Tax ID theft is rampant in Florida. The IRS is taking steps to protect you. Florida is 1 of 3 test markets to help protect taxpayers. With the incidents of tax identity thefts rising, the IRS is working on curbing this out of control issue. Ordinarily, you would have had to be a victim of…
Ready to hire that 1st employee? Expand your workforce? Keep in mind there are costs you will pay beyond the hourly wage! OK, so your business is growing, you have budgeted $400 a week to pay your new employee. ($10 per hour for 40 hours.) You write that 1st paycheck for $400 and voila, you…
Retail stores have long been collecting basic details (i.e. name and email) on their customers. Now, with the help of some nifty retail cloud solutions, it’s possible to collect so much more. eCommerce retailers are already taking advantage of cookies (not the delicious kind), to track shoppers through their online store. Most e-tailers are using…
https://youtu.be/rdR_6RxXXFo Most states update their state unemployment tax (SUI) rates annually. You probably received a letter like this one and thought what am I supposed to do with this? Well, you either need to send it you your payroll provider, or update your payroll system to calculate the correct rate. If you are on our…
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Starting a small business is not for sissy’s! This I have learned many times over in the last 10 years! Since before I married my husband, we have been building a business. We have used every extra bit of money we have to invest in the business we were developing at the time and it…
Those behind the recent rash of phishing scams are increasing the frequency and the attempts are much better than ever before. E-mail users beware, those hard to detect phishing scams are becoming even more difficult to pick out. Over the past week, I have received 75-100 different emails that were very cleverly done. They were…
