Kyle Rahn, a law enforcement officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Boise, has joined the State Department of Education as director of student transportation. As a law enforcement officer for the VA, he served on the agency’s COVID-19 ...
Read More »With industrial development, what goes around, comes around
The last time the industrial vacancy rate in the Treasure Valley was this low, the year was 2001. Colliers International that year tracked 29 million square feet of industrial space in the Boise area and found only 1.5 percent of ...
Read More »Take a drive up Chinden Boulevard, development keeps pushing westward
As a construction and development writer, I conduct countless phone interviews with developers, builders and other business owners at my desk, which happens to be in BoDo. However, what I learn is most meaningful to me when I hop in my ...
Read More »Kona Grill at The Village of Meridian: forget the construction zone outside
The clamor of construction at The Village at Meridian isn’t stopping restaurants like Kona Grill from fine-tuning their menus and preparing to open their doors in the next few days. On Oct. 7, I had an opportunity to tour the ...
Read More »Collaborate to make a space great
If we as a business community are going to fully emerge from the shadow of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, we need to think differently about how we conduct business on a fundamental level. Specifically, with regard ...
Read More »Recent laws will affect trust taxation, so plan ahead
Q: My father-in-law passed away recently and a trust was established under his will for the benefit of his three children. Somehow I ended up as the trustee. Do any of the new tax laws affect trusts? Anything I need ...
Read More »How employers are responding to the Affordable Care Act
The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans recently released the findings from its fourth survey about how employer health plans are affected by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The survey asked employers a variety of questions, from how ...
Read More »Unless employers provide insurance, individuals need to start shopping
Q: I am really confused about all this new health care stuff. Are all my children (ages 27, 23 and 16) going to need to have their own insurance? Or can they still be on my policy? And am I ...
Read More »Wrapping your health insurance marketplace notice
By Oct. 1, employers who are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act are required to provide a health insurance marketplace notice to employees. This is a requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The notice contains important ...
Read More »Business acquisitions have long-term accounting effects
Q: I recently purchased a small lawn maintenance business. I paid cash and purchased some equipment and the routes from a guy who is retiring. I am now trying to set up my books, but I am confused. I know ...
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