Weaver: Beyond the Numbers

At our core, we’re a Texas-based, national accounting firm with comprehensive capabilities. That means we do the things you’d expect us to do: traditional assurance and tax services. However, our philosophy has always been about doing more than expected. That’s why Weaver also provides a wide array of advisory services including risk advisory, transaction advisory, IT advisory, energy compliance s...

As Americans shelter in place to help flatten the curve of infection, manufacturing industry leaders have the challenging task of balancing employee health and safety with international supply chain demands like never before. On this episode of Weaver's Beyond the Numbers podcast, host Shelby Skrhak sat down with Jody Allred , Partner-in-Charge for Large Market Manufacturing and Distribution and T...

An epic push-and-pull takes place every day in for-profit hospitals and healthcare facilities. Finance teams need to do their jobs to keep the business profitable, while medical professionals work to give patients the very best care possible. Today on Weaver: Beyond the Numbers, host Shelby Skrhak sits down with CPA Anna Stevens to discuss accounting struggles in the healthcare industry, specifica...

Cannabis-related products and companies squarely live in a world of a perpetual gray area. To help clear up the opaque nature of banking by cannabis-related businesses on this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers , host Shelby Skrhak sits down with Rachel Mondragon , Weaver Senior Manager in Regulatory Compliance specializing in financial institutions, to discuss. The federal Controlled Substance...

On this new episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers , the Texas economy is our subject matter of focus as we look at the state's economic durability and why the Texas Legislature placed a large bet on that fiscal sustainability. Host Shelby Skrhak sat down with Weaver's  State Government Practice Leader Adam Jones for his expert insight and what that means for residents and business owners in t...

On this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers , we spoke about the increasingly important topic of IT compliance programs. To provide insight and expertise was Brett Nabors , IT advisory services partner with Weaver . There’s no question that IT compliance programs are essential to companies in any industry. Much of this intense scrutiny is due to emerging threats and cybersecurity. “IT compliance...

Mistakes are costly in any industry, but when it comes to employee benefit plans, you're dealing with someone's retirement income and their livelihood. That's why being designated an employee benefits plan fiduciary is much more than crossing your T's and dotting your I's on paperwork. In this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers podcast, we discuss the role of fiduciaries with CPA Aracely Rios,...

On today’s episode of “ Weaver: Beyond the Numbers ,” Partner Rob Myatt explains how tax reform is affecting the energy industry. It’s an important topic with never-ending changes in the last few years, beginning with the Brady Bill and culminating in the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act. It’s a true tax cut overall, but whether it helps or hurts an individual case depends on each specific tax situation....

Technology continues to change the way that Americans are doing business. More consumers than ever are shopping online, helped by outdated laws about sales tax collection for remote sellers. Congress was asked to act and change the laws, but when they moved too slowly, the states took their own action. Enter South Dakota v. Wayfair , a lawsuit that made a lot of headlines in 2018. Now, retailers l...

Trip Hillman and Kyle Morris join Weaver: Beyond the Numbers this week to talk about how companies can maintain compliance in today’s “cloud offering” society. To the average user, there is still much uncertainty about the cloud. However, it has revolutionized business capabilities. It has allowed companies to scale without having to invest time and start-up dollars in pricey machinery and server...

In this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers, host Shelby Skrhak sits down with Adam Jones, Strategic Governance Consultant for Weaver and owner of Capitol Jones Consulting Firm. Jones and Skrhak take a detailed look at how the state of Texas is fairing economically in 2019. In Jones' eyes, it's one of the best in the United States, and the numbers don't lie. As he puts it, compared to the rest o...

The new FASB standard is having a drastic effect on lease accounting. Though what you pay isn't changing, how you pay and categorize your leases is seeing a major shift. Under the FASB standard, lessees must use their balance sheet to recognize operating lease assets and liabilities, not just capital leases, which puts a new strain on CFOs and their teams to adjust.