Nearly gone are the days of paper memos and letters as primary modes of correspondence in the workplace. For years now, it seems, the vast majority of business has been conducted at a faster pace via electronic communications – emails, texts, etc.…
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Think of an EIN (which stands for “Employer Identification Number”) as a social security number for an entity. EINs, also referred to as “taxpayer identification numbers” (TINs) or “Federal Tax Identification Numbers”, are assigned by the…
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Losing a valued team member to retirement is a bittersweet experience! We are in the midst of that experience right now at Wright Beamer as my assistant, Teresa Bowers, is leaving us at the end of the month to begin her retirement. We say goodbye rel…
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In my small farming community in the 70s and 80s, students in the public schools could study vocational agriculture (“Vo-Ag”) as an elective, while others pursued technical training at a county-wide vocational school. My friends who took Vo-Ag si…
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Sending emails to clients, co-workers, vendors, and other business-related contacts is a normal part of most anyone’s day, but remembering that any such communications can be used against you in a court of law is not always at the top of the everyo…
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The implementation of various mandates within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often referred to as the “ACA” or “Obamacare”) – including some related to employers – continues to be delayed. Notably, the Obama administratio…
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Preparing an employment application used to be pretty standard stuff: name, address, education, employment history, criminal records, right? But that old form has undergone some serious scrutiny in recent years, and questions that used to be consider…
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Recently, a client contacted us about a piece of real estate he would like to sell. He has a qualified buyer, the ability to pay the balance of the mortgage, and is overall prepared and eager to get rid of the property. But a troublesome document is…
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I recently heard that the January snowfall total in our area of Michigan had surpassed the previous record. While I haven’t heard a similar report for the cold temperatures we’ve had, I’ve got to believe that this will turn out to be among the…
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Since 1995, the amount by which Michigan real property taxes can increase each year has been capped at the lesser of five percent or the rate of inflation. This cap on property taxes comes off, however, whenever there is a “transfer of ownership.…
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