The House of Representatives on December 7, 2009 passed the so-called “Extender Bill,” This is 2010 version of the annual bill which will now extends about 50 expiring tax provisions to 2010.  These include the Sales Tax Deduction, Standard Deduction for Real Property Taxes, Deduction for Qualified Education Expenses,  School Teacher deductions, 15 Year Deprecation [...]

Business owners and fellow entrepreneurs have lately been asking; where are businesses getting financing these days? The answer is less and less at traditional banks. The mid market firms we deal with are caught in the crunch. Too big for family and friends financing, too small for Wall Street or junk bond issuances and [...]

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/06/news/companies/automakers/index.htm?postversion=2008110622
These companies are obviously on their way out. Please don’t send my tax dollars to fund companies that should be taken over within the next year anyway.
If the money does in fact go to these companies, it is immediately being turned over to union worker’s pensions. I have no desire to pay [...]

As I was watching CNN on the kitchen TV, I saw the Federal Reserve reduced interest rates to 1%. That is simply ridiculous. Interest rates at 1% bear no market resemblance.
Ron Paul mentioned the Fed’s actions are immoral and I agree. There are a lot of retirees that could and [...]

Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches recently received two awards recognizing their outstanding achievements in the areas of accounting marketing and communications.
The Association for Accounting Marketing distributed 40 Marketing Achievement Awards (AAM-MAAs) at the organization’s 19th Annual Conference, AAM Summit 2008, Wild on Marketing in San Diego, Calif. on June 5, 2008.
A panel of judges, including professionals [...]

In the Thursday, March 27th issue of the Houston Chronicle, Gainer Donnelly & Desroches was recognized for providing healthy menu options for their employees in an age where the corporate calorie count is on the rise.
Some days it’s a birthday cake. On others it’s a box of thank-you doughnuts from a customer. Or leftovers from co-workers [...]

Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches was recently featured in the Advertising & Marketing Focus section of the Houston Business Journal. The article focused on the success of our annual calendar as a marketing tool.
Were it not for the busy accountants toiling away in their offices, visitors to the offices of Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches LLP might [...]