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Rea Converts Firm Zoom Rooms To Microsoft Teams Rooms
Last week, our IT team finished up an exciting project: Converting every Zoom Room across the firm to a Microsoft Teams Room with the goal of making our video conferencing spaces more reliable and easier to use.
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Kaitlyn Moss Is Our New Benefits Manager; Your New Contact
Kaitlyn Moss is Rea's new benefits manager. She will be handling all questions and concerns regarding benefits moving forward. Learn more about her role and goals through this spotlight.
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Retirement Regret Over Too Much Spending and Too Little Planning
Paul McEwan, director of benefit plan services, adds his insight to a recent article by Investment News on the regrets of retirees and their advice to save and invest more and earlier.
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Nominate a Coworker For Rea’s 2022 Spotlight Awards by Aug. 5
Celebrate your team members who have gone above and beyond this year in the community, innovation, client service, the public accounting profession and the firm by nominating them for Rea's Spotlight Awards. Submit your nominations by Friday, Aug. 5!
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Tickets on Sale Now For Our 2022 Rea Foundation Gala and Fundraisers
Please note in your payments who and what your purchases are for, including guest names.
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Amazon Prime Day Is Prime Time For Cyber Scams
Tuesday, July 12, is Amazon Prime Day, and there’s more to expect than just your packages. While you may use Prime Day for great deals, cybercriminals use Prime Day for awful scams.
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Get Important Work Done By Creating Your Own Deadlines
Deadlines help guide your priorities. Without them, important tasks get put to the side. Guy Gage, lead consultant to The Rea Academy, shares how to create immediacy in your work by setting your own deadlines.
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NEWS FROM SPECIALTY TAX GROUP |
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What are Negotiated Tax Incentives?
With discretionary incentives, authorities can approve or deny benefits. While statute or local ordinance or policy may dictate the amount of benefits that can be awarded, administering authorities have the responsibility to base the amount of the award on many factors.
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VIDEO: Understanding Cost Segregation
Cost segregation is a strategic tax planning tool. John Hanning, principal, explores how this tool helps firms and people who've built, bought, expanded, or remodeled real estate boost their cash flow.
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Here's What You Missed In Our Recent
Client Newsletter:
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Trusting Your Investment Decisions
We can't control or predict the markets, but we can control how we think, analyze and respond to the markets. The key is to gain confidence in your decision making skills.
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May Referrals Reinforce The Value of Our INVP Partnership
Lisa Beamer, principal, and Paul McEwan, director of benefit plan services, led our INVP referrals for the month of May. If you think your clients could benefit from our INVP partnership, refer them today.
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Midyear Update: Slowing, But Growing
In the first half of the year, we felt the economic effects of inflation, a foreign war, rising interest rates and a bear market. Do these headlines give insight into what we’ll see the rest of the year? Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network, digs deeper.
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We Want To Spotlight You This Summer
Introduce yourself to the firm in one of our three summer spotlight opportunities: What's Your Hidden Talent; Introduce Your Family; and Who's Your Role Model? Choose a spotlight and send your answer to internal communications!
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Meet Chloe Contini, an intern in our New Philadelphia office. Outside of work, Chloe is on the Kent State Dance Team.
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Meet Anthony Potesta in our Dublin office. Anthony's inspiration comes from accounting generally being "a road less traveled."
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Meet Kennedy Schuck, an intern in our Marietta office. Kennedy is excited to use her skillset in a way that can help others.
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DEI Task Force Finalizes Charter
Rea's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) task force finalized their charter. The task force was formed to determine the vision and objectives that will guide our efforts to ensure all current and future employees -- regardless of their background, race or gender -- are supported and have access to opportunities and programs that are impartial and fair. Review the charter to learn more.
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Rea's Transition to Transamerica Begins: Upcoming Blackout Period Starts July 27
As previously announced, Rea is transitioning its 401(k) plan from July Services to a new record keeper – Transamerica – beginning Aug. 1, 2022. Next month, on July 27, the official blackout period for July Services will begin.
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COVID-19 NEWS & PROTOCOLS |
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Last Week's Trivia: What year were fireworks first used to celebrate July 4th?
Answer: 1777
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