Money Talk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many are middle income taxpayers who diligently saved and invested for 4-5 decades in tax-advantaged plans. As I wrote in my book Flipping a Switch , some older adults must “plan for higher taxes in the future, especially when required minimum distributions (RMDs) kick in.” IRMAA surcharges. to $573.30 for Medicare Part B and $12.40

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Money Talk

JANUARY 19, 2022

In this post, I continue my discussion of tips from webinars, podcasts, and virtual conferences that I heard during the last quarter of 2021. Make Tax-Advantaged Gifts - Consider “bunching” charitable donations with other tax deductions (e.g., state income tax and local property tax) every so often (e.g.,

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

If you sponsor a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) and have been tracking telehealth relief, your head may be spinning and rightfully so! The relief allows, but does not require, HDHPs to provide telehealth and other remote care services on a pre-deductible basis without making participants health savings account (“HSA”) ineligible.

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PeopleStrategy

APRIL 18, 2022

If you are running your own small business, then chances are that taxes are one your biggest expenses. Although having a good tax plan is place is an effective strategy, you can save more money for your business with our small business tax tips. Here are some useful ideas that can help you reduce your business taxes in 2022.

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HR Lineup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Any business requires the best payroll software 2021 to manage its employees’ payroll. The software should be very effective to manage taxes and employee benefits. It should also ensure that employees receive accurate information concerning their wages/salaries or any other deductions. Our List of Top Payroll Software of 2021.

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Stratus.HR

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

If you’re planning your tax-sheltered income for 2021, the IRS did not increase the $2,750 limit you can contribute to a health Flexible Spending Account (FSA). However, health savings account (HSA) participants will be able to contribute a little more in 2021. What is the 2021 health FSA contribution limit?

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Money Talk

AUGUST 10, 2022

The year 2021 was noteworthy for the “Great Resignation” as about 47 million people quit jobs last year. 67 for workers born in 1960 or later), Social Security deducts $1 from benefits for every $2 earned above the annual limit ($19,560 in 2022). One study found 1 in 5 retirees were likely to start working again soon.

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WEX Inc.

MAY 8, 2023

More employees are enrolling in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) each year, including more than half of U.S. private-sector workers in 2021. Typically, an employee enrolled in a PPO will have higher premiums and a lower deductible than an employee enrolled in an HDHP. It is not legal or tax advice.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

If you sponsor a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) and have been tracking telehealth relief, your head may be spinning and rightfully so! The relief allows, but does not require, HDHPs to provide telehealth and other remote care services on a pre-deductible basis without making participants health savings account (“HSA”) ineligible.

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Business Management Daily

MARCH 4, 2022

Tax lawyers should be able to do their own taxes, don’t you think? So I was confident last weekend as I set about preparing our taxes. Once I got the hang of loading the tax-prep software onto my almost-brand-new Windows 10 laptop and ran through sometimes deliberately vague set-up questions, I discovered several blatant errors.

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Stratus.HR

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

As we’re learning, 2021 is basically an extension of 2020 — and 2021’s W-4 is no exception. The IRS will then calculate your filing status based on the standard deduction for your filing status and tax rate. The spouse who uses the tax estimator should also be the one claiming dependents in Step 3.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2022

We’re here to provide you with a short guide to help you understand the required tax documents for your pre-tax benefits. . A Health Savings Account (HSA) is a savings account that provides tax-free contributions and potential tax deductions for qualified medical expenses incurred by the holder.

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WEX Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

A flexible spending account (FSA) allows participants to save money by setting aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible medical, dental , vision and dependent care expenses incurred by you, your spouse, or your eligible dependents. A FSA is an account that allows you to set aside pre-tax funds to pay out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

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Business Management Daily

MARCH 12, 2021

Paid leave tax credits for public employers. We have always imputed these amounts into employees’ income and withheld taxes. Things were a bit chaotic last year, to say the least, so we didn’t notice the provision in the CARES Act under which employers may pay these expenses tax-free to employees. Reporting no SSN on a W-2.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

MAY 26, 2020

Find details on the 2021 HSA contribution limits for individuals and families and HDHP requirements here! For employers and individuals currently in a plan set at or near the minimum deductible limits, you will need to make adjustments to ensure your plan remains HSA eligible. HDHP minimum deductible: $1,400*.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 3, 2023

Share incentive plans (Sips) were introduced in the UK in 2000 as a type of employee share scheme aimed at helping employees, who can purchase shares or be awarded free shares in the company, to save in a tax-efficient way. If the shares are sold after withdrawal, no capital gains tax is due. Are there any potential tax issues?

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InterWest Insurance Services

JANUARY 27, 2023

That’s up from 26% in 2020 and 2021. Even if you are providing them with a robust plan, there are often out-of-pocket cost-sharing and deductibles to contend with. For employees in high-deductible health plans, the costs can be steep. These accounts are funded with pre-tax dollars and can be saved up for future use.

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Griffin Benefits

DECEMBER 30, 2022

On nearly the eve of its expiration, Congress has extended the ability of high deductible health plans (“HDHPs”) to offer first-dollar telehealth coverage through plan years beginning before January 1, 2025. Making optional the requirement to report a value for amounts not applied to the deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. BACKGROUND.

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InterWest Insurance Services

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The “Health Insurance Literacy Survey” by Healthcare.com found widespread misunderstanding about how copays and deductibles work, and what premiums and benefits are. Those poor choices can be costly in terms of the premiums they pay or what they pay in copays, coinsurance and deductibles out of pocket. What it costs them.

