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September is a season of transition. It’s a time to take stock of what’s working, make thoughtful adjustments, and prepare for what lies ahead. Whether you’re managing a business, planning your finances, or looking for new opportunities, the decisions you make today can have a lasting impact. This month’s insights offer practical guidance to help you build on your progress, navigate change, and make the most of the opportunities ahead.

Big financial decisions rarely happen by accident and neither do the best outcomes. In this month’s issue, we look at the proactive strategies that help business owners and nonprofit leaders reduce risk, protect value, and make informed decisions before opportunities or challenges become costly mistakes. Whether you’re growing, selling, or strengthening your organization, these insights can help you move forward with confidence.

To honor and celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation, this month’s issue of Smart Tips is about the American advantage with great reads about enterprise and business wisdom. We offer a backward glance at entrepreneurship in early America with rhetoric about how our Founding Fathers created the first business models, how their strategic thinking and wisdom provided an edge to American enterprise, how comeback from failure built stronger businesses, and how the next generation of entrepreneurs will use the timeless principles established from our beginnings to build the future. Enjoy this tribute to the history, endurance and success of America’s entrepreneurs and economy.

Summer may be arriving, but financial and tax planning continues year-round. This month’s issue brings together insights designed to help readers stay proactive, informed, and prepared, with guidance focused on timely decisions, evolving priorities, and opportunities worth exploring before the year moves further ahead.

May is more than a fresh start, it’s a chance to clean up what’s been overlooked and set better systems in motion. Whether it’s tightening up your finances, rethinking how your team performs, or making more intentional long-term decisions, small adjustments now can lead to meaningful results later.

As spring unfolds, it brings a natural opportunity to reassess, refine, and move forward with intention, financially and strategically. This issue highlights key financial considerations, from managing rising costs to making informed structural decisions, so you can stay prepared, and on track for the months ahead. Here’s to making informed decisions and staying ahead this spring.

This month’s issue covers key topics for individuals and business owners alike, including innocent spouse relief, common living trust misconceptions, S-corporation basics, and the IRS’s new deduction for qualified overtime compensation. Each article is designed to provide practical insights to support informed financial and tax decisions.

This February issue of Smart Tips is all about clarity and opportunity. From helping parents understand new savings tools for children to exploring tax-smart gifting and retirement strategies, we’re covering topics that can make a meaningful difference over time. Whether you’re laying a financial foundation for the next generation or fine-tuning your own plans, these insights are designed to help you move forward with purpose and confidence.

A new year brings new decisions. In this issue, we explore practical strategies for managing sudden financial gains, key IRS penalty relief employers need to know for 2026, the growing role of concierge medicine, and smart ways to reclaim your time through everyday outsourcing. Insightful guidance to help you make confident financial choices in the year ahead.

Year-end is near, and this issue of SmartTips is our gift to business owners. With tips on how to turn seasonal shoppers into loyal customers and lessons for structuring your workday to raising financially savvy kids and the tax perks of hiring your child, we’ve gathered some great information for you and tied it up with a bow.

It’s the time of year when we all pause to count our blessings, and this issue of SmartTips is all about finding fulfillment in our personal and professional lives. Our team shares a reflection on gratitude and its healthful benefits, and we offer a lifestyle feature presenting the Danish spin on contentment, known as “hygge.” Tease your brain with November trivia and sink your teeth into our main story about the outlook for starting a small business in the coming year. Enjoy, and thank you for spending time with us.

Time for the final sprint of 2025 to begin. This month, SmartTips takes a look at all things autumn, from scary to sweet. Our team has content to help you tackle bloodsucking subscription fees and other hidden costs, as well as the monster hiding in everyone’s closet: cybersecurity anxiety. Don’t worry, we take the edge off with a salute to International Coffee Day and a fun roundup of horror movie trivia. Enjoy our first issue of Q4, and get ready to make a run for the holidays.

We’re turning the corner into fall and running down the clock on the third quarter. That means making plans to finish strong. Following on the heels of last month’s feature on project management, our main story this month takes a step back and talks about techniques for big-picture strategic planning. Then our team brings you an update on variables that have presented a unique challenge to planning this year—President Trump’s evolving trade policy and tariffs that impact pricing and supply chain strategies. On the lighter side, we explore the flavors of September’s early fall harvest, and we send your brain back to the classroom with a Fact Funhouse quiz all about back-to-school customs around the world.

The dog days of summer are here, but we’ve got some cool content to chill with this month. We begin with our main feature on how to be a pro project wrangler, and then our team explores when business owners should pull the trigger on tech investments. And when it’s time for some serious leisure on the links, check out our picks for America’s greatest golf experiences for late summer and fall. Finally, a delicious August distinction—it’s National Sandwich Month. Test your “Sammy” savvy with a Fact Funhouse quiz all about the greatest things between sliced bread.

This July 4th, we celebrate Independence Day while starting the countdown to our country’s 250th anniversary a year from now. (For the record, the 250th is known as the semiquincentennial…try saying that with a fresh-grilled hot dog in your mouth!) In this month’s issue of SmartTips, we join in the spirit of the season, with a feature story on the American dream—your home and summer improvement projects to enhance its value. Try your hand at a revolutionary Fact Funhouse trivia quiz and peruse a planning guide for your Great American Vacation. Plus, our team has compiled a list of tax strategies for real estate investors. Read all about it!

The year is fast approaching the halfway point, and in the June edition of SmartTips, we give you an outline for a mid-year checkup of your business and personal finances. Plus, our team brings you an overview of AI-driven automation in accounting and reasons why you should embrace the innovations. All this, plus tips for your summertime outdoor camping trips and a Fact Funhouse quiz for the traditional month of wedding ceremonies.

There’s a lot to love about the month of May, from Mother’s Day to Memorial Day to graduation day and everything in between. In this month’s issue of SmartTips, we bring you financial tips for new graduates and a comprehensive look at the economic climate for businesses in the second half of 2025, with strategies for navigating the uncertainties facing owners and managers. Plus, gardening tips for beginners and a Mother’s Day quiz!

It’s a joyful time of year, even with the final sprint toward tax deadlines. It’s time to emerge from winter and enjoy the world in bloom again! This edition of SmartTips is brimming with timely content for your springtime renewal, including an April Fool’s trivia quiz to kick off the month. You’ll also find a guide to keeping your business prepared for springtime storms, a look at keeping a handle on debt, and some handy spring cleaning hacks. Enjoy our April issue…happy spring!