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Your Guide to Take-home Pay

Patriot Software

As an employer, you are responsible for withholding various taxes from employees’ wages. After you subtract all of the taxes and other deductions, money left over is considered take-home pay. Read on to learn more about what is take-home pay and how to calculate it. What is take home pay?

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Having a Baby? Use Your Pre-Tax Funds to Save

Benefit Resource Inc.

Benefit Resource (BRI) is here to help you use your pre-tax funds to combat some of the costs that come with welcoming your new addition. This allows you to save on monthly premiums while putting tax-free money aside in your HSA. As a bonus, all of your gains will come out pre-tax! Set a monthly saving goal and stick to it.

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Your choice: To ditch Social Security tax withholding or not

Business Management Daily

President Trump’s executive order suspending the employee portion of Social Security taxes, issued two weeks ago, left many employers wondering what to do. Then, the Treasury Department offered some clarity on the payroll tax. We’ve spent the better part of this week reading other tax lawyers’ opinions about this.

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5 ways to alleviate your employees' hesitations with choosing in an FSA

WEX Inc.

Let’s take a look. Some individuals may be wary of reducing their take-home pay, especially if they are already on a tight budget. Illustrate how pre-tax contributions lead to significant savings over time, effectively reducing the impact on take-home pay. What you can do: Education is key.

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SAVING 1% MORE COULD BOOST PENSION BY 25%

Employee Benefits

The examples are based on a basic rate tax payer earning either ÂŁ20,000, ÂŁ30,000 or ÂŁ40,000 per year. They are paying 5% of their salary into a pension via a salary sacrifice arrangement, and their employer is paying 3%. They are all 25 years old and plan to retire at age 68.

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What is a section 125 plan?

PeopleKeep

Although benefits costs are impacted by factors like healthcare costs, which are continually rising , a section 125 plan, or cafeteria plan, allows you to boost your employee benefits while staying in-budget with its significant tax savings. Many employers find it challenging to provide a budget-friendly and attractive benefits package.

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Employees and Employers Save with Cafeteria Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

As health care costs continue rising and employees are being asked to shoulder more of the expense burden, you can help them by offering a tax-advantaged plan that allows them to save for medical expenses. Employees can save an average of 30% in federal, state and local taxes on items they already pay for out of pocket.