Kimberly DeCarrera, Fractional General Counsel and Fractional CFO

Corporate Diversity in 2024: What Companies Should Be Doing

Diversity in the workplace remains an important topic and issue, facing companies of all sizes. It may have come under fire recently as companies look for budgets to cut, but that does not mean that we should be leaving corporate

FUTA Credit Reduction Hitting California and New York Employers in January

This January, employers in California and New York will be paying a little extra to repay the states' loans from COVID-era unemployment claims. Both states have outstanding unemployment tax trust fund loans from the federal government. As a result, employers

Preventing Fraud in Your Business

As you grow your business, you have to delegate to employees to handle critical areas of the business. There's no other way to scale - you cannot micro-manage all the departments as you continue to get bigger and bigger. The

Corporate Transparency Act: A New Reporting Requirement for Small Businesses

Breaking News Update: February 18: A District Court in Texas stayed their nationwide injunction regarding the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and the associated reporting requirement discussed herein. More details below. Beginning on January 1, 2024, small businesses will

Why EBITDA is Crap

Stick around the business world long enough and you'll hear people talk about EBITDA. And by long enough, I mean two minutes or so. But I'm here to tell you that EBITDA is a made up, crap financial metric for

Cancel Culture: FTC Wants to Make it Easier for Consumers to Cancel Subscriptions

Ever tried to cancel a gym membership and found it impossible? Maybe you had to go down to the gym to do it in person, so you could be shamed by not going to work out. But that would be

Don’t Greenwash Your Company this Earth Day

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 is Earth Day. As we celebrate Mother Nature and our planet, many companies are joining in with their marketing showing how environmentally friendly they are. And it's good business as many consumers consider how environmentally friendly