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Column: Collecting Social Security on Your Ex
For example, if you're an ex-spouse, you can legally collect on your former spouse's record if you meet certain conditions.
March 19, 2015
Many Retirees Face April 1 Deadline for Distributions
The April 1 deadline applies to owners of traditional IRAs but not Roth IRAs. Normally, it also applies to participants in various workplace retirement plans, including 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans.
March 18, 2015
3 Pension Advance Traps that Retirees Need to Avoid
Although pension advances may seem like a “quick fix” to your financial problems, they can eat into your retirement income when you start paying back the advance plus interest and fees.
March 18, 2015
Answering the Most Common Obamacare Tax Questions
To help taxpayers, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has provided a list of the most commonly-asked questions about the health insurance information reporting required by the Affordable Care Act on 2014 federal income tax returns.
March 14, 2015
IRS Warns About New Obamacare Income Tax Scam
Reports are popping up around the country that unlicensed and crooked income tax preparers are telling taxpayers that they need to make the Affordable Health Care Act's individual shared responsibility payments directly to the tax preparer. Obamacare is..
March 13, 2015
Intuit Prepares Accountants for ACA Provisions
It’s the height of tax season and the Affordable Care Act is on everyone’s mind as they try to figure out what that means for their taxes. For many Intuit customers and their clients, there’s help.
March 4, 2015
Are Your Clients ACA Ready?
Now that the Affordable Care Act is completely underway, some business owners have found that they are not prepared to ensure compliance, particularly as new changes go into effect and they prepare to file their 2014 taxes.
March 2, 2015
Regulations and IT Issues Add To Costs for Businesses
Many businesses are wasting valuable resources by maintaining disparate IT systems or using manual processes to remain compliant with laws and regulations governing their workforces, according to a new study released by CFO Research and ADP.
February 23, 2015
The Obamacare Tax Glitch Fallout Continues
About 20 percent of those who bought a health care marketplace plan in 2014 and used tax credits to lower their premiums received faulty information, due to a miscalculation of the premium benchmark amount. Government officials say that these taxpayers wi
February 20, 2015
Obamacare Tax Glitch Hits 800,000 Taxpayers, Some Must Re-File
About 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers got the wrong tax information from the government, the Obama administration said Friday, and officials are asking those affected to delay filing their 2014 returns.
February 18, 2015
Self-Employed Need Permanent Fix for HRA Guidance
One of the nation's leading advocacy groups for self-employed and micro-businesses says that, while the delay in enforcement of the technical guidance issued by the Treasury Department on Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) is a good move, self-emplo
February 9, 2015
Is Your Mobile Phone Trying to Kill You?
It is not safe to assume that cell phones and other electro-magnetic products do not represent threats to your health. Though cell phones currently in use in the United States are generally safe, newer and more powerful models are being introduced on a r
February 4, 2015
Women Face Unique Retirement Challenges
Although it is improving, there is an economic cost to being a woman that reverberates into retirement. It results from multiple long-term socioeconomic conditions.