The Affordability Squeeze: What Rising Costs Mean for Small Business, and How to Fight Back
By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA, ISA AM President & CEO, Marschall Accounting Services LLC, The Green Mission Inc., Probity Appraisal Group, and GM-ESG September 6th, 2026 Every September (especially after Labor Day) our tax practice, MAS LLC, crunches the numbers for expense planning and revenue growth. This year, however, the conversation has a […]
Read MoreCharitable Giving in 2026: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Reshapes the Rules for Donors
What individuals, corporations, and nonprofit partners need to know about the new deduction landscape, and the federal scholarship tax credit arriving in 2027 Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA By Jessica I. Marschall, CPA, ISA AM | President and CEO, The Green Mission Inc. ~ GM-ESG ~ Probity Appraisal Group ~ MAS LLC | August 2026 The […]
Read MoreThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2026: A Comprehensive Guide to the Provisions Taking Effect This Year
A detailed guide to the major individual, business, benefits, and international changes now in force, and what taxpayers should do about them By Jessica I. Marschall, CPA | President and CEO, Marschall Accounting Services LLC | August 2026 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted as Public Law 119-21 on July 4, 2025, changed more […]
Read MoreThe S Corporation Questions Our Clients Are Asking Right Now, and What the Latest Developments Mean for You
By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA, Marschall Accounting Services, LLC, August 20th, 2026 Every so often, a single week at our office tells a story. This past week, client after client reached out with questions that all circled the same territory: Is my S corporation still the right structure? What changed under the new tax […]
Read MoreProving the Exclusion: QSBS Requirements and the Substantiation File That Defends Them
The four pillars of Section 1202 qualification, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act enhancements, and the documentation program that carries the position from formation to exit By Jessica I. Marschall, CPA August 13, 2026 Introduction: The Exclusion Belongs to the Shareholder Who Can Prove It Internal Revenue Code Section 1202 offers one of the most […]
Read MoreThe Complete Client Guide to S Corporations: Benefits, Risks, Compliance, and Common Mistakes
By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA Marschall Accounting Services, LLC August 11, 2026 Choosing to operate as an S corporation can be one of the most valuable tax planning decisions available to a closely held business owner. When the structure is used correctly, it can provide liability separation, pass-through taxation, meaningful payroll tax planning opportunities, and […]
Read MoreLifting the Bottom of the K: Bringing High-Level Tax Strategy to Fredericksburg Small Businesses
By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA, President and CEO, Marschall Accounting Services, LLC July 14, 2026 Marschall Accounting Services, LLC has spent years delivering sophisticated tax advisory services to clients throughout the country, with a significant concentration of clients in high-tax states such as New York, Illinois, and California. We have now expanded our practice with […]
Read MoreThe Arithmetic of 2032
Retirement & Fiscal Policy Social Security is neither a fraud nor a mystery. It is a math problem with a known deadline, a short list of workable levers, and a narrowing window in which to pull them. Jessica Marschall, CPA · Marschall Accounting Services, LLC · July 2026 In our tax practice, the question of […]
Read MoreBuilding the Next Generation of CPAs: AI, the Pipeline, and the Case for Calling Us Professionals
Perspectives on the Profession Building the Next Generation of CPAs: AI, the Pipeline, and the Case for Calling Us Professionals By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA June 17th, 2026 The accounting profession is facing a talent shortage that, by most honest accounts, has reached a crisis stage. Writing in The CPA Journal, observers no longer describe […]
Read MoreExpatriate Tax for US Taxpayers Living Abroad
CLIENT ADVISORY A planning overview, with country sections for Canada, Costa Rica, Ireland, Colombia, and Spain Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA June 4th, 2026 Why this conversation is happening now US clients are increasingly asking what it would take to live, work, and possibly hold citizenship in another country. Some are responding to political and economic […]
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