At Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C., we are always staying ahead of the curve on the hottest news in the business world. The following is a complete list of our blogs available as a resource to you. Check back regularly for new content, helpful tips and guidance. For breaking news, visit our news section.

Succession & Exit Planning

• Meet in the middle or risk not meeting at all
• Want the best vacation of a lifetime?
• The terrifying taboo you should stare down and conquer
• Most powerful secret every entrepreneur should know
• Confusing business discipline with being fancy
• Is artificial intelligence the right solution for you?
• Preparing for the “Big Day”
• Managing the last stage of value maturity
• Know when it’s time to harvest your company’s value
• Build your value – Stage three of value maturity
• Protect your value: Stage two of value maturity
• Unpacking stage one of value maturity: Identify
• Introducing the 5 stages of business value maturity
• The state of Wisconsin owner readiness is…mixed 
• Getting ready to Exit: What Baby Boomers know and should know about getting their business ready for sale – Milwaukee Business Journal
• Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?
• What will your last job change be?
• The Wayfair decision – Can sales tax break a deal?
• Personal guarantees – When business is personal
• What happens after the champagne is popped – Part 3
• What happens after the champagne is popped – Part 2
• What happens after the champagne is popped
• Why the motto ‘Be Prepared’ applies to your business
• Understanding the fresh attitudes of millennial business owners
• Independence relies on interdependence
• The soft and hard realities of transitions
• Why you should kiss lots of frogs
• ‘Fired for no reason’
• Estate planning doesn’t go away because of new tax law
• Two truths and a lie: Business valuation edition
• What creates true value in a business?
• The crux of multiples continued – one company, many multiples
• The crux of multiples in business valuation
• Don’t find yourself saying ‘I wish I had known…’
• What exactly does an ‘exit planner’ do? Are you into funerals?
• Are you walking toward your business’ destiny?
• It may be time to consider private equity as an exit option
• What business owners want from advisers
• Plan before attracting a new employee with stock
• Waiting on Washington to make estate tax changes? You might die first
• Role of estate taxes in succession planning
• What happens when a family business’ succession plan isn’t set up for success?
• How prepared is your business for a state of emergency?
• How to exit stage ‘right’ on your business
• HK featured for insights on business transactions in Forbes
• Time for a fire drill
• Exit planning: Not just for the old guys
• My check engine light is on… Is that important?
• Channel your inner control freak
• “I got a rock”
• A 10-step guide to estate planning – Part 2
• A 10-step guide to estate planning – Part 1
• Life is short
• Get me out of here
• Lonely at the top
• Planning your big vacation
• Kick the can: The reasons behind Baby Boomers delaying retirement
• “Why would I sell and invest in that?”

Tax

• Uncover tax savings on your construction project with a cost segregation study
• President Trump signs spending bill, fixes “grain glitch”
• Tax reform and the art of entity selection
• How tax reform and QBID are affecting the agriculture industry
• Iowa capital gains deduction update
• Tax reform impacts on charitable giving
• Illinois Invest in Kids Act: Tax credits for contributions to scholarships
• Tax reform: 2017 yearend tax strategies
• Joint Committee on Taxation approves tax reform bill
• Senate approves tax reform bill
• Wisconsin enacts sweeping tax changes as part of 2017-2019 budget
• Tax reform efforts move forward in House and Senate
• Initial reveal of proposed tax reform provides some insight, short on detail
• Home sweet home? How state residency changes the game when it comes to income tax
• Don’t wait until it’s too late for estate tax reform
• What’s going on with tax reform?
• Iowa taxpayers looking for clarity on Section 179
• Protect your land and get a deduction
• Now is the time to accelerate deductions
• Iowa manufacturers now free of sales tax on production supplies
• Save on taxes and increase cash flow with a cost segregation study
• Businesses face heavy assessments from sales and use tax

Construction Auditing

• Why does my construction project need a construction auditor?
• Why construction audits are important to organizations

Dental Niche

• Improve your practice’s insurance reimbursement rates
• Stop struggling with your AR
• What to consider before joining a dental practice management company
• What to consider before purchasing a practice

Health Care

• Is your practice large enough to have a CEO?
• To sell or not to sell: Practice independence in light of tax reform

State & Local Tax (SALT)

• Why SALT will take center stage next to tax reform in 2019 – The Tax Adviser
• Impact of IRS regulations on state credits for charitable contributions
• List of states adopting new economic nexus standard grows in light of SD v. Wayfair
• Is your business ready for the new economic nexus standard?
• The SALT Shaker – November 2017
• The SALT Shaker – September 2017
• The SALT Shaker – August 2017
• The SALT Shaker – July 2017
• The SALT Shaker – June 2017
• The SALT Shaker – May 2017
• The SALT Shaker – February 2017
• The SALT Shaker – January 2017

Business Valuation

• The power of knowing the value of your business
• Optimizing capital structure and the level of debt assumption
• Is closely held stock really ‘preferred’?

Business

Financial Life Planning

• Optimizing Social Security and Medicare
• Social Security, Medicare make changes in 2018
• Simplify Medicare by planning ahead
• How the generations are impacting Social Security
• Drawing Social Security based on the four pillars of life

Professional Development

• Is your Why convinced?
• The secrets to success