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2016 Fringe Benefits Tax Series #7: Educational Assistance Plans
If some of your employees are looking to go back to school, or to enroll in college courses for the first time, you might decide to lend a helping hand. An employer can set up a program that effectively pays for all or most of the costs on a tax-free ...
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2016 Fringe Benefits Tax Series: #5: Dine At Work On The IRS
Does your business provide meals to its employees in your own cafeteria or by other means? Generally, the cost of this fringe benefit is deductible by the business and tax-free to the employees, but only as long as certain tax law requirements are met.
3 Ways Women Can Improve Their Retirement Odds
Women, with longer life expectancies and lower average salaries, are much more concerned than men about whether they will be able to save enough money to have the kind of retirement they want, studies show.
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2016 Fringe Benefits Tax Series: #3 Let’s Get Physical!
The statutory requirements for on-site athletic facilities are precise. If you operate a gym or similar facility on the business premises, the value of the benefit is exempt from tax and deductible by the company as long as substantially all use at ...
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2016 Fringe Benefits Tax Series: #2: An Adoption Assistance Plan
Taxpayers who adopt children may be in line for special tax breaks. Significantly, you can claim a generous tax credit for qualified adoption expenses you’ve incurred, subject to a reduction based on your modified gross income (AGI). But high-income ...
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2016 Tax Series: 16 Sweet Fringe Benefits
What’s better than a salary increase? For many employees, the addition of an equivalent fringe benefit may be preferable, due to the tax consequences. For example, if an employee is in the 25% federal tax bracket and receives a $10,000 raise, he or ...
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2016 Fringe Benefits Tax Series: #4: Cell Phones Can Be A Tax-Free Employee Benefit
If the employer doesn’t provide a cell phone, but instead initiates a reimbursement arrangement for an employee’s personal cell phone that is used for business, the IRS may treat it as a noncompensatory business purpose.
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What Brexit Means for Americans’ Retirement Accounts
Global stock markets, including those here in the U.S. saw huge declines in the first few days of trading after the Brexit vote, primarily due to the uncertainty of what this decision by British voters will mean for not only their economic future, but ...