Looking for higher yield from your portfolio?

Want answers to tax implications of capital gains tax rate that is due to expire?

Yeager & Boyd, LLC and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management will sponsor a free educational seminar on March 1^st, 2012 at the Fish Market Restaurant’s Hwy. 280 location.

Bobby Boyd, Partner of Yeager & Boyd, LLC will be a featured speaker, discussing

“How taxes will affect you in 2012.”

For over 30 years, Yeager & Boyd has provided exceptional accounting, auditing and tax services. We are experts in audit and reporting requirements, tax planning strategies, compliance procedures and forensic accounting. Services include:

•year-round local income tax planning •audits •retirement planning •financial statements •litigation support •bookkeeping •financial estate & retirement planning •financial projections •IRS representation business valuations

Evening & Saturday appointments, on-site visits, direct access to owners, all calls returned promptly,205-991-5506 or contact Yeager & Boyd,LLC at www.yeagerboyd.com

· Michael Prewett, with Merrill Lynch, Expert Financial Advisor since 2006, will join in the workshop to discuss

“Searching for Yield in a low interest rate environment”.

Included in Michaels presentation will be:

· The European Debt Crisis and Domestic Markets

· Small Business Retirement plans, 401K, SEP IRA,

· Comprehensive financial Planning

· What the public is complaining about the most in 2011…Yield

· How  you can earn more than a CD of money market safely

· What options are available for fixed income and what type risks are involved

For more information regarding attendance please contact Ann Boyd at ann@yeagerboyd.com by Tuesday February 28th.

Yeager & Boyd to attend and participate in sponsorship of the year’s Bench & Bar Conference December 2-3 at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama hosted by the Mobile Bar Association.

The Bench and Bar Conference is by far the biggest and most well attended conference in South Alabama.  In attendance will be lawyers and judges from the Mobile Bar Association’s Southern District including Mobile & Baldwin County.

Yeager & Boyd invites you to join us as we sponsor the Shelby County University of Alabama Alumni Association Game Day Tent on the Quad for the Alabama vs LSU game on November 5th! For more information contact ann@yeagerboyd.com.

CRIMSON TIDE FANS and SUPPORTORS! Come join Yeager & Boyd on November 5^th as we sponsor the University of Alabama Shelby County Alumni Association game day tent on the Capstone Quad!

The Shelby County UA Alumni Chapter’s tent is located on University Boulevard, across from the Quad on the front lawn of Little Hall next door to the President’s Mansion, corner of University Boulevard and Elm Drive.

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As a leading CPA and CFE consulting firm, we’ve developed a depth of expertise and resources that can benefit you in a number of key ways.

Begin a rewarding relationship

We would be happy to show you how Yeager & Boyd services can help you win more cases with a brief seminar at your location. Yeager & Boyd is also available to committees and round table groups for speaking engagements.

Experienced Effective Expertise to WIN your case

Current topic: Computation of Damages.

To schedule a seminar or a speaking engagement contact:

Charles Boyd CFE, CPA

ann@yeagerboyd.com

205- 278-0132

Crimson Tide fans and supporters, we know you’ve been counting down the days till kickoff and the Shelby County UA Alumni Association wants to make sure you are part of the action. This year, we’re excited to present exciting opportunities for you and your company to have a tremendous amount of exposure through upcoming events hosted by the Shelby County Chapter of the University of Alabama National Alumni Association.

Our chapter is dedicated to raising money to fund scholarships for deserving Shelby County students who want to attend the Capstone.

Our goal is to have a corporate sponsor of our chapter’s tent on the Capstone’s Quad at each of our home games. Yeager & Boyd, L.L.C., Birmingham, has already committed to be one of this year’s LSU game sponsors. Below, you will see we have tiered sponsorship opportunities. We ask you consider participating in one or all three.

Your tent sponsorship includes prominent display of your corporate logo on the chapter’s pregame email announcement sent to alumni association members and supporters. Your corporate name will be mentioned on any game day advertising including print and radio. On game day, your company representatives will network at the chapter tent before and after the game. Corporate signage at the tent can be displayed to the extent allowed by the University. Our chapter will provide beverages and food. You will incur a one-time cost of $450.

Another great opportunity to promote your business and fund scholarships is sponsorship of our annual kickoff pep rally to be held August 18 at the Heart of Dixie Harley Davidson clubroom in Pelham. The dealership is conveniently located behind Cracker Barrel and Golden Corral restaurants off Highway 119 and I-65. Booth space is just $150. This will be a great opportunity to network with Crimson Tide supporters and showcase everything your business has to offer.

Lastly, we offer a website sponsorship. Your business will be featured on our Shelby County chapter website with a prominent display of your corporate logo and general contact information. The cost of this will be an annual charge of $250. Participate in one of the other sponsorships noted above and inclusion on our website will be free of charge.

For more information please contact Ann Marie Boyd at (205) 278-0132

Details about our Chapter Scholarship Program

A student must first apply to and be accepted to the university for admission with a minimum 3.0 GPA and 21 ACT or 1000 SAT. Students can submit an application for admission online at apply.ua.edu. After being accepted, stu-dents may apply for the following:

Scholarship Opportunities Available:

Scholarships available through the university. The Scholarship Application may be accessed at myBama.ua.edu.

This must be done by the December 1st priority date.

• Alumni Scholarship Award at www.shelbycountyrolltide.com/docs/
• Alumni Heritage Award at www.shelbycountyrolltide.com/docs/
• Shelby County Chapter Alumni Association Scholarship

There is no application process for the Shelby County Alumni Association Scholarship. The University provides us with the information of those qualified from Shelby County. Our Scholarship Committee awards the scholarship funds from that list. However, you should feel free, and encouraged, to contact any of our members if you know of a worthy and deserving student.

