All posts for the month September, 2011

Employee Benefits

According to the Society of Human Resource Management’s 2010 Employee Benefits Survey released in June of 2011, 72 percent of HR professionals said “the benefits at their companies had been affected ‘in some way’ due to the economic downturn that began in 2008.” And while 79 percent said “they were reviewing their benefits offerings annually,” [...]

Economic Update September 2011

President Obama delivered his long-awaited economic address Thursday night and Friday’s reaction in equities was a major Bronx cheer. Obviously the news from Greece, with that country teetering on the edge of a default, was also a big negative. With all of that being said and this is not a political commentary, we believe the lion’s [...]

Rising Scrutiny: Tax Shelters

With the IRS cracking down on the high-income loop-holes and individual audits on the rise, tax-payers have been put on notice.  The average tax-payer is usually more concerned with the gray areas of tax shelter tactics, but here are four (4) particular situations in which the IRS might take notice that they haven’t in previous [...]