Spotlight on the Issues

DMR Architects CEO Lloyd Rosenberg was honored by bergenPAC last fall for his contributions to the performing arts community in North Jersey.
Feb 5, 2024

Changing of the guard: DMR Architects places longtime employee in the lead

Lloyd Rosenberg, who has led the Hasbrouck Heights-based firm as president and CEO since its founding in 1991, recently handed the reins to Pradeep Kapoor, a 23-year veteran of the company.

Finance
Jan 29, 2024

Community banks address lending myths, adapt to borrower behaviors

Patrick Ryan, president and CEO of Hamilton-based First Bank, discusses banking trends heading into the new year.

Bank vault door
Jan 29, 2024

NJBankers peers into the future of lending, economy

NJBIZ recently asked Brittany Wheeler, vice president and director of government affairs for the New Jersey Bankers Association, for a read on where the organization and its members stand on the issues and challenges facing the state as it moves into 2024.

Meeting
Jan 29, 2024

Is the end in sight for bitter proxy battle over Republic First Bank?

The combatants in the long-running fight are sticking to a dramatic agreement they reached after spending months at loggerheads over the leadership and future of the financial institution.

AI meeting
Jan 22, 2024

Attorneys integrating AI into practices to increase efficiency

As a range of industries look to use generative artificial intelligence, more and more legal professionals are turning to the technology to handle routine functions, like document review, legal research and contract editing.

On June 1, 2019, Mohamed Salah of the Liverpool Football Club celebrates after he scored from the penalty spot during the 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League final between Tottenham Hotspur (England) and Liverpool FC (England) at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain.
Jan 22, 2024

Orion Innovation kicks off new year with Liverpool FC

The Edison-based technology firm was tapped by the iconic English soccer team to serve as its official digital transformation officer.

A rendering for Edge Works at Liberty Science Center's and the City of Jersey City's 30-acre Scitech Scity project. PHOTO: SCITECH SCITY
Jan 15, 2024

Liberty Science Center embarks on next chapter of SciTech Scity

When completed, the $450 million, 30-acre innovation campus will be devoted to using science and technology to address the most serious health care issues — most recently adding a biopharmaceutical component to the project.

Laboratory
Jan 15, 2024

Despite lawsuits, NJ drugmakers take part in Medicare negotiations

Despite suing the Biden administration over a controversial new government program aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs for older Americans, New Jersey’s biggest pharmaceutical companies are taking part in the price-setting program.

1040 US Tax Form, calculator and ballpoint pen
Jan 8, 2024

Accounting pros look ahead at 2024 changes

Regardless of the outcome of this year's election, “What is certain is that the tax system will continue to get more complex,” one expert said. “We can expect increasing regulatory updates, a very complex global tax regime, and more.”

IRS Tax Audit
Jan 8, 2024

How businesses can avoid and survive audits by beefed-up IRS

Firms that engage a good accounting adviser are more likely to either avoid an audit or come out relatively unscathed.

Artificial intelligence
Jan 8, 2024

Artificial intelligence could make filing less taxing

“AI can enhance recordkeeping and tax preparation for businesses and their advisers, but you still need a human to guide and double-check the process,” says Peter Scavuzzo, Marcum’s chief information digital officer and CEO of Marcum Technology.

A recent roundtable discussion on NJCPA’s history, industry challenges, areas of focus, its future and more included (from left) Rachael Bell, content and communications director; Theresa Hinton, chief operating officer; Sarah Krom, managing partner of SKC and Co. and the youngest NJCPA president when she served in 2018-19; Aiysha (AJ) Johnson, CEO and executive director; and Alan Sobel, managing principal of the New Jersey offices of CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) and NJCPA past president (2020-21).
Jan 8, 2024

NJCPA leaders plan for the future of 125-year-old organization

Since its beginnings, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants has grown into an organization with more than 13,000 members that it supports in a variety of ways, such as advocacy, educational resources, access to shared knowledge, and groups and committees that serve their interests.