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Employee Spotlight: Sarah Phillips

Sarah Phillips joined the De Boer, Baumann & Company team for a tax internship in 2017 following her graduation from Grand Valley State University. She was hired full-time after the internship and works mostly with small to medium-sized businesses. Sarah is also a member of our marketing committee and handles a lot of our …

Sarah Phillips joined the De Boer, Baumann & Company team for a tax internship in 2017 following her graduation from Grand Valley State University. She was hired full-time after the internship and works mostly with small to medium-sized businesses. Sarah is also a member of our marketing committee and handles a lot of our social media and marketing campaigns, as well as social events for the office.

Sarah’s favorite thing about working for De Boer, Baumann & Company is the flexible schedule and variety of work. She says, “I love that my schedule gives me the opportunity to be available for my kids during the day when needed, so I don’t have to miss their appointments and special events. I also like that I can switch between technical work and marketing work, so my brain doesn’t get bored.”

Sarah and her husband Ryan have been married for 10 years and live in Holland with their 3 young kids, Madelyn, Mason, & Kathryn. She has lived in the West Michigan area her whole life and loves living here mostly because her family is close by. She says, “I love spending time with my parents and extended family, and I want my kids to grow up having close relationships with their grandparents, cousins, and other relatives outside of our immediate family.”

While family commitments don’t leave Sarah with much free time, she enjoys gardening, fishing, boating, and traveling.  She also likes Michigan summers when she can spend her days on the water with the kids, and evenings gathered around a bonfire with the adults.

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Employee Spotlight: Lisa Johnson

Lisa joined the De Boer Baumann team in 2010. She was one of our initial hires when the South Haven office first opened! Lisa received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Michigan University before joining DBC. She handles bookkeeping and tax preparation for business clients as well as payroll for the South Haven …

Interaction between PPP Loans and the Employee Retention Credit

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CCA), which was passed by Congress and signed by the president late last December, included a very tax-beneficial provision that liberalized the interaction between PPP loans and the Employee Retention Credit (ERC). Prior to its passage, if an employer obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, the employer was …

Employee Retention Credit Extended

In order to help trades and businesses to retain employees and keep them employed during the COVID-19 crisis, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act created the Employee Retention Credit for 2020. As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CCA), the credit has been extended through June 2021.The credit is actually …

Increased Business Meal Deductions for 2021 and 2022

If you recall, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), effective beginning in 2018, eliminated the business-related deduction for entertainment, amusement or recreation expenses. However, it did retain a deduction for business meals when the expense is ordinary and necessary for carrying on the trade or business and is not lavish or extravagant, along …

Employee Spotlight – Jessie Nagel

Jessie began her De Boer Baumann career as an intern in 2017 after receiving her Bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University. She was hired full-time at the end of that internship and has jumped right in by joining our marketing committee as well as our agricultural niche team where she gets to learn …