: Beginning Feb. 4, University of Holy Cross tax accounting students will provide free tax preparation assistance for low-to-moderate income New Orleans-area residents from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays at 4123…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana will start accepting 2022 state income tax returns on Monday. It's the same day the Internal Revenue Service will begin accepting federal returns. The department said in a news…
METAIRIE — LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors has promoted Francis "Trey" Ragan III to director of tax services. He was most recently a senior manager in the firm. Ragan began his career in 2008 at a Big Four public accounting…
METAIRIE — LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors has promoted Anthony Rutledge to the role of director, audit and assurance services. He was most recently a senior manager within the firm. Rutledge began his career in 2009 with LaPorte. He has…
METAIRIE, La. — LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors has named Allison Duke director of audit and assurance services. She was most recently a senior manager within the firm. Duke began her professional career in 2004 at a Big Four firm…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans began their tenure in the majority Monday by passing a bill that would rescind nearly $71 billion that Congress had provided the IRS, fulfilling a campaign promise even though the legislation is unlikely to advance…
METAIRIE — Dawn Laborie has been promoted to shareholder at LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors. A director in audit and assurance services and co-leader of the firm's nonprofit industry group, Laborie began her professional career with LaPorte in 2000. She…
METAIRIE — Philip Rebowe, director of client services at accounting firm Postlethwaite and Netterville, will assume the chairmanship of the Jefferson Business Council beginning Jan. 1. Rebowe will follow Jim Martin of Design Engineering as chairman. Rebowe is a certified…
NEW ORLEANS — Wegmann Dazet CPAs has announced that Jonathan Koenig has been named managing partner effective Jan. 1, 2023. Koenig, who has worked for the firm for decades, will lead the team in two offices, serving clients in the…
METAIRIE — Postlethwaite & Netterville has announced the promotion of four team members to the newly created role of principal. Principals work alongside the firm’s directors and lead practice areas within their departments. Corey Jambon is a principal in P&N’s…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are notable hires and promotions in the news this week: Higher Education The University of New Orleans has appointed Lizette Chevalier as the new dean of the Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering. Chevalier, who…
NEW ORLEANS — Energy industry veteran Al Petrie — who will be featured on next week's Biz Talks podcast — has organized not one but two major industry gatherings scheduled to take place next week in New Orleans. The Southern…
BATON ROUGE (press release) – Postlethwaite & Netterville, a Top 100 U.S. public accounting firm and the largest Louisiana-based public accounting firm, is pleased to announce that RBM LLP, a Shreveport-based Louisiana CPA firm, will join P&N effective July 1,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes and this year is no exception. Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments — and the IRS will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — From WalletHub: With Tax Day coming up on April 18 and 44 million Americans expecting to pay this year’s taxes late due to the COVID-19 pandemic, personal finance website WalletHub today…
NEW ORLEANS – University of Holy Cross Tax Accounting students are providing free tax preparation assistance for low-to-moderate income New Orleans-area residents every Friday through April 8 at the school's main campus, 4123 Woodland…
METAIRIE — Postlethwaite & Netterville has hired Tim McCarthy to fill the role of tax operations director. He will be based in Metairie. McCarthy brings more than 30 years of experience in numerous industries, including executive roles in accounting and human…
BATON ROUGE — Postlethwaite & Netterville announced that Charles Lawson has joined the firm as director of governmental consulting services. Lawson brings management and leadership skills from a career as a senior executive in the federal government and private sector.…
METAIRIE — LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors has announced that Eric E. Bosch, CPA, has assumed the role of president and CEO. Bosch, who joined LaPorte in 1990, has served in a variety of leadership roles throughout the firm. His…
BATON ROUGE – Louisianans making more than $50,000 a year will pay a lower state income tax rate in 2022. Voters went to the polls in November to consider four ballot amendments dealing with…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's medical marijuana program will offer raw, smokable cannabis to its patients, and the state will tweak its calculations for state income taxes as more than two dozen new laws take effect Saturday with the start…
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity is one local nonprofit poised to benefit from a change to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.…
BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana “safe harbor” provision protecting businesses that make first-time mistakes when classifying employees as independent contractors has run afoul of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Fresh Start Program, known as Act 297, allows employers to…
The inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500 was published in November. It's a collection of profiles of the city's influential, involved and inspiring business leaders. Once a month, Biz New Orleans will send an email survey to all the…
BATON ROUGE – Fiscal watchdog Truth in Accounting has knocked Louisiana’s annual financial report with several low-transparency findings. State governments release comprehensive annual financial reports every year that are audited by certified public accountants and serve as bedrock public information…
METAIRIE – U.S. Forensic, a Metairie, La., engineering firm that provides forensic engineering reports, is celebrating 15 years in business this month. Founded in 2006 by three engineers and a businessman, the company has grown to serve clients in more…
