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Construction Corner

Rob Trammell Joins The Builders’ Exchange BOD

ASL is pleased to announce that ASL Principal in Charge of Tax and Construction Rob Trammell, CPA, was nominated and confirmed to the Builders’ Exchange of Santa Clara County Board of Directors for a three year term, beginning January 2012.

The Builders’ Exchange is a nonprofit association of subcontractors, general contractors, architects, engineers, material suppliers, manufacturer representatives and others closely related to the construction industry.  The governing board of the Exchange is an elected cross-section of construction business professionals.  The Exchange’s goal is to provide a central location to meet and review current construction projects and to collect timely industry information.

For more information about the Exchange, please contact Mike Miller, Executive Director, mm@bxscco.com.  For more information about ASL’s Construction Group, please contact Rob Trammell, rtrammell@aslcpa.com.

Alert: Bonus Depreciation for Assets

2012 brings the limitation on bonus depreciation for assets down to 50%, which still leaves your glass half full.  In 2011, there was 100% bonus depreciation for assets placed in service during 2011.

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ASL Construction Group

With insight and assistance from the ASL Construction Group, you can give your business a competitive edge by:

  • Improving cash flow to free up resources you can use to strengthen and expand your position in the marketplace.
  •  Increasing operational efficiencies that can improve your profit margins by reducing scope-creep and other avoidable costs. 
  •  Improving your management team’s decision-making by getting more accurate and more timely data.
  •  Giving time back to your staff to focus on more proactive and forward-looking work instead of being consumed with management of historical data and compliance requirements.

We help you to realize these benefits through effective tax strategies, efficient accounting processes, and the audit process.  

The ASL Construction Group specializes and has significant experience in servicing sub-contractors that is based upon:

  • The significant number of our clients in this area.
  • Our 10-person strong team and low employee turn-over.
  • The high number of CPE training hours in construction in which our people participate to continually develop their technical knowledge.
  • We are active members of The Builders Exchange, CFMA, and NAWIC, and stay current on industry issues and developments to keep our fingers on the pulse of trends and issues.

We understand your issues as we have worked through them before, and we can bring unique opportunities to your attention.

In addition to the ASL Construction Group, the ASL Family Wealth Planning Group can also assist your owners, founders, or other executives with their unique needs in personally providing for and protecting their families’ futures.