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February 12, 2014
Smolin’s Juliana Ruta- Opening Act for Super Bowl

Smolin partner Sergio Ruta’s daughter, Juliana Ruta, had the privilege of singing backup for Queen Latifah during Super Bowl XLVIII. Juliana is a member of the New Jersey Youth Chorus, a group comprised of 72 girls in grades seven through twelve. The invitation came as an unexpected surprise to both the girls and artistic director/founder, […]

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February 12, 2014
Storing Capital in an Asset Class

Capital flow, both equity and debt, continues to find superior returns in the self storage sector. Based on total returns by property sector published by NAREIT, self storage outperforms other core sectors such as apartment, office, retail, industrial and office with five-, 10- and 15- year returns of 18.85 percent, 20.48 percent and 16.54 percent, […]

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February 12, 2014
NYC Employment Opportunity Relocation Costs Credit

If your business paid qualified employment opportunity relocation costs to move your employees from an area outside of New York State to New York City, you may be able to reduce or receive a refund from your New York City business taxes by taking advantage of the employment opportunity relocation costs credit. Qualified employment opportunity […]

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February 12, 2014
Get Your Sweetie a Tax Deduction on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day.  A time of giving.  A time of love.  A time to express one’s appreciation for that significant other by advancing the relationship into a whole new tax bracket (there are approximately 6 million marriage proposals on Valentine’s Day). According to CNN.com, below is a guestimate of what Americans spent on Valentine’s Day in […]

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February 12, 2014
PPACA and ERISA

It is a little known fact, and hardly discussed, that ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) regulates employer sponsored Healthcare plans. Seems odd given that ERISA is commonly thought to regulate pensions, and the law does not require companies to offer Healthcare plans.  But because ERISA covers benefits generally, it governs health insurance as well. […]

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February 12, 2014
6 Ways to Tackle C&I Risks

Commercial and Industrial (C&I) loans have become a larger part of many institutions’ portfolios due to market demand, examiner feedback and pressures to stay profitable. But there are risks in C&I lending, such as inexperience in the area and inadequate strategic planning. In order to approach it conservatively, here are six key processes to help. Reevaluate […]

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January 14, 2014
START-UP NY Program Tax Alert

If you are searching for a location to start up, relocate or expand their business, consider New York as a possibility, if applicable.  In an effort to bring businesses back into New York, New York State launched the START-UP NY program effective January 1, 2014.  The START-UP NY program allows qualified companies and their employees […]

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January 14, 2014
Trucking Trends for 2014

Biodiesel Backs Off The Obama Administration is significantly paring back Biodiesel requirements for all fuel distributed in America. This was foreshadowed in October of 2013 when a preliminary report was leaked and suggested that the Administration was going to lower the requirements for Biodiesel fuel nationally.  The reason?  Not, regrettably, concern for the high cost […]

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January 14, 2014
PPACA and the Trucking Industry

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA aka ‘Obamacare’) came into being in 2013 with much fan fair and plenty of problems.  Not only did the Website for enrolling not work properly, President Obama’s promise that ‘if you like your health care plan, you can keep it’ turned out to be not entirely true […]

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