What Tech Companies Need to Know About Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) in NYC—and Why Startups Should Be Extra Cautious
For tech startups operating in Manhattan, especially those that have recently raised Seed or Series A rounds, the Commercial Rent Tax (CRT) can be an unexpected expense. If you're leasing office space in Manhattan south of 96th Street and your annual rent exceeds...
Understanding New York’s “Convenience of the Employer” Rule: A Guide for Tech Companies with Remote Workforces
With remote work becoming more prevalent, especially in the tech industry, it's crucial for businesses to understand the tax implications of having employees work from various locations. One such consideration is New York's "Convenience of the Employer" rule, which...
Scaling Up a Startup’s Finance Team with the Right People at the Right Time
Overhead is one of the fastest ways to increase your burn rate and shrink your runway. As a result, hiring the help you need usually feels like a major undertaking. You want to be sure you’re getting someone with the expertise you need so you can see ROI on their...
What To Do If Your Startup Gets Audited
Getting an audit notice from a tax authority is enough to stop most founders in their tracks. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve done anything wrong, though. While things like high deductions can definitely trigger an audit, it’s also possible to get chosen at...
Shay CPA’s 3rd Annual Company NYC Retreat Recap
This year, Shay CPA hosted its third annual company retreat in the heart of New York City, an event packed with learning, connection, and celebration. From engaging presentations to immersive team-building workshops and a fun-filled final day, the retreat offered our...
Innovating the Month-End Close Checklist: Fintech Tools that Can Help
The month-end close is a critical tool in any tech company’s arsenal. It’s also a lot of work. Gathering up all of the details you need to look back over the last month and account for every penny can be a major lift. Add in the need to update key financial reports...
Early-Stage Financial Strategy: Tips for Startups As Funding Slows Down
Not so very long ago, investors were thrilled about the opportunities tech presented to them. Everyone was on the hunt for the next unicorn, and founders had ample opportunity to build the runway they needed to get their companies off the ground. Things have changed,...
Enhancing Accuracy with a Month-End Close Checklist: Tips for Tech CFOs
Founders and finance teams want to keep a finger on the pulse of the company’s health. With a month-end close, they get the detailed look they need to evaluate their runway, revenue trends, and more. Plus, this regular step ensures that the financial reports investors...
Changing Your Fiscal Year for Your Tech Company
The IRS wants to see your books in twelve-month batches. That doesn’t mean you have to file your tax return based on the calendar year, though. If a January 1 start and a December 31 close doesn’t make sense for your business, you have the option to change to a fiscal...
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Best Practices for Your Tech Company’s Expense Policy
When you’re an agile startup, allowing your employees to expense items and ask for reimbursement can give you a level of flexibility that you probably need. But it can also add a layer of complexity that you probably don’t need. That’s especially true if you don’t...
How Gen-Z Is Changing the Startup Culture
As a CPA firm, we get a unique look into a lot of businesses. We get to see behind the curtain and analyze the inner workings. As we offer accounting services to a wide variety of startups, we start to see trends and commonalities emerge. That’s been especially...
Brex vs. Ramp – What’s Best for Your Tech Company?
If you’re looking for a solution to power your startup’s fintech stack, we’ve got good news. Relatively new players in the game bring streamlined options paired with better insights to help power your growth. You might have heard of two of the leaders: Ramp and Brex....
How Should Your Tech Company Respond to Inflation
By: Kacie Goff In the 70s and 80s, when inflation was closer to a fairly staggering 10% here in the U.S., tech companies were relatively rare. It’s no surprise. The Great Inflation didn’t create an ideal space for innovation, certainly. Businesses had a tough road to...
Does Your Startup Need a Technical Founder?
When you’re building a startup, you know that the people you gather around you matter more than almost anything else. If you’re launching a tech company and you don’t have a programming background yourself, that becomes particularly important. That’s why a lot of...
How to Create an Executive Summary That Will Wow Investors
When your startup is in its seed stage, you face a catch-22. On the one hand, you need investors to power your growth. But, on the other hand, you need to grow to have something tangible to show investors why it’s worth betting on you. Fortunately, you can lean on an...
The Normalization of Remote Work Will Change How Companies Allocate Their Resources and Funding
By Kaci Goff By late 2020, experts had already started speculating about what the pandemic would do to the workplace. As a result, many workplaces moved to a “virtual first” mentality, and Zoom became a verb in a whole new way. That was especially true in the tech...
4 Tips to Help Tech Companies Handle Headhunting
In an ideal world, the team you build at your tech startup should be lean and mean. Finding top talent means you get people on staff who can accomplish more with less guidance in less time. And that enables you to outdo your competition and grow faster. At the end of...
5 Things to Look for in a CPA for Your Startup
As a tech startup founder, you’re keenly aware that your finances can make or break everything. That can make finding a CPA feel particularly stressful. Honestly, it’s a good area in which to exercise some care. Putting in the time and effort to find a CPA who’s a...
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Startup Guide to California Franchise Tax and R&D Tax Credit
When you open a business in California, there’s one agency with which you need to get familiar pretty fast: the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB). You might even want to bookmark that page. As you establish your business in the Golden State, you’re going to be...
Tax Benefits for Founders: Qualifying Small Business Stock (QSBS)
As a founder, you’re probably going to issue yourself a significant number of shares in your company. The goal there, of course, is to make some (ideally, a large amount) of money down the road. But the amount you’ll be able to pocket hinges on how you handle your...
Tax Deductions for Startups
By Kacie Goff As you work to scale your startup, the old adage rings true: cash is king. The more cash you can have on hand, the easier it is to build your best product and launch into new opportunities. And tax deductions give you an excellent way to maximize your...
Tech Company Tax Tips – by Akshay Shrimanker, CPA
Getting ready for tax season isn’t most people’s idea of fun. Here at ShayCPA, we think that’s most likely because it often comes with unexpected, unwelcome surprises. As a result, a lot of people feel tension at the mere mention of the word “taxes.” But it doesn’t...
Get Your Tech Company’s Books Ready for Tax Time in 6 Steps
By Kacie Goff With 2021 behind us, your startup is probably launching into 2022 goal-setting and strategic planning. But 2021 isn’t put to bed just yet. You still need to get all of your taxes squared away. Prepping for doing your taxes isn’t most founders’ idea of a...
Delaware Annual Filing 2022
The Delaware Annual Filing is due on March 1st, just 3 weeks away. So make sure to be on the lookout for an email from your registered agent in Delaware. You can sometimes use their portal to file an entire annual report. You will need your file number, which you can...
1099+ Other Year-end Reporting Tips for your Tech Startup – 2022
Founders, for 2021, the threshold to issue a 1099-NEC remains $600 for payments made in the calendar year 2021. You must issue a 1099-NEC to the following: Services performed by someone who is not your employee (including parts/materials) - (box 1) Payments to an...
Meals and Entertainment Deduction
By: Kacie Goff When you’re launching a startup, the tax-deductibility of certain meals and entertainment can be particularly exciting. You need to eat, after all, so it seems like a pretty sweet deal that you might reap some tax benefits there. The trick, though, is...
Remote Workers — and the Tax Implications
By: Kacie Goff In early 2020, remote work was trending upward, but it wasn’t looking to be the status quo anytime soon. Then, everything changed. Now, experts predict that by 2025, an estimated 70% of employees will work remotely at least a handful of days a month. ...
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