Knowledge Center

• 05.17.2013 - Five Years Later, It’s Still About Jobs
  What Connecticut needs most to achieve a real and sustained economic recovery is still, not surprisingly, more jobs. But we won’t get those jobs without both a housing recovery and a more confident business community.
• 05.17.2013 - Is Tax Reform on the Horizon?
  There are several tax reform proposals being bantered about. All of the proposals have one common goal: reduce the federal government's approximate $16 trillion federal budget deficit. To reduce the budget deficit, many of the plans propose to cut spending and raise revenues.
• 05.17.2013 - The New 3.8% Net Investment Tax Continues to Challenge
  The 3.8% Medicare tax on net investment income (the NII Tax) is a new tax calculated on a new tax base, on top of the income tax, alternative minimum tax, self-employment tax and payroll tax. Proposed regulations were issued at the end of 2012 for taxpayers to rely on to determine the application of net investment income (NII) to certain categories of income.
• 05.17.2013 - Massachusetts Small Businesses Eligible for New Wellness Tax Credit
  Promoting employee wellness through workplace education, incentives and other programs can have a direct and positive impact on productivity while also helping to control employer healthcare costs. A 2011 study published by the American Journal of Health Promotion found that healthcare costs rose at a 15 percent slower rate among employees who participated in wellness programs. Now small businesses in Massachusetts can earn a state tax credit worth 25 percent of the cost to implement qualified wellness programs.
• 05.17.2013 - Why do I need a Data Warehouse?
  Businesses measure all sorts of things in order to better manage their business. They measure how much a customer has spent on their products, what products have the best margin and how long it takes to get a product delivered to the customer after the order is confirmed. You name it, and most assuredly someone or some business out there is measuring it.
• 05.07.2013 - Rhode Island Price-Based System Postponed
  After the initial test of the progress of the implementation of the Price-Based System, the Office of Health and Human Services (OHHS) has agreed to postpone the implementation date to June 1, 2013.
• 04.24.2013 - House Ways And Means Committee Sets Sights on Small Business Tax Reform
  Many small business benefits incorporated into the Tax Code are complicated and, arguably, in need of reform. House Ways and Means Committee chair Dave Camp, R-Mich., recently released a draft proposal containing numerous tax reform measures specifically designed to simplify taxation of small businesses and partnerships.
• 04.23.2013 - Whitepaper: Accounting for Refundable Advance Fees - Understanding the Financial Statements of CCRCs
  This paper will discuss the accounting for refundable entrance fees (before and after the change promulgated by the FASB), and how users of the financial statements might analyze the financial viability of a CCRC. It might also be used as a guide to assist CCRCs in discussing the accounting changes with interested parties.
• 04.23.2013 - Employee Benefit Plan Update: IRS Revenue Procedures 2013-12 and 2013-22
  Updates to the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) were made by the Internal Revenue Service with Revenue Procedure 2013-12. This Rev. Proc. modifies and supersedes Rev. Proc. 2008-50. The new Rev. Proc. was issued on December 31, 2012 with an effective date of April 1, 2013.
• 04.18.2013 - Calculating Damages of Early Stage Intellectual Property Infringement
  As technology advances and its usage becomes even more widespread, intellectual property law and the related litigation becomes more relevant.
• 04.11.2013 - The Affordable Care Act: Very Soon, Businesses Need to Decide if They Are Going to “Play or Pay”
  Come the start of next year, hundreds of businesses across Connecticut will have to have answered a critical question when it comes to healthcare – do they want to play or pay?
• 03.19.2013 - Why Recruitment is NOT Dying
  With the rise of social media and internet visibility, many have speculated that the need for recruiters has changed dramatically. There has been inference that, the recruiting industry, is losing business to LinkedIn, Facebook and blogs, which have recently been on the rise. We have established that it is indeed a candidate market at the present time; there are more job openings than there are qualified candidates.

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