"The E-Sign feature was put in place to be an additional benefit to our clients," said Dennis Roccaforte, President and founder of CMS. "However, when you consider the reduction of paper, scanning and copying time, and storage needs, it looks like the new service will be a great benefit to everyone."

Some of the benefits include: Contingent Indemnity and Employers Liability are now part of the new CMS program. Contingent Indemnity is a policy designed to protect you in the event someone is classified as an employee for workers compensation purposes. This policy will pay the difference between the occupational accident benefits and the workers compensation statutory benefits.

Employers Liability is designed to offset the expenses of litigation in the event someone classified as an employee sues for negligence.

We are proud to offer this extended coverage to you at no additional cost. If you apply this value to the existing number of independent contractors whose services you are utilizing, it would typically cost you an additional $12 - $25 per IC per month. With CMS there is no cost.

CMS now has the ability to track claims online and will work directly with you to manage this process. SIS will work with both CMS and yourself to offer a complete claims program designed to close open claims quickly and watch for trending.

The rate will increase to 58.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2008. This is an increase of eight (8) cents from the 50.5 cent rate in effect for the first six months of 2008, as in Rev. Proc. 2007-70.

The new six-month rate for computing deductible medical or moving expenses will also increase by eight (8) cents to 27 cents a mile, up from 19 cents for the first six months of 2008. The rate for providing services for charitable organizations is set by statute, not the IRS, and remains at 14 cents a mile.

The optional business standard mileage rate is used to compute the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business use in lieu of tracking actual costs. This rate is also used as a benchmark by the federal government and many businesses to reimburse their employees for mileage.

The new rates are contained in "Announcement 2008-63" on the optional standard mileage rates.

According to Bill Herzog, IT Manager, since 2001 CMS has used over 950,000 paper items in the client sign-up process. "With our projected rate of growth, we anticipate saving over one million pieces of paper, numerous pounds of toner, and hundreds of hours of electricity and man-hours, before the end of 2009, in the online enrollment process alone," said Herzog.

"The cost-savings factor will be passed along to our clients in the form of increased and enhanced services," noted Scott Grandys, Vice President. "We are set to roll-out new and exciting benefits, for our valued existing and future clients, that have been enhanced due to the savings that we have experience in other areas of our operation".

CMS is the leading full-service consulting firm for companies utilizing Independent Contractors. CMS specializes in the transportation industry, providing settlement processing, administrative services, and benefit solutions that deliver measurable advantages to both company owners and Independent Contractors.