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July 2013 – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. Political, Pragmatic or Panic: Delay of major healthcare provision creates controversy and opportunity. Ask yourself why in the world the IRS wants to know how much you are paying for health insurance? If the IRS is asking for the cost information now, the government intends on using it for something. Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to s...
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Political, Pragmatic or Panic: Delay of major healthcare provision creates controversy and opportunity – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. Political, Pragmatic or Panic: Delay of major healthcare provision creates controversy and opportunity. Ask yourself why in the world the IRS wants to know how much you are paying for health insurance? If the IRS is asking for the cost information now, the government intends on using it for something. Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to s...
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What do Andrew Carnegie & William Wrigley, Jr. have in common? – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. What do Andrew Carnegie and William Wrigley, Jr. have in common? They were both in a business round table. The modern day round table is synonymous with the first mastermind group, called the. In 2015 dollars, that would be about $310 million dollars per year! Forbes magazine says “Masterminds are incredible and can do wonders for your business as well as for you”. [2]. Where do you need help? The que...
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June 2013 – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. Affordable Care Act Avoidance Strategy that Doesn’t Work. None of the three panelist indicated that they understood the actual methodology that the IRS will use to define part-time employees. The law does define a full time employee as one that averages 30 hours, but there is more to the definition. 40 full time employees. 50 part time employees working 29 hours a week. (50 x 29 x 4 = 5,800). There ar...
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February 2015 – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. A look at the new Dallas Morning News series: Cost of Care. In the Dallas Morning News series. Cost of Care is a yearlong series that may not only help us see the problems with healthcare but realize some solutions. Landers, Jim. “Cost of Care: The U.S. Health Care System Is Bleeding Green.”. The Dallas Morning News. 1 Feb 2015, Metro sec. Print. February 5, 2015. The price difference for imaging is a...
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February 2014 – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. What you don’t know can cost you. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Or email at van@abs-insurance.com. Here are the highlights of the final regulation:. In determining full-time employees for 2015, employers can use a six-month measurement period, even with a twelve-month stability period, on a one-time basis. Employers can determine if they have 100 or more full-time employees or full-time equivalen...
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August 2013 – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. The Delay of the Pay or Play Tax is a gift for large businesses! Here is what you must do now. The mid-summer announcement that the IRS is delaying the mandatory employer and insurer reporting requirement will significantly benefit large employers. The question now is how many employers will recognize how to take advantage of this delay. A few months have passed, what have you done? However large empl...
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December 2014 – Van's Blog ~ Advice 4 Life
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Van's Blog Advice 4 Life. A blog about health, lifestyle, retirement, and things that make people think. Should you be selling or buying now? Years ago I worked with a company that had a cold calling bull pen much like what you see in the in movies. One of the managers would call clients and say I have terrible news for you! I lived through that meeting to learn that investors have a justified concern to be afraid of investing. People can and do lose money. So should investing be avoided? Rebalancing is ...
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