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Some time in the past year you applied and paid for your workers compensation insurance. Today, in the mail, you find a request for your annual workers compensation audit. Uh oh, now what? First, understand that your workers compensation premium is based on an estimate of your payroll for the following year. Based on the number of employees you had at the time and how much you paid them, you determined your projected annual payroll. Your insurance carrier is going to assume, rightfully so, that your payroll may not have happened exactly the way you estimated. Maybe you needed to hire another...

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Let the fence builders build fences... We all like to think we are able to accomplish anything. That's good, to a point. Lacking self-confidence is not an attribute of most successful business owners. There is a fine line, however, between self-confidence and hubris. Accomplishing a task and accomplishing a task well are two entirely different things. Take our new website, www.tarlovconsultinggroup.com for example. My Mac came with all the software I needed to design a website. On the tutorial, it looks easy. My web host also bundles website software into the hosting package. I gave it a try,...

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With tax season right around the corner, or if you are a corporation, the corner you just passed, avoiding tax penalties should be in your mind. Did you know that penalties and interest paid for not filing and paying your taxes on time is NOT a deductible expense? All the more reason to file and pay on time! This year corporate returns and tax payments were due on March 15th. Because the 15th falls on a Friday, personal and partnership taxes and payments are due on April 18th. If you fail to file your return and pay the taxes you owe, you will be assessed penalties and interest from both the IRS and the Franchise...

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Back in 2005, we needed a name for the company that Kerry wanted to start to provide HR Consulting services. We thought it should also be able to provide the property management services that I was doing at the time. Tarlov Consulting was born. We thought that consulting was a catchall name. "What sort of consulting do you do?" is what most people would ask us. We would then tell them about HR, and property management. The time, however, wasn't right for us to go out on our own. Kerry worked for a contractor, and times had never been better. Her dream would have to be put on hold. Kerry left...

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