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Time to SHOP for a Health Plan? IRS Fine Tunes the Tax Credit
The IRS recently issued proposed regulations fine-tuning the rules governing the healthcare tax credit available to certain small employers, beginning in 2014. The Affordable Care Act contains a credit of up to 50 percent of premiums for eligible employers. Keep reading to learn what the new proposed regulations add to the mix.Read More -
How does Company Culture Impact Performance?
Rachel Antrobus, Fahrenheit Finance Senior Consultant September 4, 2013 Company culture can be hard to change. But startup companies possess a distinct advantage – they can proactively create and build their desired culture from the ground up. How important is it? Important enough that many institutional investors believe company culture trumps even strategy as a harbinger of long-term success. In…Read More -
Curb Employee Turnover with Engagement Challenges
Employee turnover is expensive -- very expensive. As the economy continues to build strength, albeit slowly, employee turnover will become a larger problem for many employers. But traditional retention strategies, including pay and benefits, are not the only tools available to address the challenge. In fact, you may be throwing money at the problem with little to show for it.…Read More -
Outgrowing QuickBooks?
Outgrowing QuickBooks? Are you sure you’re ready for the transition? Doug Jones, Fahrenheit Finance August 2013 Intuit’s QuickBooks is the accounting package most commonly used by small and mid-sized businesses. Over the years Intuit has added many features and options, and the current QuickBooks Enterprise version is a pretty robust accounting package. It still, however, is basically just that…an accounting…Read More -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Fahrenheit Finance Continues Growth; Announces New Hires
Contact: Keith Middleton / 804-955-4440 / kmiddleton@fahrenheitfinance.com Fahrenheit Finance Continues Growth; Announces New Hires Fahrenheit Finance co-founders, Keith Middleton and Rich Reinecke, discuss the firm’s continued success and announce several additions to the firm’s client service team and internal staff. Continued Market Expansion “The firm continues to experience market expansion across all our service lines – consulting, fractional financial…Read More -
New Approach to FMLA Compliance Could Generate Savings
Taking a more proactive approach regarding requests for time off under the Family Medical Leave Act, and understanding the correlation between this type of leave and future disability claims, can help you manage some health issues and ultimately limit costly employee absences. Recent research collected over a five-year period points the way. Keep reading to get a better understanding of…Read More -
Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned From “Survivor”
Steve Baker, Senior Resource Manager Fahrenheit Finance, August 2013 Ever since the CBS reality TV show, “Survivor”, premiered in 2000 it’s been my shameless weekly addiction. For those who have perhaps been on a deserted island themselves for the past 13 years, the premise of the show is to strand 16 average Americans…Read More -
Lesson #3: When Evidence Collides with Ideology
Lesson #3: When Evidence Collides with Ideology - July 30, 2013 Dave Garlock, Fahrenheit Finance Are you comfortable considering non-conforming ideas and concepts? How do you respond to ideas that attack the core of your beliefs and understandings? What do you do to validate challenging ideas and transform your own beliefs and understandings? This article is the third in the…Read More -
Employee Involvement Drives Ideas
The traditional suggestion program (often just a suggestion box) usually lumbers along. Then, it sputters out. You know there has to be tremendous untapped knowledge and ability within your employee base. So how do you help them put it to work for your organization? There's a better way to continuously get ideas from your employees. It's with employee-driven involvement. For…Read More -
Help Your Employees Appreciate Your Investment in Them
You are probably paying your employees a lot more than they realize. There is an easy and inexpensive way to remedy this gap in knowledge. This may be particularly important at a time when the economy is slowly improving and employees may be inclined to snap up a job offer from another employer merely on the basis of the promised…Read More -
A Special Tax-Saving Election When Buying an S Corp
Here's a bright idea for buyers of S corporations. There's a favorable way to buy the stock and have the transaction treated as a direct asset purchase for federal tax purposes. If a C or S corporation is making a taxable acquisition of an S corporation, the preferred approach is often to buy the assets rather than all the stock.…Read More -
Lesson #2: Complacency and a Closed Mind Will Choke the Golden Goose
Complacency and a Closed Mind Will Choke the Golden Goose Lesson #2: Learned from the Rise and Fall of Vanquished Companies - July 2013 Dave Garlock, Fahrenheit Finance This article is the second in the series of interpretations of the concept of “Habits of Mind” set forth in Good to Great to Gone, the 60 Year Rise and Fall of…Read More