Mortgage rates fall to 6.09% as new construction lifts Tampa supply
Lower rates and rising luxury inventory reshape Tampa Bay’s spring housing market.
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Supreme Court blocks Trump tariffs, shifting costs for Tampa Bay businesses
High court ruling resets import pricing and supply chain strategy across Tampa Bay.
How Pinellas County allocates tourism tax dollars
Pinellas County Commissioner Brian Scott spoke with TBBW about how tourism tax dollars are allocated.
Pinellas tourism hits $10B impact, funds $153M projects
Tourism continues to anchor Pinellas County’s economy, generating more than $10 billion in economic impact in 2025 while supporting roughly 100,000 jobs across hospitality, retail, transportation and related sectors. Beyond visitor spending, tourism is also driving significant reinvestment back into the county. In 2025, tourism-generated dollars returned nearly $155 million directly into Pinellas County communities, … Read more
Hillsborough County to vote on $358.5M Lightning arena renovation
Commissioners vote Jan. 21 on raising the arena renovation cap to $358.5M.
What to know about business acquisitions
By Elizabeth Shauger, CPA, Mauldin & Jenkins Are you acquiring or selling a business? Buying or selling a business has a lot of moving parts. Although there are many complex types of mergers and acquisitions, the stock or asset sale are among the most straightforward. There are advantages and disadvantages to both an asset sale … Read more
Estate planning with a business in mind
By Brian Carter, CPA, Mauldin & Jenkins A family business can be a wonderful asset that not only supports multiple family members but also helps keep the various generations connected. Unfortunately, the same business can complicate estate administration and wreak financial, and emotional, havoc on heirs. To avoid that outcome, it is critical that business … Read more
Consider Opportunity Zones as part of a well-crafted tax plan
By Brian Duren, signing director and Chris Dhanraj, managing principal of investments Since their introduction in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Qualified Opportunity Zones (OZ) have attracted attention as an important tool to help mitigate income tax liabilities. And, despite the headlines focusing on rising inflation, rising interest rates and possible rising … Read more
The art of ownership transition
By Jeff Servais, principal, and David Laugtug, principal, CLA In the life of a business, ownership transition is inevitable. Whether selling to private equity or to the next generation of your family, someone else, at some point in time, will own your company. Most owners don’t realize how this process, often highly emotional, balances a … Read more
Understanding the Employee Retention Credit for Recovery Start-Up Businesses
By Dawn Morgan, CPA and Kathleen Martin, CPA Many entrepreneurs in Tampa Bay entered 2020 with new business ventures in motion or expansions of existing business—opening new locations, new entities or a combination of the two. Despite hits from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tampa Bay area saw a trending increase in new business applications, according … Read more