HealthPro and the WDHA Invite you to an upcoming Workshop!
HealthPro Staffing Resources and the Westchester Dental Hygiene Association
have teamed up to bring you a new and exciting event:
"Career Tools and Techniques: A Workshop for Dental Hygienists"
This 3 CEU workshop will help prepare Dental Hygienists' for today's competitive job market. Our presentation will address the do's and don'ts of resume preparation and interview tactics that can help you land the job. Our presentation will also include a Q&A segment with a panel of Registered Dental Hygienists that have explored careers outside of private practice. Hear about fulfilling opportunities you may not have known existed! We hope to see you there!
Mark Your Calendar:
Monday September 20th 2010
7:00 - 10:00 PM
The Briar's Restaurant
512 North State Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
Please contact the WDHA for registration information.
The new HIRE Act – good news you can use!
By Carol M McKenna, RDH, CPC, special contribution by Lori Drucker, CPA, Citrin Cooperman
Have you heard the good news? Yes, good news! The payroll companies are distributing the information. If you have added or plan on hiring a new employee, your business may qualify for tax benefits.
These new business tax incentives can apply when employers are faced with staff vacancies that require new hiring such as employee resignations related to retirement, relocation, and a variety of other reasons. Additionally, growing practices may find it necessary to hire new personnel for expanded duties that require new skill sets.
As noted by the IRS.gov website,"two new tax benefits are available to employers who hire certain previously unemployed workers ("qualified workers").
The Hire Act, enacted on March 18, 2010 created a payroll tax exemption of the employers’ share of Social Security taxes (6.2%) on wages paid to those workers from March 19, 2010 through December 31, 2010 for employers. In addition, for each qualified employee retained for 1 year, businesses will be eligible for a general business tax credit of up to $1,000 per employee. This is applicable to newly-hired employees who have been unemployed for at least 60 days prior starting work, or worked fewer than 40 hours for someone else during the 60 day period.
According to the IRS, a "qualified employee" is an employee who:
- begins employment with you after February 3, 2010 and before January 1, 2011
- certifies by signed affidavit, or similar statement under penalties of perjury, that he or she has not been employed for more that 40 hours during the 60-day period ending on the date the employee begins employment with you
- is not employed by you to replace another employee unless the other employee separated from employment voluntarily or for cause (including downsizing)
- is not related to you. An employee is related to you if he or she is your child or a descendent of your child, your sibling or stepsibling, your parent or an ancestor of your parent, your stepparent, your niece or nephew, your aunt or uncle, or your in-law. An employee also is related to you if he or she is related to anyone who owns more than 50% of your outstanding stock or capital and profits interest or is your dependent or a dependent of anyone who owns more than 50% of your outstanding stock or capital and profits interest.
Be sure to ask your accountant and tax advisor about the details regarding the new HIRE act. This incentive is a positive reward for employers and may be just the right prescription to stimulate your staff management decisions.
For more information contact HealthPro Staffing Resource and visit us on the web at www.healthprosearch.com and email info@healthprosearch.com
End Notes:
Lori Drucker, CPA, Citrin Cooperman and Company, 529 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017, www.citrincooperman.com, contact at email: ldrucker@citrincooperman.com , contribution and review of subject content.
IRS Releases HIRE Act Employee Affidavit Form; Posts FAQs, Journal of Accountancy, April 7, 2010.
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act Employee Affidavit, form W-11, Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service, April 2010
