Treasury Expands Applicability of Tax Credit

Last week, the US Department of the Treasury announced in a letter to members of the US Senate that it will revise its initial guidance prohibiting employers from claiming the Worker Retention Tax Credit. That guidance disqualified employers from claiming the credit when paying for their workers’ health benefits but not providing wages. In response…

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Special SHOP Enrollment Period Ends Monday

A special enrollment period offered by the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) as an inducement for small businesses to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace will end on Monday, December 15.   The special enrollment period allows small businesses in many states the opportunity to avoid the so-called “minimum participation rate“, which in most states…

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New Study: Coffee Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms

Newsmax Health – Drinking several cups of coffee each day can help  victims of Parkinson’s disease control their movements, according to an article  published in the online medical journal Neurology. “Studies have shown that people who use caffeine are  less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, but this is one of the first studies  in humans…

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