The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Payments to Insurers under Federal COBRA under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Extended Election Period under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Recapture of Premium Assistance under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
End of Premium Reduction Period under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Beginning of Premium Reduction Period under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Coverage Eligible for Premium Reduction under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Calculation of Premium Reduction under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Assistance Eligible Individual under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Involuntary Termination under Notice 2009-27
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Tip of the Week: Use New Worksheet to Help Calculate Correct Withholding
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a revised version of Publication 919, How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding?, to reflect changes from the Making Work Pay credit implemented as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The IRS was...
IRS Releases Notice on Premium Assistance for COBRA Benefits
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an advance copy of Notice 2009-27, Premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA, certain involuntarily terminated employees are eligible for...
Unemployment Benefits Not Fully Taxable in 2009
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the first $2,400 of unemployment benefits received by a taxpayer during 2009 are not subject to federal income tax. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released IR-2009-29, First $2,400 of...
Employees Must Forfeit Balance in Transit Reimbursement Accounts upon Termination of Employment
In a response to Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Barack Obama (D-IL), the Internal Revenue Service, in Information Letter 2009-0012, explains why employees who terminate employment are not entitled to receive any remaining balance in their transit reimbursement...
Tip of the Week: IRS Releases Publication 15-T in Response to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Publication 15-T, New Wage Withholding and Advance Earned Income Credit Payment Tables (For Wages Paid Through December 2009). Publication 15-T contains revised withholding tables to implement changes mandated by the...
Tip of the Week: Most Workers to Receive Making Work Pay Credit
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released updated withholding tables. Though they won’t be published until new Publication 15-T is made available later this week, the IRS has released Notice 1036,...
Tip of the Week: Phishing Scams Use IRS Name and Logo in E-Mails
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for phony e-mails that appear to be from IRS employees. The e-mails attempt to get personal information such as social security numbers, account numbers, and passwords that may be used in...
IRS Releases 2009 Form W-5
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released 2009 Form W-5, Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Certificate. There are four criteria for claiming advance earned income credit (EIC) payments. Taxpayer (and spouse if filing jointly) must have a valid social...
Tip of the Week: Start Now to Collect 2009 Forms W-4
Employees who have provided a Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate claiming exemption from federal income tax withholding must file a new 2009 Form W-4 by February 16, 2009 in order to continue their exemption from federal income tax withholding....
IRS Updates Levy Amounts for 2009
The Internal Revenue Service has released an updated version of Publication 1494, Tables for Figuring Amount Exempt from Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income (Forms 668-W(C), 668-W(c)(DO) and 668-W(ICS)). The table is used to calculate the amount of wages and other...
IRS Releases Publication 15-B for 2009
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an updated version of Publication 15-B, Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits. Publication 15-B provides an overview of fringe benefits as well as sections on fringe benefit exclusion rules and fringe benefit valuation...
IRS Releases Publication 15 for 2009
The Internal Revenue Service recently released an updated version of Publication 15, (Circular E) Employer’s Tax Guide. In addition to providing information on classifying employees, determining which types of payments are considered wages for federal employment tax...
Court Rules Day Care Facility Board President Responsible for Unpaid Payroll Tax Liability
The US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled recently in Jefferson v. US, 06-4082 (7th Cir. 10/8/2008) that the IRS rightfully imposed an Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) §6672 penalty against a former president of the board of directors of a tax-exempt day...
IRS Issues Fact Sheet on S Corporation Officer Compensation
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Fact Sheet FS-2008-25, which discusses S corporation officer compensation. Corporate officers, whether in S corporations or C corporations, are generally considered employees of the corporation. Officers who perform...
Question of the Week: Is There Anything I Can Do About a Late Payment Notice I Received?
This week’s question comes from Larry, a business owner. I own a business in Indiana. I was late making a federal tax deposit due to the storms. Is there anything I can do? Answer: On September 12, 2008, the federal government declared Clark, Crawford, Dearborn,...
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