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Effective September 23, 2012, businesses that provide health coverage to staff MUST provide a summary of the coverage to all employees. The Department of Labor shows what the summary must look like.

It’s no surprise that financial stress makes people less productive in the workplace.

The Zinner & Co team is very community minded and always looking for ways to give back.  During the last week of February 2012, four members of our tax department took part in a tax call-in sponsored by The Plain Dealer. 

For the last 2 tax seasons, we have implemented a Wellness Program to encourage healthy habits and reduce stress at a time when the work days are longer, the workloads are heavier and eating habits are more quick and convenient instead of nurturing.  We form teams for a 9-week walk-a-thon challenge to encourage active movement throughout the day and enhance staff camaraderie. By providing every employee with a pedometer, the goal is to walk as much as possible over the course of each week and the individual with the most steps is rewarded with their choice of items like weights, exercise videos and books, yoga balls, water bottles, gym bags, gift cards for healthy eating options, and much more. 

Shannon Atwood, a high school student form the Super Learning Center, recently worked at Zinner again on a special internal project.

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Payroll Update: Revised Tax Tables

In a recent case, Turner, T.C Memo. 2011-209, the Tax Court ruled that formal notice of the withdrawal power is not required. The result of this Tax Court case is that, if a notice requirement is not satisfied regarding a particular transfer to a trust, the taxpayer now has an argument that such notice is not required and the annual exclusions claimed were valid.