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Standard Chartered launches electric and hybrid vehicle salary sacrifice scheme

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Credit: MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski / Shutterstock.com Banking organisation Standard Chartered has introduced an electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle salary sacrifice scheme for all of its UK-based employees. The post Standard Chartered launches electric and hybrid vehicle salary sacrifice scheme appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Retirement and Taxes: "To" and "Through" Planning

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If you picture retirement planning and taxes as a Venn Diagram, there is lots of overlap between these two areas of personal finance. This is true both during one’s working years (when taxpayers are saving for retirement) and later, when people are older and withdrawing taxable income from tax-deferred accounts.

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Buyer’s guide to car salary sacrifice schemes

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Car salary sacrifice arrangements remain a popular employee benefit; in its January 2023 Leasing Outlook , the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) found a 20.5% year-on-year increase in company cars funded through salary sacrifice to quarter three in 2022. What are car salary sacrifice schemes?

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Is relocation reimbursement taxable? How to assess tax liability for employee relocation

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Expenses that could previously be deducted on an employee’s tax return may no longer qualify, and relocation benefits that previously could be paid out without counting towards a taxpayer’s income may now result in higher tax liabilities. Previously, individuals could deduct qualified moving expenses from their personal income taxes.

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Top tips for managing the cost of company car schemes

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Credit: muk woothimanop/Shutterstock Need to know: Green electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice arrangements are growing in popularity. As well as tax savings, EVs can be cheaper to run and maintain, with used cars also a cost-effective option. This will then change to 3% in 2025/26, 4% in 2026/27, and 5% in 2027/28.”

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SECURE 2.0 Act Financial Planning Opportunities in 2023 and Beyond

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Starting in 2025, there will be new catch-up contribution limits for workers aged 60, 61, 62, and 63. The limit will be the greater of $10,000 or 150% of the standard catch-up amount for 401(k)s and similar salary reduction plans. Funds can be used penalty- and tax-free for self-attested hardship situations.

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IRS guidance addresses SECURE 2.0’s catch-up contribution dilemma

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Beginning with catch-up contributions to be made next year, employees whose Social Security wages (W-2, Box 3 wages) exceed $145,000 this year can make catch-up contributions on a Roth, after-tax basis only. And then there’s the teeny, tiny glitch of Congress dropping the section of the tax code allowing any catch-up contributions.

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