Lane on…Examples of Shock Proofing

February 27, 2012 by Jim Lane

Recently, GBQ hosted one of its CEO Exchange events featuring a panel made up of CEOs from three venerable Columbus anchor companies.  The panel discussion was about surviving the downturn and what the companies did to respond to the crisis.  [...]

Posted in Lane On | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Have you filed your 2008 Income Tax Return?

February 27, 2012 by Melissa Rager

Taxpayers are given three years to file their income tax returns and claim any refunds they are due based on the overpayment of tax liabilities.  That means the date to file your 2008 tax returns is quickly approaching, and if [...]

Posted in Audit & Tax Talk | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Watching the Oscars, did you know?

February 26, 2012 by Mary Stucke

The most glamorous job of the Academy Awards was performed by a Certified Public Accountant! [...]

Posted in Audit & Tax Talk | Leave a comment

In Case You Hadn’t Heard…Jurors Shouldn’t Facebook Parties in a Litigation

February 24, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

In November, I wrote a post about how divorce attorneys were using Facebook and other social media sites to research parties in litigation.  In my previous post I referenced an article where the attorney said that, “People are stupid.” when [...]

Posted in Case In Point | Leave a comment

Where’s My Refund? Or, will I ever get my refund?

February 23, 2012 by Toby Harper

According to the IRS, a glitch in the popular Where’s My Refund? on the IRS website has been fixed.  This is welcome relief to numerous individuals who had been receiving a message that the IRS had no information regarding their return, [...]

Posted in Audit & Tax Talk | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Presidents Day

February 20, 2012 by Darci Congrove

Accountants and bankers spend a fair amount of time together. We share client relationships, work collaboratively to develop and share financial data related to those clients, and often refer clients to one another. So, in general, we like bank buy [...]

Posted in GBQ Exchange | Leave a comment

In Case You Hadn’t Heard…Ohio Supreme Court upholds tort reform provision

February 17, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law that requires the courts to bifurcate tort lawsuits into separate proceedings, at the request of the defendant.  The proceeding is divided into two stages.  In the first stage, the defendant’s [...]

Posted in Case In Point | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Start Spreading the News: GBQ is in the Big Apple

February 17, 2012 by Brian Bornino

I am extremely excited about opening new valuation offices in New York and Philadelphia as we begin our journey toward building a market presence on the East Coast.  But I am even more excited about the professionals we found to [...]

Posted in Valuation Observations | Tagged | Leave a comment

Utica Shale Gravy Train

February 15, 2012 by Judd Ballard

What does the Utica Shale really mean?  It depends on who you ask.  The corporate big wigs hopping the plane from Houston right now may have a different answer from the southeast Ohio farmers, or even the northeast Ohio laborers.  [...]

Posted in Audit & Tax Talk | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Lane on…Coolumbus: Wishing you were here

February 10, 2012 by Jim Lane

It will be no surprise that I love Columbus and am an unapologetic fan.  Now that I’m part of the Columbus Chamber’s Small Business Council you can expect it to be worse.  Hopefully not insufferable. I saw recently that Columbus [...]

Posted in Lane On | Tagged | Leave a comment