We also want to help The University of Alabama identify and recruit Shelby County’s best and brightest, so if you are aware of a student who should be headed to the university, let us know and we will notify university officials to make sure they are aware and are actively recruit that student. Yes, students get recruited too!

By Jennifer Trammell / Guest Columnist -

http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/news/2009/jul/07/protect-your-business-fraud/

Published Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Is your business at risk for fraud? Don’t assume — you need to know for sure.

Fraud is defined as “deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage.” In today’s business world, “fraud” comes in many unexpected forms.

Yeager & Boyd, LLC, a long-time Shelby County accounting firm, has a division specializing in forensic accounting, tapping into what some experts say is an unmet demand for financial fraud investigators.

Most accountants, including Yeager & Boyd, have played a role over the years in ferreting out shady money-management activities. There is a need for forensic accounting services, particularly in the small business arena, where businesses often struggle with asset misappropriation and corruption, two common forms of small business fraud.

A recent study found that businesses hit by occupational fraud sustained a median loss of $159,000. A quarter of businesses lost $1 million or more. The need for protecting Shelby County businesses, especially those that do not have regular audits, is critical to the continued successful growth of the county’s business community.

The Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce is offering a Fraud Prevention Workshop so you can make sure your business is protected. This workshop can help you understand such practices as accepting and processing credit cards, understanding the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), employee screening, PCI Compliance and potential employer and merchant liabilities.

Understanding, recognizing and implementing a plan to protect your business from risky internal and external factors might save your business.

The Fraud Prevention workshop will be held July 23 at the Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce in Pelham. Register online at www.shelbychamber.org. The cost is $10 and the workshop will be 8:30-10 a.m. For more information, call 663-4542.

Jennifer Trammell is the president of the Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at jennifer@shelbychamber.org.

Yeager & Boyd, LLC | Birmingham, Alabama (AL) | Occupational Fraud Audits

June 26, 2009

- As demand for forensic audits, fraud investigations and better preventative measures increase in business and government organizations, Yeager & Boyd, LLC continues to respond with Boyd Forensic Accounting and Investigation.

Birmingham, Alabama. In 1980, when Robert Boyd began his CPA firm, Yeager & Boyd, LLC, the landscape for personal and business tax services, corporate auditing, governmental regulation and oversight was far different. This was long before Enron, WorldCom, Sarbanes Oxley or occupational fraud estimates of $652 Billion a year (according to an ACFE 2006 survey that found at least 5% of the U.S. Gross National Product was stolen).

In direct response to an increased demand for specialized audits Robert, and his brother Charles Boyd (CFE, Certified Fraud Examiner) launched Boyd Forensic Accounting and Investigation in 2006. These highly specialized CFE audits are conducted to detect and prove (or disprove) the motives, actions, patterns of behavior, schemes and money trail of fraud and forgery essential to documenting transactions and uncovering the transgressors.

This unique set of talents, skills, acquired tools and characteristics combine to allow Boyd Forensic Accounting and Investigation to conduct both public and private sector audits. Understanding the differences between these two types of organizations, the idiosyncrasies and contrasting vulnerabilities is what sets Boyd Forensic Accounting and Investigation apart from the competition, and why attorneys choose them time and again for CFE expertise.

CFE engagements include both high profile and run-of-the-mill cases, but many of the outcomes are anything but routine in nature. One woman in south Alabama pled guilty to embezzling over $1.6 Million in public housing funds and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. This marked the detection and prosecution of one of the largest cash fraud cases in U.S. Housing Authority audits to date. A company accountant, who had too much unchecked reign over financial functions, was over-crediting her own tax withholding and had increased her auto allowance without the President’s approval. When the Boyd Team reviewed the company’s records, the discrepancies were discovered and using their CFE skills, the Boyd Team obtained a full confession and the employee was discharged and restitution was made.

The combination of unique experience, talents and an investigative nose for the dark and dubious side of managerial and employee behavior is rare, especially within the certified public accounting community. ‘We have worked very hard over the years to hone skills that allow for fair and accurate audits’, says Charles Boyd of the CFE division at Yeager & Boyd. These skills include a high level of commitment and attention to detail to accomplish the audit’s objectives which can include: resolving allegations by obtaining evidence, taking statements and participating in depositions, writing detailed reports, testifying to findings as expert witnesses, conducting asset searches and uncovering hidden assets, examining bid and proposal processes, development of visual aids, examining internal controls (or lack thereof) and applying the forensic and fraud investigative techniques that will expose falsified transactions.

As Yeager & Boyd begin their fourth decade in business, the changes and challenges are more demanding than ever for business and government. But there doesn’t need to be a suspicion of fraud for the Boyd Team to help individuals and businesses with tax returns and financial statements. Their traditional CPA practice is thriving and growing in the southeast.

Two years in to this recession, economic pressures on employees are even greater and record deficits mean fewer people to accomplish more work, leading to the types of dishonest attitudes that rationalize occupational fraud. Preventative measures are more important than ever and Boyd Forensic Accounting and Investigation is growing rapidly, sharing the information needed to reduce the risks associated with organizational fraud and business theft through regional seminars, association affiliations and increased vigilance to identify the patterns of behavior, before they’re out of control. The next seminar is sponsored by the Greater Shelby County (AL) Chamber of Commerce on July 23, 2009 from 9am to noon and covers identifying risks, patterns and fraud types to be aware of, and an overview of the techniques organizations can use to protect themselves. For more information or to register go to www.shelbychamber.org.

As growth in theft and fraud persists, Boyd Forensic Accounting and Investigation provides all the services required for business and government to protect funds. To learn more about these services go to www.boydcfe.com.

Media Contact:
Yeager & Boyd, LLC
Ann Boyd
205-991-5506