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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the annual inflation adjustments for tax year 2024, impacting more than sixty tax provisions, including tax rate schedules and other tax changes. These adjustments are significant as they will apply to income tax returns filed in 2025. Download to see the key changes for tax year 2024.

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Inflation has been top-of-mind in recent years as prices across categories soar and consumers and businesses continuously try to adapt and overcome a rapidly changing economic environment. While the surging inflation rates have cooled, and the Federal Reserve is making efforts to raise rates and lower inflation, the effects across consumers and business owners are still prevalent. While in straightforward terms, high inflation simply means higher prices, the ripple effect of this affects businesses and consumers in profound ways. From rising debts to altering shopping habits, to skyrocketing operating costs and impacts on business growth attitudes and morale, the effects of recent soaring inflation will have a profound impact for years to come. Beyond the headline-grabbing price hikes, a hidden narrative unfolds, painting a picture of how inflation subtly transforms everyday lives and economic landscapes. This expanded narrative delves into the lesser-told impacts of inflation, exploring its far-reaching consequences on consumer behavior, business strategies, and the very fabric of our society.

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All successful leaders need a network of champions who can provide guidance and support and advocate on their behalf. Discover why mentoring women (and sponsoring them) is critically important to career advancement, and learn how your organization can attract, retain, and advance more talented women leaders. Our free guide and workbook includes resources for senior executives, organizational leaders, HR departments, male colleagues and allies, and individual women at every stage of their careers. With our mentoring women workbook, you’ll learn: - The difference between a mentor and a sponsor, and why women leaders need both - How to recognize and respond to unconscious bias and gender stereotypes - Ways to identify and approach a possible mentor or sponsor, and questions to ask in a mentor-mentee conversation - Specific, simple ways to use your influence to help advance talented women colleagues - How to hold developmental conversations with rising stars - Tips for executives and HR teams looking to create mentoring programs to build the pipeline of women leaders at their organization. Whether it’s women mentoring women or men helping to advance rising women leaders, it’s critical that these working relationships exist within your organization to ensure people of all genders are supported and engaged. Use these resources and commit to sponsoring and mentoring women in the workplace. Together, we can help create a network of champions for talented women leaders everywhere.

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