Planning

By Steve Barlotta, CPA In a blog that I posted last July, I explained in detail the two biggest Obamacare tax increases starting in 2013. The first one is a .9% Medicare surtax on earned incomes. [...]

According to Family Enterprise USA, there are 5.5 million family owned businesses in the United States. These companies often unite family members behind a common purpose, but conflicts can arise [...]

According to the U.S. Small Business                                         Administration (SBA), a small business is one that employs fewer than 500 employees, a definition that applies to a [...]

The average estimated cost per student for textbooks for the 21012/13 academic year is $1,121. To save money, there are many different options for students to consider, including renting rather [...]

Are you concerned about being able to pay for a secure and happy retirement? You can make some smart choices in order to live well on a fixed retirement budget. Continue reading

On-campus credit card offers are tempting, and it may seem like free money, but they can spell disaster. Used correctly, credit cards can help build a solid credit report. Used incorrectly, [...]

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, entrepreneurs launch roughly 600,000 new small businesses in the United States each year. For those who dream of running their own shop, the [...]

By Steve Barlotta, CPA In my last blog I mentioned that a few weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold most of the components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; [...]

With 70 million Baby Boomers at or near retirement, there has been a surge in sales of long-term care insurance. Long-term care insurance pays for your care in many settings, such as at a home, [...]

In many households, there is a person who takes care of the home, but doesn’t handle the household finances. Quite often this person does not have information that could be critical if something [...]