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PLANNING AHEAD: Bethany Lardaro, vice president and wealth adviser at Washington Trust Wealth Management, says she’s encouraged by young people’s awareness of retirement savings plans such as Roth IRAs, and she suspects it has something to do with social media. 
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When it comes to saving, Gen Z sets good example

Bethany Lardaro, a certified financial planner with Washington Trust Wealth Management, is seeing more young people in her office, even if they’re not always...
A TAXING MATTER: Katie McIntosh, partner at Warwick-based DiSanto, Priest & Co., says many people dealing in cryptocurrency need a better understanding of the tax implications, or it could prove to be costly. 
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Crypto tax implications are often a costly surprise

Rhode Islanders who own cryptocurrency may be sitting on a tax surprise waiting to surface. That’s because the IRS treats digital assets not as cash...
READY FOR CHANGES: John Elkhay, co-owner of Chow Fun Inc., stands in the dining room of Ten Prime Seafood, a restaurant the company is preparing to open on Empire Street in Providence. Elkhay says he’s trying to provide clarity to his employees on new federal rules about tax on tips. 
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New federal tax rules on tips spark confusion

John Elkhay, co-owner of the restaurant company Chow Fun Inc., is no stranger to navigating regulatory curveballs. With his company managing more than 200 employees...
BENEFITS BOOST: AA Sign & Awning owner Darryl Lindie plans to sign up his company for RISavers, a public retirement savings program for the private sector. 
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New state program will allow more employees to build nest egg

Darryl Lindie has been trying to boost benefits offerings for his employees since buying AA Sign & Awning in Warwick a few years ago. He’s...
WITHOUT A PLANNER: Some towns, such as Tiverton, have gone years without a full-time town planner as they reckon with a housing crisis, other evolving infrastructure issues and new developments. For instance, in 2022, this undeveloped 12-acre Tiverton property was sold for $1.2 million. The new owner has said he has no plans for development. 
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Shortage of planners impeding municipalities

Tiverton’s town planner resigned in June 2022, and it’s a job that still remains vacant more than three years later. It’s a glaring gap as...
ROOM TO ROAM: The 30,000-square-foot Ocean State Labs, on the fourth floor of 150 Richmond St., in Providence will feature lots of exterior and interior windows between labs and offices to give a sense of openness and inspire collaboration, the designers say. 
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Ocean State Labs puts open layout to the test

As Rhode Island’s life sciences industry continues to take shape, John Flavin wants the state’s first incubator wet lab space to feel different from...
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM: Providence College has launched a Master of Science in Sports Administration program this fall in partnership with the minor league soccer team Rhode Island FC. Students in the inaugural class get a behind-the-scenes tour of Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, home to RIFC.
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PC and Rhode Island FC partner on school’s inaugural sports management...

Sports is a business. And business is good. In September, Providence College, in a partnership with Rhode Island FC LLC, welcomed its first cohort of...
TRAINING GROUND: Douglas S. Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, speaks with RIC senior Miled Kalbourji in the institute’s new cyber range classroom.
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‘Cyber range’ now putting trainees under the gun

A highly anticipated, crucial feature at Rhode Island College’s Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies is now up and running. The so-called “cyber range,” a...
CLARIFICATION NEEDED? The on-again, off-again status of the ban on noncompete clauses, both at the state and federal level, has left some employers and employees unsure of the legal status of noncompetes, according to lawyer Joshua A. Hawks-Ladds. COURTESY JOSHUA A. HAWKS-LADDS

Noncompete confusion deepens amid statewide veto, stalled federal ban

Conflicting signals from state and federal authorities over noncompete agreements have left some in the business community uncertain about what’s allowed and what’s not. Once...
COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE: Nonprofits that receive more than $50,000 in taxpayer funding will be required to inform state legislators how much they’re paying their top five employees who receive more than $100,000. 
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New law requires many nonprofits to reveal salaries of top executives

A 2023 audit by the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Justice found significant deficiencies in financial management by the Pawtucket nonprofit Blackstone...
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