Archive - Retail CPA Report

Schedule Changes Are Costing You Money You Do Not Know About

Predictive Scheduling Laws Now Cover 11 Cities and the Penalties Add Up Faster Than You Think

Oct 23 • Retail CPA Report

WOTC Expired. Keep Filing Anyway.

Why Retail Employers Who Stop Screening New Hires Now Will Lose Money When Congress Acts

Oct 22 • Retail CPA Report

Your Formula Tests Might Be Worth $150,000 in Tax Credits

How CPG Brands Qualify for Federal R&D Tax Credits and Which Activities the IRS Excludes

Oct 21 • Retail CPA Report

Getting Financing Right Now Is Harder Than It Looks

What the Federal Reserve Data Says About Small Retail Businesses and Why Your CPA Should Be in the Room

Oct 20 • Retail CPA Report

Shrink Is Eating Your Margins. Here Is the Full Cost.

Why Loss Prevention Is a Financial Planning Conversation, Not Just a Security One

Oct 19 • Retail CPA Report

Consumers Spent More in September. They Bought Less.

Retail sales rose 0.8% but inflation ran 0.6%. The real story is in what got stripped out.

Oct 16 • Retail CPA Report

Tariffs Are Not Hitting Your Products Equally

The SKU Level Triage Approach That Lets CPG Brands Protect Margin Without Panic

Oct 16 • Retail CPA Report

Retailers Are Taking Money From You That They Should Not

How CPG Brands Lose 1 to 2% of Revenue to Invalid Deductions and What to Do About It

Oct 15 • Retail CPA Report

Your Gross Margin Is Probably Too High

The Trade Spending Accounting Error That Makes CPG Brands Look More Profitable Than They Are

Oct 14 • Retail CPA Report

Your Q4 Inventory Plan Might Be Built on the Wrong Assumption

What 2026 Consumer Spending Data Means for Retail Buyers and Merchandise Planners

Oct 13 • Retail CPA Report

Court Rejects ERC Claims Based on Supply Chain Disruptions

Sevillo Fine Foods ruling closes the door on indirect suspension theories

Oct 12 • Retail CPA Report

IRS Raises Business Travel Per Diem Rates Effective October 1

Your expense reimbursement policy may now be out of date

Oct 9 • Retail CPA Report

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