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How This Year’s Election Could Affect Your Year-End Tax Planning
As year-end approaches, it is a good time to think about planning moves that may help lower your tax bill for this year and possibly next. Year-end planning for 2020…

Mercadien Announces Executive Promotions; Names Ms. Lovepreet Buttar A Partner
September 14, 2020; Princeton, NJ & Philadelphia, PA – The Mercadien Group is pleased to announce several promotions within the firm’s corporate leadership team. Ms. Lovepreet Buttar, CPA, MBA, CGMA,…

Mercadien Webinar Replay: Are You Ready to Submit Your PPP Forgiveness Application?
Frank Pina, CPA, Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, Kyle Neeld, CPA, Managing Directors & Elizabeth LaCorte, CPA, Manager, presented a webinar Are You Ready to Submit Your PPP Forgiveness Application? on Wednesday,…

Are You Eligible for Additional Relief from the COVID-19 PA Hazard Pay Grant Program?
The state of Pennsylvania has $50 million set aside for a reimbursement-based grant available through Pennsylvania’s Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED). The COVID-19 PA Hazard Pay Grant has…

CARES Act Funding for Home & Community-Based Service (HCBS) Providers – What You Should Know
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (the Fund) and appropriated $150 billion to the Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to…

Update to Our PPP Loan Forgiveness Implementation Guide
The PPP Loan Program Evolution Continues As suspected back in May when Mercadien published its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Implementation Guide, many rules have evolved and changed for…

The CARES Act – Retirement Provisions & Future Planning
Breaking News!! The IRS announced that anyone who already took a required minimum distribution for 2020 from IRA accounts now has the opportunity to roll those funds back into a…

NJEDA Update: Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program – Phase 2 Info Now Available
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) recently announced $50 million in new funding and broader eligibility criteria for the Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program. Under the newly-expanded program,…

New PPP Guidance from the SBA Regarding Good Faith Need Certification
On May 13, the SBA released new guidance regarding the required good faith certification of need by PPP loan applicants, providing safe harbor to all recipients of less than $2…

Sherise Ritter Presents Webinar for HITS Consulting – Post COVID-19: Resuming Your Practice After the Pause
Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, CGFM, CGMA, PSA, Managing Director & Co-Chair of Mercadien’s Nonprofit & Human Services Group, was a featured speaker in HITS Consulting’s April 30th webinar – Post…