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InterWest Insurance Services

DECEMBER 9, 2021

HDHP telehealth services — The CARES Act, signed into law in 2020 after the pandemic started, temporarily allowed high-deductible health plans to pay for telehealth services before an enrollee had met their deductible. 31, 2021, and for plan years that start on or after Jan. That comes to an end Dec. More guidance coming.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JANUARY 26, 2022

Mental health is already on the radar of employers: Large businesses reported that addressing their workers’ mental and emotional health would be a top priority over the next three to five years, according to a 2021 study by Mercer Consulting. It found that only 10% of those surveyed had a health plan with a zero deductible.

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 3, 2024

In addition to enjoying tax advantages, employers avoid having to pay a cut to insurers. Are there any tax or legal issues? Employers do not have to pay insurance premium tax (IPT) on healthcare trusts, therefore creating a saving of 12%. A further development is a move in the mid-company market towards corporate deductibles.

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WEX Inc.

APRIL 24, 2023

Nearly two-thirds of large employers provide their employees with the choice of a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) and a traditional health plan, such as a preferred provider organization (PPO), during open enrollment. Pre-tax benefits savings Premiums aren’t the only way you can save on healthcare costs.

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 3, 2024

in unpaid wages and additional compensation after finding they underpaid a former employee M Piekielniak was employed as a driver transporting carers between jobs by Phoenix Healthcare from 2 May 2021, and when not busy, would support the maintenance of Rentacar 24/7’s vehicles. His employment was then terminated in February 2022.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JULY 20, 2022

Keep in mind that the ritual of choosing a benefits package is a brand-new experience for people who are new to the workforce, and you should prepare to educate new employees on how to effectively choose and use their new coverages, as well as all the details like premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses.

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InterWest Insurance Services

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Employers looking for ways to decrease their group health insurance outlays over the past decade have been turning to high-deductible health plans as they offer lower up-front premiums. In 2021, 51% of the U.S. It means getting the deductible amounts right and educating them on how to best use these plans. Too-high deductibles.

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Money Talk

JULY 7, 2021

Below is a list of participants’ six most frequently mentioned concerns and suggested action steps from my class: Taxes in Retirement ¨ Hold assets (e.g., Below is a list of participants’ six most frequently mentioned concerns and suggested action steps from my class: Taxes in Retirement ¨ Hold assets (e.g.,

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InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 22, 2022

Employers with 50 or more workers – The deadline for registration was June 30, 2021. Payroll deduction IRAs with automatic enrollment. Participating employers will deduct a default rate of 5% of pay from the paycheck of each employee at least 18 years old and deposit it into the individual’s CalSavers account. 401(k) plans.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Phillips is pursuing a claim for disability discrimination and complaints about deductions from wages and holiday pay. However in 2021 she was told that she could no longer use vinyl gloves at work and was required to trial other types of gloves, one or some which caused her to suffer another allergic reaction.

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cipHR

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It’s worth remembering that it’s an employee’s responsibility to check they’re on the right tax code, as it impacts how much tax they pay – whether it’s too much tax or too little. For the 2021/22 tax year (and through to 2025/26), the tax code for most people under 65 who only have one job or pension is 1257L.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

There are no tax penalties for incorrectly coding items reported in Box 12 of your W-2s. The IRS uses those codes to determine compliance with other sections of the tax code, like 401(k) compliance and teasing out employees who earn too much to make tax-deductible IRA contributions. Before you file your 2021 W-2s.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

JUNE 29, 2021

For employers and individuals currently in a plan set at or near the minimum deductible limits, you will need to make adjustments to ensure your plan remains HSA eligible. Most items are set to increase — items that did not change from 2021 to 2022 will be marked with an asterisk (*). HDHP minimum deductible: $1,400*.

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AssuredPartners

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

On November 10, 2021, the IRS announced in Rev. 2021-45 the annual inflation adjustments for the 2022 tax year. 2021-45, for taxable plan years beginning in 2022, the monthly limitation for commuter benefits will increase by $10 from $270 to $280. Health FSAs. Health Plan Limits. Health FSA Contribution Limit.

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Business Management Daily

JUNE 26, 2023

That trend continued in 2021, with only 34% of small businesses applying for bank loans. A fiscal year simply represents the 12-month period that a business uses for its accounting, taxes, and budgeting purposes. These types of business expenses are often tax deductible, which is a bonus. Why is that? The good news?

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Griffin Benefits

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The IRS has finally announced adjustments to 2022 contribution limits on various tax-advantaged health and dependent care spending accounts, retirement plans, and other employee benefits such as adoption assistance and transportation benefits. These include the ability to carry over unlimited unspent funds from both 2020 and 2021 into 2022.

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AssuredPartners

OCTOBER 18, 2022

2022-38 the annual inflation adjustments for the 2023 tax year. As a result of this news, employers should ensure that their health FSAs are administered in such a way as to prohibit employees from exceeding $3,050 in pre-tax contributions and, if applicable, no more than $610 in carryovers (from 2023 into 2024).

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Benefit Resource Inc.

JUNE 1, 2023

.” Although rising premium rates are an on-going challenge for employers, a primary (and popular) method to overcome this is to implement a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). As a result, more than 55% of Americans were enrolled in HDHPs in 2021, a new record. You also still receive a tax write off.

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