Author: Courtney Healy
The new Encompass Rating System allows Charity Navigator to rate organizations at scale, automatically analyzing tax forms for three consecutive years. At the time of the rollout, Charity Navigator had increased the total number of rated nonprofits from 9,000 to 160,000. It also expands eligibility to smaller and less established nonprofits that didn’t meet the requirements previously.
While small businesses and larger organizations each face their own set of challenges, mid-sized businesses often grapple with a unique blend of the two—encountering ‘small-business’ issues like limited resources and thin margins, as well as ‘big-business’ challenges, like taxation on interstate trade and the planning of larger investments.
Although some businesses put tax planning on the back burner, a proactive approach can result in huge savings. In this post, we discuss how tax service firms like Dugan & Lopatka can make a big impact for mid-sized businesses.
As our longtime client Aquascape celebrates 30 years of business, we sat down with the owner Greg Wittstock and President Colleen Heitzler to discuss the ups, downs and lessons they’ve learned along the way.