HR compliance information for legislative changes due to American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8).
Archive for the ‘Tax Issues’ Category
TAKE NOTE: New American Taxpayer Relief Act Compliance Information
Friday, January 4th, 2013Employers: Do You Have Your Act Together?
Monday, August 29th, 2011And by act, we mean Act 32, which consolidates Pennsylvania’s tax collection systems, reassigning Earned Income Tax from each individual school district into a county wide Tax Collection District. This consolidation has resulted in a myriad of changes that employers must follow, beginning with the first payroll in 2012*. Is your business ready? One major [...]
Got Employee Benefit Plans? Keep an Eye on Pending Legislation.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Just when you think employee benefit plans couldn’t get any more confusing or complicated, new federal legislation gets proposed to prove you wrong. Thanks to a great article written by Gary W. Howell and Michael R. Durnwald of Katten, Muchin, Rosenman, LLP, and posted on LinkedIn, it’s clear that business owners need to keep an [...]
Kelly Coblentz, PHR, Promoted to Director of HR Services at hireVision Group, Inc.
Monday, July 25th, 2011LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (July 25, 2011) hireVision Group is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Kelly Coblentz, PHR, to Director of HR Services. Her previous role at the company was HR Director – Client Partner. “Kelly is the best kind of human resources expert,” says company president and CEO, Tina Hamilton. “She stays on [...]
WE INTERRUPT YOUR INTERNET BROWSING TO BRING YOU THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011(Just a friendly reminder about those 5500 & 5500-EZ forms, folks.) hireVision would like to take this moment to remind employers about the upcoming July 31, 2011 filing deadline for your company’s 5500 & 5500-EZ forms. The United States Department of Labor (DOL) now uses the EFAST computerized processing system. EFAST is designed to simplify [...]
End of Year Reporting Update: Group Life Insurance Imputed Income
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010It’s December, which means time is running out for you to report your company’s group life insurance imputed income to Uncle Sam. Many companies don’t realize offering employees an employer-paid group term life insurance policy in excess of $50,000 is considered a fringe benefit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Employers are required to report [...]
Big Flexible Spending Account Change for 2011
Friday, November 19th, 2010Just a heads up for our readers about a major change to flexible spending arrangements (commonly referred to as flexible spending accounts or FSAs). New requirements for 2011 will go into affect as of the first of the year that will make it necessary for people to have a doctor’s prescription for many of their [...]
Are There Tax Saving Benefits for Hiring Unemployed People Now?
Thursday, August 5th, 2010If you are on the fence about hiring new employees (or ones you were forced to lay off when the recession hit your business) right now, you have got to check out the article “Hire Now, Save Later” on Entrepeneur.com ASAP. They discuss how some companies maybe able to save thousands in taxes by giving [...]
