A nearly $2.3 million state loan has been awarded to help fund a new business park plan in Paradise Township, Lancaster County.

Sounds too good to be true, right? Over the past nine months, I have received calls from a number of my clients asking about a new investment opportunity being pitched to them. Whether it was a downtown York restaurant or an apartment complex in Baltimore, a primary draw of these investment opportunities was the potential tax savings. Many of these clients I would label “sophisticated investors,” so they are all well aware of various investment and tax-deferral strategies, such as 1031 like-kind exchanges. But permanent tax abatement? That almost seems too good to be true.

Citing an increase in bank consolidation over the past five years thinning out competition, Camp Hill-based Linkbank saw an opportunity to open two branches in the region.

At least once a week Fred Croop, an accounting professor at Misericordia University, opens up the newspaper and finds some case of fraud occurring at a nonprofit organization.

The Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, has a new leader.

Shippensburg-based Orrstown Financial Services has completed its acquisition of Hamilton Bank in Maryland.

PPL Electric Utilities has good news for small business customers and some not so good news for residential customers.

The Pennsylvania House passed a bill Wednesday that would remove the capital stock and franchise tax assessment methodology, from state law.

A former staff accountant at RKL LLP is returning to the Manheim Township, Lancaster County-based accounting firm as its CFO.

A federal judge has dismissed UPMC's lawsuit against Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved Pennsylvania American Water's acquisition of a small but troubled wastewater system in Pike County.

There are many causes of the gap, like discrimination and a lack of family-friendly policies. But recently, mounting evidence has led economists and sociologists to converge on a major driver — one that ostensibly has nothing to do with gender.

If businesses want to make a push into solar, 2019 may be optimal. Absent any legislative action, this year is the last year that the federal government is expected to offer a 30 percent tax credit to homeowners and businesses for installing a solar system.

The owners of a defunct Cumberland County biodiesel firm have been convicted by a jury for defrauding the federal government.

Santander Bank is selling 14 branches to First Commonwealth Bank, allowing the western Pennsylvania bank to expand its reach in central areas of the state.