Amper, Politziner & Mattia, a certified public accounting and consulting firm with offices in Wall, Edison, Flemington, Princeton, Hackensack and New York, is making available to the public its Year 2005 Tax Pocket Guide.
The guide answers many of the commonly asked tax questions for both individuals and businesses. Among other rules and regulations, the guide includes the following schedules for the years 2004 and 2005 filing periods: individual and corporate income tax rates, various retirement plan contribution limits and phase-outs, standard deduction and personal exemption rates, capital gains rates, estate and gift tax rates, and depreciation schedules.
The guide can be obtained directly from AP&M’s Web site at www.amper.com/services/tax.asp. A hard copy can be obtained by contacting Karen Tortoriello at (732) 287-1000, ext. 309, or e-mail tortoriello@amper.com.
Michelle Fisher of Edison, a 1994 graduate of Rowan University, Glassboro, was recently inducted into the WGLS-FM Rowan Radio Hall of Fame. Through the Hall of Fame, Frank Hogan, WGLS-FM station manager and an adjunct professor at the university, honors Rowan graduates, faculty or staff who have been instrumental in the growth and development of the station and who have been long-term supporters of both the station and the institution. During her two years with WGLS, Fisher served as news director and hosted “The Rowan Report,” a weekly news show. Her previous experience includes seven years as associate news director and evening news anchor at WCTC-AM radio in New Brunswick, where she and her colleagues were awarded first place by the New Jersey Associated Press 2001 for “Best 9/11 Coverage.” Fisher is currently a legislative aide to New Jersey Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex).
180, Turning Lives Around, Hazlet, and the Middlesex County Rape Care Hotline, have received grants from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The grants are in addition to funding the agencies will be receiving in upcoming months.