Gifting real estate to a charitable organization could be good for you as well as the charity. It may allow you to qualify for a…
New Orleans, LA 6/26/17 – Readers of New Orleans CityBusiness, a weekly business publication, named LaPorte the “Best Accounting Firm” in the region in the…
LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors has been awarded a 2017 Top Workplaces honor by The Times-Picayune for the second year in a row. LaPorte…
Employees are typically reimbursed for business expenses that are ordinary and necessary. Generally, ordinary expenses are considered as common in a line of business where…
The “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015” has impacted businesses across the country – including oil and gas companies and investors. While…
For fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2018, businesses will have to start reporting leases differently on their balance sheets. That’s because the Financial…
On April 26, 2017, the Trump administration presented an outline of the president’s proposed broad goals of tax reform and his ideas on how those…
LaPorte is a proud sponsor of GiveNOLA Day, a 24-hour, online giving event organized by the Greater New Orleans Foundation to ignite the giving community…
Thomas Horne, a senior litigation consultant in LaPorte’s Litigation and Forensic Accounting Services Group, recently authored an article that was published in the April 14,…
On February 10, 2017, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) initiated statewide agreed-upon procedures (AUPs) affecting local governments and quasi-public organizations, including nonprofits. Those affected are…