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  Grand Rapids Business Journal

MATTERS
 

A few family business considerations for the new year

Business resolutions for a challenging 2012

Death and taxes: a time to strategize and review

The art of good listening involves more than our ears

Is a successful image relevant to providing quality service?

New limited time offer: $5 million gift and estate exemption

No-contest clauses: leaving beneficiaries in terror

Making — and then acting upon — sound decisions

Is it time to take another repatriation tax holiday?

Why not follow an already-established blueprint for success?

Three innovations for multi-generation family businesses

The reality of large-dollar-amount jury verdicts

Implementing change requires a break with the past

Jobs proposal analysis provokes debate on several fronts

Succession planning: importance of a comprehensive approach

Take notice of the many details of construction liens

Where have the leaders gone and what do we do about it?

As in golf, rules of the tax code are based on individual self-assessment

Drawing comparisons between raiding Apaches and the IRS

Arbitraging interest rates to transfer wealth

Collection lawsuits can resolve stubborn unpaid accounts

Halftime observations reveal highs and lows for consideration

Businesses should pay attention to detail re: foreign payees

Some financial decisions are personal, not rationally motivated

Know thyself: Self-awareness is key for a healthy family business

Can your company employees keep a (trade) secret?

Include others on your island to ensure personal success

Corporate income tax on pass-through entities creates slippery slope

Business lessons to be learned from a pile of cow manure

Private equity growing trend in family business research and practice

Avoiding spectacular tax problems for employee separation pay

Finding new answers may involve looking in new places

Thoughts upon coming to the end of another tax season

Who will make decisions and manage the business if you aren't able?

Numerous developments afoot in Great Lakes water law

Reforms vital to preserve state's healthy business climate

Local family business heritage secures international event

Electronic payment law can lower payroll costs

Some tax-planning strategies for family businesses

Ensuring personal success with S.M.A.R.T. behavior

Coming clean on taxes often a complicated process

Path to success, happiness marked by big decisions

Numerous developments afoot in Great Lakes water law

Grasping success from the clutches of failure

Tax legislation clears way for planning opportunities

Taxing issues not life Or death but close to it

Strategic plan: Key pillar for successful family firms

 

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