Idaho Business Review IBR

Talent management continues to be a top concern for organizational success. In previous columns I’ve explained why retiring baby boomers and an unskilled workforce are putting pressures on businesses to become more sophisticated in how they not only attract, but ...

Q: I have been preparing my tax return for the past few years using tax software I found online. Do you think the low-cost tax return preparation packages do a decent job, or am I asking for trouble? I really ...

When President Barack Obama laid out his agenda for the next four years during his State of the Union address, he barely mentioned the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, his legacy legislation from his first term. But it is ...

My friend Darrin Jaszkowiak, real estate agent with RE/MAX West, called me the other day asking questions I hear often. Here is an edited version of our conversation. Darrin: First, the Mortgage Debt Relief Act: My understanding is it was ...

Many American employees are in for an eye opener when they get their W-2 forms this year. For the first time, as a part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as the health care reform law, ...

Q: We have a lady come into our home twice a month to help clean. She has now asked us for a Form W-2 saying she needs it to fill out her tax return. Is this something we really need ...

It is one of the most confusing topics to talk about in business: Controlling the rising cost of health care. Ordinarily in business, the objective is to stop cost increases altogether. But that hasn’t been the case when it comes ...