Give your household the best chance of surviving a wildfire by being ready to go and evacuating early. This includes going through pre-evacuation preparation steps (only if time allows) to increase your home’s defenses, as well as creating a Wildfire Action Plan for your family. Being ready to go also
The summer heat can’t affect a blizzard of ACA notices and penalty assessments being sent by the IRS as they determine which employers may have failed to comply with the ACA in 2017. These notices include Letter 5699, Letter 226J and Letter 5005A. IRS Letter 5699 Officially titled, “Request for Employer Reporting
Get Set … Before wildfire strikes, it’s important to GET SET and prepare yourself, your family, and your home for the possibility of evacuation. There are three main preparation actions that should be completed and familiar to all members of your household long in advance of a wildfire. 3 Steps to Getting Set:
Over the past quarter-century, restaurants and bars have adopted technology that has turned them into streamlined, completely digital operations that probably couldn’t put out a single meal if the server went down. Nearly every restaurant and bar in the U.S. depends on technology to some extent. Menus may be accessed on
Most people aren’t ready for a wildfire, but there are steps you can take to reduce the risk. Maintain an adequate defensible space around your home and protect your home using fire resistant building materials. “Defensible space” is a buffer around your home that you can create by removing dead plants, grass and
TWO MILLION Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) are set to expire this year, according to the IRS. What does this mean for you? Here are some important answers: What is an ITIN? It’s a tax processing number issued by the IRS. To process and account for tax returns and payments from individuals
In early 2019, five employees met in the conference room of a manufacturer in Aurora, Illinois, and were shot to death by an employee they were about to terminate. Among the victims were the human resources director and a young HR intern at his first day on the job. This
Nearly every company relies on digital technology. That means nearly every company is facing the danger of unwanted individuals and entities messing around in your company’s digital data. To begin, the digital security of an organization can only be as strong as the basic judgment of its employees. It only takes
With the auto sector taking rate increases, what are business owners doing to minimize the increase to their bottom line? What procedures are they putting in place to minimize the rate increase? What does the future look like and how will auto rates impact future budgeting cost for business
In a review of the ABC test for independent contractors, the California Employment Law Report concluded that there are five important issues regarding the California Supreme Court’s recent decision on the test: Part A of the test requires that the worker is free from the control and direction of the