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Washington Long-Term Care Insurance Payroll Tax Delayed Until July 2023

PayrollOrg

Recent legislation delays the collection of the employee-paid payroll tax to fund the Washington long-term care insurance plan until July 1, 2023. Employers must refund the payroll tax already collected to employees.

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Washington Governor Delays Long-Term Care Insurance Payroll Tax

PayrollOrg

The governor of Washington has announced a delay collecting the payroll tax associated with the Washington long-term care insurance program until April 2022.

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Can a business pay for employees' individual health insurance plans?

PeopleKeep

Instead of offering a costly group health plan, one tactic they may consider is offering to pay employees' individual health insurance costs. While it may seem like a generous and attractive perk for employees, employers need to consider several factors before deciding to pay for individual health insurance plans.

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Tax Planning Tools and Techniques

Money Talk

With 2022 income tax season well underway and almost three months already passed in 2023, now is an appropriate time to review some evergreen tax planning tools and techniques. A larger standard deduction means that taxpayers can shelter more income from income taxes. an elective surgery) that exceed 7.5%

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IRS Opines on the Tax Treatment of Employer-Funded, Insured, Fixed-Indemnity Wellness Policies

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

In light of recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance, employers should carefully examine any supplemental health plan, program or arrangement (which may or may not claim to leverage fixed indemnity insurance) that promises substantial payroll tax savings.

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Spring Budget 2024: National insurance contribution (NIC) rate cut to 8%

Employee Benefits

Spring Budget 2024: The government is to cut employee national insurance contributions (NICs) by two pence, falling from 10% to 8% from 6 April. This means that a person on the average wage now has the lowest effective personal tax rate since 1975. But as always, the devil is in the detail. a month and £125.60 respectively.

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Lee McIntyre-Hamilton: Changes to national insurance and the impact on employment

Employee Benefits

The new year has already brought some welcome news for employees, with the cut in employee national insurance contributions (NICs) from 12% to 10%. Furthermore, the cut must be viewed in the context of a creeping counterbalance known as fiscal drag, caused by the government’s freeze in the tax and NIC thresholds until April 2028.

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