by Kernutt Stokes | May 4, 2017 | The Kernutt Stokes Advisor, Volume 2 Issue 2
By Tom Kielty Data protection and risk mitigation are increasingly important subjects for businesses to address because modern hacking techniques have become more varied and debilitating than ever before. Due to the outward facing nature of critical line of business...
by Kernutt Stokes | Apr 17, 2017 | The Kernutt Stokes Advisor, Volume 2 Issue 2
The Federal Reserve’s mid-March hike to interest rates – its second increase to base interest rates in three months – was a strong confirmation that the economy is doing well. The Fed had kept interest rates at historically low levels in order to support a recovery...
by Kernutt Stokes | Apr 17, 2017 | The Kernutt Stokes Advisor, Volume 2 Issue 2
March brought forth some upsets in the financial markets as the Trump Administration’s big push to repeal the Affordable Care Act hit the skids. Overall, investors received mixed signals from both the markets and from leading commentators, as the experts tried to...
by Kernutt Stokes | Apr 17, 2017 | The Kernutt Stokes Advisor, Volume 2 Issue 2
Today’s forest product companies are constantly improving to better position themselves to face market challenges such as price volatility, workplace safety, increasingly complex regulatory environment, globalization, Canadian imports, labor disputes, cash flow...
by Kernutt Stokes | Apr 17, 2017 | The Kernutt Stokes Advisor, Volume 2 Issue 2
By Dean Huber In February the IRS issued a memorandum to its employees involved in the audits of qualified retirement plans. This memo addressed substantiation guidelines for hardship withdrawals that are treated as “safe harbor” withdrawals under Treasury...
by Kernutt Stokes | Apr 17, 2017 | The Kernutt Stokes Advisor, Volume 2 Issue 2
During his campaign, President Trump took aim at the Tax Code, saying he intended to simplify income tax laws. There is little doubt that a tax code overhaul is on the horizon, but what is less clear is exactly what the President proposes to include in what he is...