February 15, 2013 – Cleveland – Skoda
Minotti Technology Partners is pleased to announce three new
hires.
Paul Tuttle – Tuttle
joins the Technology Partners as business development director,
bringing over 25 years of sales, marketing, consulting and
development experience in both commercial and not-for-profit
settings. Tuttle has specialty training in the technology
business development field, representing a wide spectrum of IT
solutions from enterprise-wide VoIP, to mobile computing...
Read More >>
In this inaugural issue of A&A Insights, we'll take a closer
look at recent accounting rule changes, review proposed accounting
rule changes and dive deeper into how new AICPA rules may provide
GAAP relief for private companies.
We hope you find these updates helpful. Feel free to contact our
Accounting and Auditing group at 440-449-6800
with any questions that you may have.
Accounting Rule Changes
Effective for 2012
- Fair Value Disclosures
- Health Care Entities
- Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangibles
- Multi...
Read More >>
Not all of us have the ambition to work until we drop. The
majority of the population seems to look forward to those golden
years when we get to travel, volunteer for the non-profits we love,
and spend time with our families. But how are we expected to
get there in the current environment?
For some of us, there’s little-to-no expectation that social
security is going to exist by our retirement age. Investments
in the stock market are precarious. Even investments in
“conservative” employer...
Read More >>
This month's Special Delivery includes the following:
Tax Planning Considerations for
Individuals
While there is a still a great...
Read More >>
This month's Financial Services E-Advisor includes the following
articles:
The Economics of Borrowing From Your 401(k)
When times are tough, that pool of dollars sitting in your
401(k) plan account may start to look attractive. But before you
decide to take a plan loan, be sure you understand...
Read More >>
December 13, 2012 – CLEVELAND – This fall,
Skoda Minotti employees donated time and efforts to two
Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations that were winners of Skoda
Minotti’s Community Connection initiative. This program
assists numerous nonprofit organizations throughout Northeast Ohio
with their financial operations and, for two chosen organizations,
provides volunteer work as part of its ongoing mission to
deliver on the promise to the community.
The first of two projects took place at the Be...
Read More >>
Lease Accounting
As we have previously discussed in other venues and
publications, an FASB Exposure Draft was issued in 2010 that would
significantly change lease accounting. Briefly, virtually all
leases would be considered a form of financing and even today’s
operating leases would become capital leases. An intangible
asset consisting of the “right of use” of the asset equal to the
lease liability is recorded at inception. Because debt would
go up and what is presently rent expense would...
Read More >>
This month's Special Delivery e-newsletter includes:
Read More >>
October 22, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti
Technology Partners is pleased to announce it has formed a
strategic partnership with BlueBridge Networks LLC, a
Cleveland-based provider of data center services and
facilities.
The partnership combines Skoda Minotti’s professional
information technology consulting and support services with Blue
Bridge’s state-of-the-art data center infrastructure. The result –
Skoda
Minotti Private Cloud – a suite of cloud services designed for
small- and mid-sized...
Read More >>
October 3, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti
Technology Partners is pleased to announce an educational panel
discussion and lunch event, entitled, ”All Cloud Storage is Not
Created Equal – How your Business Can Benefit From a Private
Cloud.” The event will occur on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 11:15
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Moxie the Restaurant in Beachwood.
Topics to be discussed:
- What is a private cloud?
- What are the benefits of a private cloud vs. a public
cloud?
- How can a private cloud address typical...
Read More >>
CLEVELAND
– Skoda Minotti Technology Partners is pleased to announce
the launch of its new website: www.skodaminottitechnology.com.
The site highlights the managed
services,
backup and disaster recovery,
network solutions, cloud
solutions,
hardware and software sales,
ERP and CRM,
security and compliance, and
telecommunication services that the firm’s niche group has been
providing to its clients for years.
“Skoda Minotti is often first thought of as a CPA firm”, says
Jim Sacher,...
Read More >>
July 27, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a
CPA business and financial advisory firm, is proud to announce that
partner, Ken Haffey, CPA, CVA was recently elected as a member of
the Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) Executive Board.
Haffey’s responsibilities will include recruiting and retaining
top talent for the profession, training firms’ leaders and
developing workable succession plans for retiring sole
practioners.
Haffey has spent over 20 years advising and providing services
to a wide range of...
Read More >>
This month's Not-for-Profit Update includes:
IRS Governance Checklist: Preliminary
Results
By R. Michael Sorrells, CPA
In an effort to add further transparency into nonprofit
organization reporting, the IRS...
Read More >>
June 26, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a
CPA business and financial advisory firm, is proud to announce that
Brian Rosenfelt, CPA was recently accepted into the Cleveland
Bridge Builders Class of 2013 program. This program, within the
Cleveland Leadership Center, develops rising leaders for our
community’s future by providing leadership training and encouraging
communication between emerging leaders and established leaders in
the Cleveland area.
Participants of the program work on a...
Read More >>
May 31, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA
business and financial advisory firm, is proud to announce that
Rich Hudak, MCP and Mark Magovich, MCSE, CCA, of the Technology
Partners group, have recently obtained the Microsoft Certified
Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deployment
certification.
With this status, Hudak and Magovich have validated that they
are capable of implementing, building, troubleshooting and
debugging Windows 7 and Office 2010 technology.
For more...
Read More >>
May 30, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is
pleased to announce the acquisition of information technology firm,
Quantam Network Services, to the Skoda Minotti Technology Partners
services group. As part of the acquisition, Tom Horton, MCP
joins the firm as client network engineer, Level III.
Horton’s experience with Quantam Network includes a strong
background in Citrix, as well as providing services that include
network design and implementation,
network security architecture and...
Read More >>
May 18, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is
pleased to announce the acquisition of information technology firm,
PBnJ Solutions to its Technology
Partners services group. As part of the acquisition, Paul
Winkeler, CISSP joins the firm as principal.
Winkeler’s experience with PBnJ Solutions includes management
services, telecommunications and data protection. His skill
set complements and expands the Technology Partners’ existing
services offerings, as he brings on an assortment of...
Read More >>
Thanks to Brad Nellis of the Northeast Ohio Software Association
(NEOSA) for a great interview and article on his blog,
highlighting Skoda Minotti and its extensive technology and
telecommunications practice - Skoda Minotti
Technology Partners.
Read an exerpt of the article below:
NEOSA members are a diverse lot:
software companies, web companies, IT services and so forth. But
our membership also includes an IT services provider embedded in a
CPA firm, Skoda Minotti Technology Partners. It does...
Read More >>