February 13, 2013
Are self-insured health plans good for small companies?
As recently as 2009, only 13% of companies with fewer than 100 employees offered health insurance through self-insured plans, the Health and Human Services department says.
February 10, 2013
Mobile apps can promote employee fitness and health
What better way to encourage employees to take care of themselves than by using social tools? After all, we have our phones and tablets with us all the time. Here are some ways you can take full advantage of the connectivity.
January 18, 2013
Michigan Gov. signs executive order to create insurance, financial services department
Gov. Rick Snyder wasted no time implementing one of his proposals from Wednesday night's State of the State address, signing an executive order Thursday to create the new state Department of Insurance and Financial Services.
January 14, 2013
Health insurance hikes hitting Texans
More than 163,000 Texans face double-digit rate increases to their healthcare premiums this year as insurers raise prices in anticipation of higher medical costs and full implementation of the Obama administration's healthcare law.
November 15, 2012
Survey Finds Compensation, Retirement and Benefits Remain Stable as Uncertainty Prevails
Benefits costs still #1 factor in total reward decisions; recruiting employees increasing in importance.
November 8, 2012
Advice on Post-Election Tax Planning Ideas
Toni Nitti, a CPA and tax partner at WithumSmith+Brown, is a contributor to Forbes, and has offered several tips for tax planning now that we know the results of the Presidential election.
September 27, 2012
2012 Review of Professional Tax Planning Systems
Everyone has heard the old Benjamin Franklin quote about the only certain things in life being death and taxes. The certainty of taxes, however, is far more subject than the first.
August 29, 2012
InFirm: Benefits of Hosted Solutions
The “Cloud” and hosted solutions continue to garner interest amongst accounting firms, but there is a lot of confusion about the types of hosting, available applications, and the overall reasons for firms to consider hosted solutions.
March 14, 2012
Small Employers Can Benefit from Health Care Tax Credit
With business tax-filing deadlines fast approaching, the Internal Revenue Service today encouraged small employers that provide health insurance coverage to their employees to check out the small business health care tax credit and then claim it if they qualify.
January 24, 2012
Ten Tax Benefits for Parents to Remember
How much is that little bundle of joy worth? Junior or your Princess may be priceless to you, but when it comes to taxes, there can be several very tangible monetary benefits.
January 3, 2012
Numbers Have Moved to the Cloud… The Benefits of Online Client Accounting
The Cloud has changed the world of accounting. This concept is not new—it actually dates back to the early 1990s—but the biggest growth by accounting firms starting to take advantage of this online technology has been within the last few years.
January 3, 2012
The Benefits of Adding Investment Planning to Your Practice
As a tax and accounting professional, your clients already trust you to provide professional tax advice that is in their best interest, so why do you keep referring your clients to another financial professional for investment services?