Community in Business John Rousseau in his work describes a community as a collection of individuals with a shared interest. Individuals are individuals outside any specific community but within any, individuals can be members of many communities. Communities can enter into engagements with others and it is assumed the community can not alienate a portion…More
2021 IRS Testimony Before Senate Finance Committee
In a second testimony of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) before the Senate Finance Committee. The committee’s Annual filing will include an inquiry into what the IRS has done the past tax season to find cheats. Senators work to make sure to clamp down on tax law, tax cheats, evasion, shady bookkeeping, and money-laundering schemes.…More
Corporate Tax Code Changes
At A Glance The recent 2021 tax plan issued by the White House calls to increase the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from the current 21 percent established in the previous administration’s 2017 tax plan. Prior to the 2017 tax rate changes the rate remained at 35%. The Internal Revenue Service publishes data on…More
White House Tax Plans 2021
Plan Highlights The White House on March 31st, 2021; releases the American Jobs Plan that calls for action and expresses concern over infrastructure specifically bridges, roads, electric grids, water systems, care-giver workers, collective bargaining organizations, high-speed internet and housing. Additional issues include the status of the United States in Manufacturing, Research and Development (R&D), and…More
Universal Basic Income Prospects from 2019 and Pandemic Data
The Issue Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the concept that everyone should receive a basic income. This proposed solution intends to solve to wide disparity between wealth consolidation and wealth distribution. Wealth consolidation has been significantly stronger than wealth distribution for decades. Observation of Census Bureau’s Employment and Labor Force Status Table gives us 3…More
2021 IRS Testimony Before Oversight Committee
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig Testifies before Oversight Committee Regarding 2021 Filing Season. If you are not aware of some of the relevant impacts from the bill H.R.1319 (American Rescue Plan Act 2021 or ARP), some of the material was present in the hearing. The stimulus payments and increase of Unemployment Insurance Benefits…More
Updated Owner Compensation Calculation of Paycheck Protection Program
THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. THIS IS COMMENTARY ON REGULATION. Regulations can be a source of opportunity, as they make a major part in the determination of barriers to entry. An industry or practice is difficult to enter if there is a significant amount of regulative procedures and requirements, versus when restrictions are removed an…More
Four Engines of Creativity
In times of increasing incorporation of technology in information processing and business operations, creativity is hard to come by whether on the frontier of an industry or passing the first barriers to entry. It is important to observe and wonder about curiosity in the business environment to figure efficient approaches to creative solutions. An approach…More
2021 Supply Chain Executive Order
The 46th President issues an Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains, which calls for production of a report of risk, and policy recommendations for supply chains by specific criteria. The expectation for the report is within 100 days of the order. Some specifications of the report build on work done in previous Executive Orders 13806,…More
What is in a Question?
A question is the beginning of information sharing with another person. This is so important in communication, but most of us never receive any formal training in inquiry. For some, this subtle art comes easy to help maneuver daily life. In the business environment; massive training programs help investigators, data scientists, and other professionals build…More
New Creative Solution 