Brooks Cowles-Tax Cuts Article

by Brooks Cowles (JCG Field Representative) As we predicted last year, 2010 has been a good year for those owners who felt they were close to succession to bump up their timing and go to market. First, and most likely, it continues to look as though capital gains...

Management Performance Improvement

As is with our funeral business management consulting services Management Division, Accounting Division and JCGPerformanceTracker™ program, we think the below top ten strategies should be considered and reviewed within your own firm. All of them follow under our...

Brooks Cowles-Succession Planning Article

Succession planning for your business really is like a puzzle in many ways.  For one, there are many pieces that have to fit together.  Depending on your view, it can look impossibly confusing or deceptively simple.  The fact is, just the basic elements present in...

Gearing Up Financially for 2010

Jake Johnson was interviewed by Ed Defort in the December 2009 issue of Memorial Business Journal Given the recent economic gyrations, how can funeral homes and cemeteries best gear up for 2010? JJ: Funeral homes and cemeteries will need to be sure to budget their...

Year End Tax Tips from Our Tax Service Partners

Johnson Consulting does not provide tax advice, but relies solely on the experience and expertise of Tax Services As the year end approaches, now is the time to start planning for your 2009 income taxes. Conventional tax planning calls for deferring income into 2010...