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Because of its catastrophic nature, the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last month is a qualified disaster for purposes of the federal tax law, according to the IRS. Similar determinations have been made regarding prior...
2010 Year End Tax Planning
You may be thinking “Is it that time again to try and figure out what this year’s tax bill might turn out to be?”. Or, perhaps, “Tax planning why do I need to do that?” Whether you’re new to tax planning or you have done it consistently for years,...
Illinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act
Illinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act to Create 20,000 New Illinois Jobs On April 13, 2010, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a tax bill designed to boost the Illinois economy and the small businesses driving it. The Small...
2010 mid-year tax planning
Mid-year tax planning for 2010 may require an understanding of one of the most complicated tax years in recent memory. The 2010 tax year represents a critical time to ascertain and identify any tax traps while maximizing opportunities for dramatic...
2010 HIRE Act
On March 18, 2010 the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act was enacted. This piece of legislation, also known as the “Jobs Bill”, is designed to encourage the employment and retention of unemployed individuals. There are two...
Smartphones: Do you have a company policy?
As smartphones (iPhone, BlackBerry) and tablets (iPad and Kindle Fire) become more popular, employees are increasingly asking if they can use their own devices for work. Whether employees use these devices for work full-time or just to take work...
Are you using the Domestic Production Deduction?
Is your business taking full advantage of the Domestic Production Activities deduction? This deduction – which can be as much as 9 percent of your U.S.-based business activity profit – is available to virtually every small business in the...
Is it time to review your R&D strategy?
When a recession hits, it may be tempting to slash departments and costs seen as nonessential. Marketing comes to mind. So do research and development. After all, who knows if your R&D investments will ever pay off once they do make it to...
ESOPs: Trends in the market
Employee stock ownership plans – ESOPs – are tax-advantaged employee benefit plans designed by Congress to allow the purchase of private company shares to encourage employee ownership. ESOPs work well for companies to encourage employee ownership...
Can you regulate an employee’s off-duty behavior?
Am I allowed to monitor my employees’ off-duty behavior and fire an employee because of it? Chances are that most managers have wondered about some form of this question. The behaviors might include drinking, smoking, working for a political party...
Benefits of a customer-driven supply chain
Manufacturers attempting to optimize investment and profit created the concept of lean manufacturing. Going beyond the definition of waste as excess or ruined materials, lean manufacturing evaluates process flow and the productivity of people and...
Do you have too many products in development?
The main reason good product ideas fail is that they get stuck between conception and development, often in processes that inhibit breakthrough innovation, according to a new study by CGT magazine and Sopheon Corp. Nearly 60 percent of...
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