Tag: Blum Shapiro & Co.
Blum Shapiro to team up with Minnesota-based accounting firm under Jan....
PROVIDENCE – Blum Shapiro & Co. PC will “join forces” with a Minneapolis-based accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP in a deal slated to close Jan....
Accounting firms trying to make sense of big data
Accounting is inherently a data-driven profession.
Spreadsheets laden with numbers from financial reports and tax filings are staples of the profession. But transitioning from a...
Fear of heftier estate tax has R.I.’s wealthy worried
The potential of higher taxes on gifts and estates after Democrat Joe Biden enters the White House in January is giving a lot of...
R.I. financial leaders say details needed on new PPP terms
PROVIDENCE – The newly inked Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act offers what many consider much-needed leeway for struggling small businesses.
But local financial advisers and...
PBN summit: High business costs, education are concerns in R.I.
The Rhode Island economy has come a long way since the dark days of the Great Recession, when the unemployment rate was among the...
New officers named to executive board of Big Brothers Big Sisters...
CRANSTON – A new board president was among four officers named to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island executive board of directors,...
Tax overhaul changes haven’t deterred charitable giving
For Lynn O’Marra, Blum, Shapiro & Co. PC tax principal, 2018 stands out in her nearly 25-year tenure in the industry as a memorably...
No quick fix for public-defender understaffing
Don’t blame a lack of interest among law school graduates for the dramatic understaffing of attorneys in the Rhode Island Public Defender’s office.
According to...