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Affordable Care Act 101: Key Requirements for Small Businesses
This article written by Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks) is very practical resource to get quick and an-depth answers to what the Affordable Care Act is and how it may affect you and your business. http://payroll.intuit.com/support/kb/2001632.html
What Small Businesses Need to Do for Obamacare Before Oct. 1, 2013
Source: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-03/what-small-businesses-need-to-do-for-obamacare-before-oct-dot-1 Karen E. Klein September 03, 2013 The health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act will open on Oct. 1. Most small employers—those with 50 or fewer full-time employees—are not required to offer health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Even businesses with more than 50 full-time employees have gotten a one-year reprieve from penalties if […]
Get “mailto” and “webcal” links to work in Chrome with Gmail and Calendar
Chrome’s chrome://settings/handlers does not seem to allow you to allow handlers such as mailto and webcal as it should, so here’s a work-around For mailto: – Make sure you are logged in to Gmail and the active window is your main Gmail page (or nothing will happen). – Copy/paste this into the address bar: javascript:navigator.registerProtocolHandler(“mailto”,”https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s“,”Gmail”) – Add […]
Accounts Receivable Debt Past Due By State
Accounts Receivable Debt Past Due By State http://www.cortera.com/market-trends/2013/04/business-accounts-receivable-debt-past-due-by-state-february-2013-2/
Issues with Low S-Corp Shareholder Compensation
There is no black & white, definitive line, and that there are several factors to consider, that may be unique to the particular activity of a tax year when considering reasonable compensation of a s-corp shareholder employee. A previous post helps provide information to consider when setting the amount, this post specifically addresses why one […]
2013 Social Sec/Medicare Rates & Wage Bases
2013 Social Sec/Medicare Rates & Wage Bases Social Security: EmployEE: 6.2% on earnings up to $113,700 EmployER: 6.2% on earnings up to $113,700 Medicare: Employee/employer (each) 1.45% on all earnings* * Certain high-income taxpayers will be required to pay an additional Medicare tax beginning in 2013. For details, see the IRS information on this topic. Basics: Employer […]
How to make IE8 trust a self-signed certificate in 20 irritating steps
How to make IE8 trust a self-signed certificate in 20 irritating steps Browse to the site whose certificate you want to trust. When told “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate.”, choose “Continue to this website (not recommended).” Select Tools➞Internet Options. Select Security➞Trusted sites➞Sites. Confirm the URL matches, and click “Add” then “Close”. […]