IRS Announces 2009 Mileage Rate

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the new national per-mile business driving rate of 55.0 cents for the U.S. taxpayer, effective January 1, 2009. This new rate compares to a rate of 50.5 cents-per-mile from January 1 through June 30, 2008, and a rate of 58.5 cents-per-mile from July 1 through December 31, 2008.

IRS Announces 2009 Mileage Rate

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the new national per-mile business driving rate of 55.0 cents for the U.S. taxpayer, effective January 1, 2009. This new rate compares to a rate of 50.5 cents-per-mile from January 1 through June 30, 2008, and a rate of 58.5 cents-per-mile from July 1 through December 31, 2008.

CRP 2009

San Diego CRP Review

Daniel Bloom & Associates, Inc. will present it's 19th annual review seminar for the 2009 CRP examination May 10-11-12 in San Diego. Due to increased costs, the registration fees will increase this year to $595 if paid before March 31, $625 if paid by April 15 and $655 if paid before April 30. There will also be a $30 charge for second day delivery.

Update

It is hard to keep track of the fast year going by and truly hard to believe we have made it to Thanksgiving already. On behalf of our family to yours we wish you a happy thanksgiving holiday and hope the rest of the year goes well for each of you.

Relocation

USA Basketball moving from Colorado Springs to Glendale, AZ

HomeServices of America on the Road Again

HomeServices of America, through its Huff Realty member has purchased the assets of Century 21 Home Team and Red Apple Realtors in Indiana.

Yes We Can

It is Time For a Change

As a country yesterday we achieved a new page in our collective history. Not since the era of JFK has any politician been able to gather such a wide spread collection of groups to bring together their hopes, concerns and wishes for a single cause. Some of the media reported that some of the voters expressed the belief that for the first time they felt part of the process. Tom Brokaw stated that he had friends who for the first time in decades actually wanted to go to work in government. I am not suggesting that anyone was right or wrong based on their vote yesterday. That is your right and your choice. What I am suggesting is that as the country is primed for a change, maybe it is time for this industry to be primed for a change. Maybe it is time to return to the basics of this industry. We were never designed to be a commodity, instead the industry was created to provide a service to the employees being moved by our corporations. Just think what our workplace could be like if our employees were as engaged as the Obama volunteers were last night in Grant Park, on Time Square and in every corner of this country. We can do that if we return to our roots.We are about recognizing the employee as a human being not a number. We are about making the movement of a family as seamless as possible.

Just Get Me There Update

On October 16, 2003 we signed an agreement with GOM Publishing to produce the results of our efforts to produce a history of this industry we call home. The book was released just before ERC's national relocation conference in 2005. Among the conditions of the agreement was that GOM had publishing rights for a period of 5 years which expired on October 16, 2008. We have made the decision to take all rights to publish the book back. Going forward all orders for copies of the book should be directed to our website or email.

Critical Time in Our History

Despite your leanings, we are faced today with a historical event in history. Please be sure to be part of our commitment to be a citizen of this country and get to the polls and place your vote.
We have several items for your consideration today in this new blog post:

SHRM Reports the results of a new Mercer Survey

Mercer Consultants have released the results of their new survey on the Benefits for Expatriates and Globally Mobile Employees. One of the findings of the survey is that the majority of firms make no effort to measure by any form of matrices the success of their expat benefit package.

Primacy Relocation and Worldwide ERC release the 2008 List of Best Places for Single Employees

In the fifth and final survey, Primacy identified the best cities for relocating Singles. In this years survey the top cities were in order of preference:
1. Boston, MA
2. Nassau/Suffolk County, NY
3. New Haven, CT
4. New York Metro Area
5. Edison, NJ
6. Atlanta, GA
7. Raleigh, NC
8. San Francisco, CA
9. Santa Ana , CA
10. Newark, NJ
11. Tampa, FL
12. Los Angeles, Ca
13. Orlando, FL
14. Virginia Beach, VA
15. Camden, NJ
16. Charleston, SC
17. Providence, RI
18. Washington, DC
19.New Orleans, LA
20. Philadelphia, PA