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Posts by Karen Booher
Meals & Entertainment – Deductibility in 2025 and 2026: What Staffing Firms Need to Know
Blog provided by CSA Industry Partner, UHY LLP As staffing firms continue navigating a tightening regulatory landscape, understanding how meals and entertainment expenses will be treated for tax purposes in 2025 and 2026 is essential for budgeting, pricing, and compliance. Significant changes—especially those taking effect January 1, 2026—will impact employer-provided meals, travel meals, client meals,…
Read MoreCybersecurity Readiness – 6 Key Questions
Article provided by CSA Industry Partner, UHY, LLP As the leader of your staffing organization, the future wellbeing of the company rests on your shoulders, which includes the security of your network, data, and proprietary customer information. Every week in the news, there are reports of companies that have experienced cyber-attacks. While you think it…
Read MoreUnlocking the Potential of AI in Staffing
Article supplied by UHY, LLP Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just for tech giants; it’s becoming a powerful tool for staffing firms looking to hire smarter, faster, and more efficiently. In presentations to the California Staffing Association and Ohio Staffing Association, UHY’s Managing Director Cory McNeley and Senior Manager Tim Shaw shared how AI…
Read More2025 Staffing M&A Market Update
Blog provided by CSA Industry Partner, UHY, LLP Following Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) 2025 Executive Forum and requests from industry executives for an updated pulse on staffing M&A, UHY’s Staffing Practice is excited to share real-time insights on today’s staffing M&A market. Pursuant to record staffing M&A activity in 2022 (139 total deals), activity has…
Read MoreRetirement Planning Rundown: Updates and Changes in 2025
Blog provided by CSA Industry Partner, UHY, LLP As 2025 begins, the cost-of-living increases for retirement plans and IRAs will become effective, as will new provisions from SECURE Act 2.0 and other changes. These changes include rules on required minimum distributions (RMD) on inherited IRAs, catch-up contribution limits for older employees, and auto-enrollment requirements. Required…
Read MoreStaffing Firms and Cybersecurity Vendor Management
By Norman Comstock, Managing Director at UHY Consulting, Inc. In today’s digital world, data security has become a critical issue for all organizations, regardless of their size or industry. Cyber threats such as data breaches, cyber-attacks, ransomware, and phishing are increasing daily, and organizations are under constant pressure to secure their sensitive data. Staffing firms…
Read MoreSolving the Gen Z Conundrum to Close the Talent Gap
Article provided by UHY Advisors Manufacturing performance seems to be exceeding expectations in recent years, but the looming talent gap remains a primary concern, and could weigh heavily on growth prospects in the mid to long term. Investment continues to flow in domestically and abroad, but an aging workforce and a lack of eligible candidates…
Read MoreDiscussing the Current Staffing M&A Market and H2 2024 Outlook
An Interview with Jeremy Falendysz (UHY Corporate Finance) and Paul Pincus, Esq. (Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP) Jeremy, how would you describe the current staffing M&A market? Having presented on the topic of staffing M&A at 10+ staffing industry associations nationally in the past 12 months and speaking with 125+ staffing company owners/CEOs over this time, we…
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