July 23, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
Fact: Benefits are surpassing salaries as the most important perk to employees. But did these companies step out of line to enforce their benefits policies?
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Tags: Benefits, Benefits policies, COBRA notice, Documentation, Flex spending, Flex spending accounts, FMLA leave, Health insurance, IRS, Judge, Perk
May 21, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
April 26, 2010 by Jared Bilski
April 16, 2010 by Jared Bilski
It’s tax time. That means scores of people are pleading their case for insane tax write-offs — some of which actually get OK’d.
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Tags: Family pet moving, IRS, Kiplinger.com, Oriental Yeti, Tax deductions, Tax time, Tax write-offs
March 26, 2010 by Jared Bilski
When his bank began foreclosure proceedings on the remaining $160,000 on his mortgage, Terry Hoskins offered the bank a $170,000 buyout. When the bank refused, he came up with a compromise.
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Tags: Bulldozer, Foreclosure proceedings, IRS, Mortgage, Ohio man, Take 'Er Down, Terry Hoskins
December 11, 2009 by Jennifer Azara
Start passing out the straws. Whoever draws the short one gets to tell employees how much less you’ll be reimbursing them for every business mile they drive.
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Tags: Business mile, Charitable mileage rate, Gasbuddy, IRS, January 1, Medical and moving rate, Standard mileage rate
October 16, 2009 by Jared Bilski
If your firm relies on per-diems when it comes to business travel, you’ll want to take a look at FY’10 per-diem rates and make some adjustments.
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Tags: A/P, Business travel, CONUS, IRS, Non-standard locations, Per-diem rates
October 2, 2009 by Jennifer Azara
Of course, everyone thinks it’s a smart idea for people to save for their golden years. But now your company’s going to have to take a much more active role in getting them to do it!
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Tags: 401(k), Automatic enrollment, IRS, Obama, Retirement plans, Retirement Scurity for American Families
July 14, 2009 by Jared Bilski
Tell your A/P staff to be ready. Starting this November, the Service is planning the first of the 6,000 random employment tax audits that it will perform over the next three years.
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Tags: A/P, Expense Reimbursement Plans, IRS, Kiplinger Tax Letter, Surprise audits, The Service
December 30, 2008 by Jennifer Azara
It can be a particular challenge to get employees with small paychecks to participate in a retirement plan. This tax credit may help.
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Tags: 401 (k), IRA, IRS, Low-income employees, Retirement savings contributions credit, Tax credit
