Blazej Blog http://blog.blazejaccounting.com Your Outsourced In-House Office Concierge Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Happy New Year!!! http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/happy-new-year.html http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/happy-new-year.html#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:00:13 +0000 admin http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/?p=1252 Happy New Year!!!

]]> http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/happy-new-year.html/feed 0 Know YOUR Score http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/know-your-score.html http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/know-your-score.html#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:00:36 +0000 admin http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/?p=1250 A credit card that has not been activated still affects your credit score.  Credit scores treat activated and unactivated cards the same way – which means that cancelling a card that you never activated is considered an account closure, which could hurt your credit score.  What to do:  Apply only for credit cards that you intend to activate and use.

]]> http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/know-your-score.html/feed 0 Get To Know – PPACA http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-ppaca.html http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-ppaca.html#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:00:53 +0000 admin http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/?p=1248 As part of the federal overhaul of health-care insurance, employers with the equivalent of fewer than 25 full-time employees may qualify under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Pct (PPACA) for a tax credit of up to 35% of premium costs for providing health coverage to employees.  Find details at www.irs.gov.

]]> http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-ppaca.html/feed 0 Get To Know – Age Discrimination Employment Act http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-%e2%80%93-age-discrimination-employment-act.html http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-%e2%80%93-age-discrimination-employment-act.html#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:00:11 +0000 admin http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/?p=1246 Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, business of 20 or more employees are barred from discriminating against an employee or a job applicant who is at least 40 years old on the basis of age. 

Also, under the Consolidation Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), an employee who leaves a business can continue to obtain health coverage for a fee for a set period (usually up to 18 months) if the business had a health plan and at least 20 employees in the prior year.

]]> http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-%e2%80%93-age-discrimination-employment-act.html/feed 0 Get To Know – Civil Rights Act http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-civil-rights-act.html http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/get-to-know-civil-rights-act.html#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:00:09 +0000 admin http://blog.blazejaccounting.com/?p=1244 Businesses of 15 or more employees can be subject to penalties under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 if they discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.  Also, disabled employees are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which bars employers from discriminating on the basis of a disability.  Employers must make reasonable accommodations for the disability.

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