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January 15, 2015 

The Benefits of Open Book Finance

It’s a practice known as open-book finance and is used by more than 4,000 companies around the world, including Southwest Airlines, Harley-Davidson, and Whole Foods. Baker has studied open-book finance at several organizations and published a related case

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January 15, 2015 

Which Cities Have the Most Innovative Workers?

When it comes to creative thinking, professionals in Miami; Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; and Dallas lead the pack, suggests a recent Robert Half Management Resources survey. In these cities, the largest portion of chief financial officers (CFOs) ...

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January 12, 2015 

AICPA Personal Financial Planning Conference Starts Next Week

Economic and political uncertainty, the effects of the Affordable Care Act, and estimating the true cost of retirement are just some of the factors creating a complex and challenging financial landscape for Americans. This year’s AICPA Advanced Personal Financial Planning Conference, held at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas January 19-21, will give planners the necessary...…

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January 8, 2015 

Taxpayers Barely Avoid a Tax Hike On Commuter Benefits

The new tax extenders law enacted in 2014 – the Tax Increase Prevention Act (TIPA) – preserved a key tax break for commuters. Under TIPA, a higher tax-free monthly allowance for mass transit passes and vanpooling was approved for 2014, retroactive to ...

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January 7, 2015 

List Ranks Top 10 and Worst 10 Cities to Find a Job

With “getting a better job” being one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions in the U.S., non-farm employment expected to grow by nearly 220,000 jobs per month and unemployment to fall to 5.4 percent by the fourth quarter in 2015, the personal ...

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December 26, 2014 

The Tax Benefits of Buying a New Car Before the End of the Year

Under the new tax law signed by the president on December 19, taxpayers can claim an optional tax deduction on their personal 2014 returns for state sales tax paid this year. And the sales tax you pay on a vehicle – usually, a significant amount – may ...

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December 22, 2014 

CBIZ Offers New Affordable Care Act Compliance System

The employee benefits provider and insurance advisory consultancy CBIZ has released CBIZ ACA CheckPoint, a platform offering the advanced availability of ACA reporting and compliance tools and expertise. The system was developed in conjunction with SyncSt