FLINT TWP, MI – A Lansing-based company is set to occupy a vacant 41,000-square-foot space inside the former Furniture Row building in Flint Township. Peckham Inc. is expected to begin renovations in February to the building at 3080 S. Linden Road for approximately 30,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 8,000 square feet of office...Read More

It’s my annual “Taxes from A to Z” series! This time, it’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) style. If you’re wondering whether you can claim home office expenses or whether to deduct a capital loss under the new law, you won’t want to miss a single letter. C is for Credit for the Elderly...Read More

FLINT TWP, MI — The former Toys ‘R’ Us store in Flint Township is growing up. Ashley Furniture HomeStore will move in after the South Linden Road retail toy store location closed in mid-2018 when the company shut down stores across the country. Tracey Tucker, the township’s economic enhancement director, said building permits have already...Read More

If you’re putting off doing your taxes until we’re closer to April 15, you might want to reconsider.  We have a fresh new Form 1040 to deal with.  Tax changes adopted by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) are now in effect (2018 through 2025). Some changes will likely affect you. For one,...Read More

P is for practical. Hotly anticipating your tax refund? Before you splurge on that Jacuzzi you’ve always wanted or pile items into your virtual shopping cart, do yourself a favor: Hit pause, and consider finding a practical use for your money. What’s practical, of course, is relative to your circumstance, but mull over these ways to...Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for the year 2019, including tax rate schedules, tax tables and cost-of-living adjustments. These are the numbers for the tax year 2019 beginning January 1, 2019. They are not the numbers and tables that you’ll use to prepare your 2018 tax returns in...Read More

Big changes have been happening with retailers along Miller Road in Flint Township this year. Lots of new businesses have been popping up, as well some old ones moving to new locations. The longtime Target store is in the process of a makeover. Burlington Coat Factory has taken up residence next to DSW shoe warehouse....Read More

  The best use of your tax refund is in the market. As tax season 2018 nears an end, tax refunds are arriving in millions of mailboxes and bank accounts. Most filers receive their refund within 21 days of filing, according to the IRS, and the average refund, as of March 9, was just over $3,000. “When...Read More

FLINT, MI — A grand opening date has been set for the new 156,000-square-foot Lear Corporation seat manufacturing facility situated on 33 acres at the former Buick City site in Flint. Lear is scheduled to officially open the East Hamilton Avenue site on Saturday, Aug. 11, following a groundbreaking ceremony in October 2017. The plant...Read More

FLINT TWP, MI – Officials in Flint Township are hoping the creation of three new authorities will spur businesses to build or relocate within the boundaries of Genesee County’s second-largest community. Township board members recently approved the forming of a Downtown Development Authority and the Beecher Road and Bristol Road Corridor Improvement authorities to try and spark additional development. Establishment of...Read More