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Paying off IRS Debt with a Loan: Guidance for Connecticut Debtors
Feeling stressed about your tax debt? You’re not the only taxpayer in that boat. According to U.S. News, 1 in 5 Americans with tax debt feel “extremely stressed” right about now. And who can blame you for feeling this way? Rising costs over the past year have...
Mensa’s Best Practices for Terminating an Employee
We’ve all got a bit of FOMO about FOMC’s (Federal Open Market Committee’s) big meeting this week, waiting to see if yet another interest rate hike will be coming. Most indicators say likely.Since March 2022, there have been NINE such increases to interest rates...
Keeping Tax Records: Connecticut Small Biz Edition
If you’re doing the books, juggling the hiring, navigating supply problems, delivering work to clients, and thinking about big-picture items for the year … you might be a small business owner.If you’ve got a lot on your mind and more gets added daily? You might be a...
How Innocent Spouse Relief Could Help Some Connecticut Filers
Wedding bells might be chiming for some people as we head into warmer weather, but for others, the thud of a gavel signals the end of a happily-ever-after.As if a separation or divorce isn’t enough of a punch in the gut for you, it can be further complicated by...
Leadership Development in Your Connecticut Business
Unless you’ve been living in a cave like this woman, you know that business ownership is a tough gig right now — it’s nearly an Olympic sport to keep things running and moving ahead. But, despite all that, being a business owner is also pretty great. And I’d...
Prioritizing Employee Wellness in Your Connecticut Business
It’s a bit of a dog-eat-dog world for businesses these days. (Feel that sentiment in your bones?)Inflation is pervasive. Supply chain issues still have you jumping through hoops to get products. The hunt continues for good help… proving the adage. Covid-era debts now...
Emelia Mensa, CPA on Removing a Tax Lien from Your Credit Report
Debt is such a dream killer.It has a way of "strangleholding" your best-laid plans and keeping you from things like……buying a house…taking a vacation…making a career change…building a good retirement…starting or expanding a business The list could go on.A...
Making a Plan to Reskill and Upskill Your Staff
Well, here we are — just like that, we find ourselves already a quarter of the way through 2023. While people all across are breaking out the deep cleaning sprays and scrub brushes to get a little springtime sparkle, you might want to be thinking about a similar...
What Connecticut Employers Should Know About Employee Satisfaction
It happened: Silicon Valley Bank sold. Well, at least part of it. The bank’s deposits, loans, and 17 branches — scheduled to reopen today — were snagged by First Citizens BancShares, a Raleigh-based bank. (About $90 billion of assets still remain with the Federal...