September 19, 2016
Small business owners are finding that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has decreased the appeal of health care benefits to employees and increased retirement plans' importance as a tool to recruit and retain employees.
September 6, 2016
Many employers view time clocks merely as a way to automate the punch in/punch out process, but today’s time clock technology offers significant advantages beyond electronic punching.
September 6, 2016
Do you have clients who have botched IRA rollovers? It’s not unusual. Taxpayers can miss the 60-day deadline for a variety of reasons or it might simply slip their mind. The result can be a painful tax lesson.
August 29, 2016
In recent years, the EEOC has investigated PwC and Deloitte. In the case of Deloitte, the EEOC demanded that the firm eliminate its mandatory retirement age requirement and offer compensation and reinstatement to retired partners. Deloitte appealed.
August 17, 2016
People age 35-plus don't think they will be able to retire when they hit the traditional retirement age. While 87 percent of those surveyed who are working full time say they want to retire someday with nearly 70 percent of those hoping to retire ...
August 16, 2016
If some of your employees are looking to go back to school, or to enroll in college courses for the first time, you might decide to lend a helping hand. An employer can set up a program that effectively pays for all or most of the costs on a ...
August 16, 2016
To help ease the burden of hard-working parents, employers may institute a dependent care assistance plan for employees. Under such a plan, payments made to third parties like babysitters and day care centers are excluded from income if the costs ...
August 8, 2016
Personal credit score says a lot to a surety about how you manage your finances and how reliable and financially stable you are. A surety will strongly base their decision about what rate to offer you on this information. To improve your credit score, ...
August 4, 2016
Generally, the tax exclusion applies to reimbursements covering costs that would have been deductible as job-related moving expenses paid or incurred by employees on their personal tax returns. And those requirements are somewhat convoluted.
August 3, 2016
For employees who live a fair distance from work, commuting can be costly and time-consuming, not to mention a hassle. At least employers may provide some relief by offering certain tax-free transportation benefits. The three main benefits are ...
August 2, 2016
Despite the 401(k)’s importance, the average participant’s only investment strategy is to plow money into the accounts – then do nothing. They rarely if ever make changes to the investment selections their plans offer.
July 31, 2016
A provision for retirement planning services was added to the tax code back in 2001. As long as certain requirements are met, these benefits of such a program, which are usually reasonable in cost, are tax-free to employees and deductible by the ...