The collection of previous press releases from Whitley Penn.
Plano, TX (March 30, 2021) – Whitley Penn proudly announced that John Oden, Transaction and Advisory Managing Director, has been named a finalist for the D CEO 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Awards. D CEO partners with ACG (Association for Corporate Growth)on this prestigious program which honors North Texas’ top business transactions and dealmakers. All finalists
Read More...The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act established the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) that provides loan funding for eligible small businesses. Under the CARES Act, a PPP loan may be forgiven if the borrower uses the proceeds to pay certain cost (including payroll, occupancy, and other specified expenses) during a qualifying payment period beginning
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Dallas, TX (March 25, 2021) – Risk Advisory Services Partner, John Williamson CPA-CITP, CIA, CFE, CISA has earned the Certified Information Technology Professional credential from the AICPA. Williamson maintains experience in public accounting, internal audit and enterprise risk management. His practice emphasis is in operational and technology risk management, Systems and Organization Control (SOC) 1,
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Dallas, TX (March 23, 2021) – Whitley Penn has ranked #4 in the Dallas Business Journal’s North Texas Accounting Firms list making this the second consecutive year the firm has been listed in the top five. The list ranking is based off the number of local CPA’s in 2020. “It has been our honor to serve the North Texas
Read More...The IRS announced that it has postponed the due date for individual income tax returns from April 15, 2021 until May 17, 2021. The IRS had previously postponed the due date for various tax filings and payments for Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana taxpayers until June 15, 2021 (See “Whitley Penn Tax Alert: IRS Announces Tax
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Fort Worth, TX (March 16, 2021) – Whitley Penn has been named a “Top 100 Firm” by Accounting Today. The firm moved up the list of rankings from 41 to 37. The firm was also named among the “Pacesetters in Growth” as well as the second largest firm in the Southwest. “It is an honor
Read More...Yesterday, Congress passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes the “American Rescue Plan Act” (“ARPA”, “Plan”), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law this week. The ARPA includes several taxpayer economic relief and individual and business income tax provisions. One of the provisions frequently discussed in
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Fort Worth, TX – (March 9, 2021) –Whitley Penn is pleased to announce that the firm has been named to the third annual class of Fort Worth Inc.’s Fastest Growing Companies in Fort Worth. The list is ranked by three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. Companies were eligible to compete if they were for-profit;
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Fort Worth, TX – (March 3, 2021) – Whitley Penn Co-Founder, Partner and CFO, Jim Penn, has been named a finalist for the 2021 DCEO Financial Executives Awards. Through the collaborative efforts of the editors at D CEO, the Association for Corporate Growth, the Dallas CPA Society, and Financial Executives International, this award honors top financial
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