One great way to attract and retain outstanding employees is to provide them with valuable benefits. Now, thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, you can take advantage of a new federal income-tax credit that rewards you for providing paid family and medical leave benefits to your employees. That’s right. If you act promptly, you can get a dollar-for-dollar offset to your … [Read more...]
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Avoid Penalties—Give Notice of 2019 HRA Medical Plan on Oct. 2
Want to help your employees with their medical expenses? Then consider establishing a qualified small-business health reimbursement account (QSEHRA). It could be great for your employees and for you. IMPORTANT: Make sure your QSEHRA is in place on or before October 2! There are three reasons why you should act by October 2: Reason #1: You’ll avoid penalties Reason #2: … [Read more...]
What tax reform did to your tax-free “supper money”
It’s a sad fact… The Tax Cuts and Job Act took a big bite out of a bunch of valuable business-meal and entertainment deductions. One really nice one that that took a 50-percent hit was the “supper money” deduction. What is that? It’s the fringe benefit that lets you provide your employees (and yourself!) with tax-free meal money when you’re working late. That’s right. … [Read more...]
Conflicting IRS rules for deducting your business gym
Thinking about setting up a tax-deductible gym for your employees? That makes a lot of sense. They’ll appreciate the chance to stay fit. And appreciate you for providing a wonderful fringe benefit. But be careful. Ever happy to confuse you, the IRS has created two different sets of regulations from two conflicting code sections. Want to make sure you follow the right … [Read more...]
S Corporation Fringe Benefits after the Recent Tax Reform
The recently passed tax-reform law has a lot to say about fringe benefits for shareholder-employees who own more than 2-percent of their S corporations. The good news? Federal tax law lets you treat the cost of fringe benefits as deductible expenses for your S corporation. The bad news? If you’re a more than 2-percent shareholder, you may have to pay additional taxes … [Read more...]