Leah B. Noel, CPA, PC

11/26/2025

The AICPA and state CPA societies strongly oppose any proposal that fails to recognize accounting as a professional degree program.

11/06/2025

The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear

04/17/2025

NC-2025-01, April 17, 2025 — Due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Helene, the IRS today further postponed until Sept. 25, 2025, a wide range of tax deadlines for taxpayers throughout North Carolina. Previously, the deadline had been May 1, 2025, for Form 1040 filers, among many others.

04/17/2025

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-further-postpones-various-tax-deadlines-to-sept-25-for-north-carolina-storm-victims

NC-2025-01, April 17, 2025 — Due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Helene, the IRS today further postponed until Sept. 25, 2025, a wide range of tax deadlines for taxpayers throughout North Carolina. Previously, the deadline had been May 1, 2025, for Form 1040 filers, among many others.

03/05/2025

New grant announced

10/31/2024

Appalachian Community Capital grant application is open

Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative Welcome to the Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative Was your small business harmed by Hurricane Helene? The Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative is here to help. The initiative is partnering with local Community Development Fin...

10/28/2024

Dogwood Health Trust announced today that it will invest a $10 million lead grant to create the Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative (WNCSBI), which will be led by Appalachian Community Capital (ACC). The initiative will offer immediate relief grants up to $25,000 to very small businesses in Dogwood’s 18 counties that experienced physical damage from the storm and have less than $1 million in annual revenue.

ACC will share criteria and open the application on its website (link in comments) on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, with grant awards being made within two weeks to qualifying small businesses.

Additional support for housing stability and small business relief included Asheville, N.C. – Last week, the Dogwood Health Trust Board of Directors approved another$20+ million in grants in response to the devastation of Hurricane Helene in Western NorthCarolina (WNC). This round of funding follo...

10/12/2024

Hotline should be here for any outstanding ERC claims.

Tax Tip 2023-67, May 15, 2023 — Tax relief is available for people living in areas that are declared disasters by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. To find out whether an area qualifies for federal disaster relief, taxpayers should check DisasterAssistance.gov.

10/12/2024

IRS accelerates processing of $10 billion in ERC claims to help hurricane-hit businesses
The IRS announced on Oct. 10 that it's making headway on the processing of roughly 400,000 Employee Retention Credit claims, representing about $10 billion. A spokesperson for the agency urged small business owners in affected communities whose ERC claims are still under review to contact the IRS Disaster Hotline and check their applications’ statuses. For taxpayers with fully processed ERC claims whose mail routes have been disrupted, the U.S. Postal Service will hold checks at the closest distribution hubs until operations resume, the agency said.

Read more on NBC News

10/12/2024

Local, independent businesses are the heart of the Asheville area—home to growers who are artists and artists whose work grows. Thought leaders and thought provokers, musicians and storytellers, entrepreneurs and educators, foodies and beer lovers, hippies, healers, adventurers, creators and innovators. We craft and brew and paint and carve, handcrafted by real hands. Now, those hands need a helping hand. And a hug.

Today, Explore Asheville, in partnership with Asheville Downtown Association, Go Local Asheville, Arts AVL, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Asheville Independent Restaurant Association, Made by Mountains, Mountain BizWorks, and JD Ellison & Company, launched the Love Asheville From Afar page. This page gathers shop links and direct donation platforms for Buncombe County businesses impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Your support can make a real difference—shop local or donate to help rebuild: https://always.exploreasheville.com/love-asheville

10/12/2024

WNC Bars: If you are a bar that does not serve food (or only serves prepackaged food, such as bagged chips, etc.), you are not regulated by the health department. You are clear to reopen with disposable drinkware, without an emergency water supply plan.

Make sure, also, to have at least one working toilet (either a portajohn, or water to flush existing toilets).