Beginning January 1, 2017, the new standard IRS mileage rates are: (a) $0.535/mile for business miles driven; (b) $0.17/mile for medical or moving purposes; and (c) $0.14/mile for service to charitable organizations. Employers that use the standard IRS rates for employee reimbursement purposes should review and adjust their expense reimbursement policies to be consistent with… Read More
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IRS Announces New Mileage Rates for 2016
Beginning January 1, 2016, the new standard IRS mileage rates are: $0.54/mile for business miles driven; $0.19/mile for medical or moving purposes; and $0.14/mile for service to charitable organizations. Employers that use the standard IRS rates for employee reimbursement purposes should review and adjust their expense reimbursement policies to be consistent with these new guidelines…. Read More
New IRS Mileage Rates for 2015
Beginning January 1, 2015, the new standard IRS mileage rates are: $0.575/mile for business miles driven; $0.23/mile for medical or moving purposes; and $0.14/mile for service to charitable organizations. Employers that use the standard IRS rates for employee reimbursement purposes should review and adjust their expense reimbursement policies to be consistent with these new guidelines…. Read More
Obama Extends Family Leave Benefits to Married Gay Couples
Yesterday, the federal government announced several regulatory changes that extend marriage benefits to same-sex couples. This announcement — and the legal changes that come with it — are the result of last year’s historic Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Windsor striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) which previously prohibited… Read More
I.R.S. Bars Employers From Dumping Employees into Health Exchanges
The Affordable Care Act requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide health coverage for their employees or face stiff fines. To comply with the new law, many employers were canceling their group health plans, dumping their employees into the health exchange (which is Covered California in this state), then reimbursing those employees for… Read More
New IRS Mileage Rates for 2014
Beginning January 1, 2014, the new standard IRS mileage rates are: $0.56/mile for business miles driven; $0.235/mile for medical or moving purposes; and $0.14/mile for service to charitable organizations. Employers that use the standard IRS rates for employee reimbursement purposes should review and adjust their expense reimbursement policies to be consistent with these new guidelines…. Read More
New IRS Tip Rule Says Mandatory “Service Charges” are Wages
If you are a restaurant that charges a mandatory 18% service charge on large parties…or if you charge a mandatory $15 corkage fee for opening a customer’s bottle of wine…or a $3 per slice fee for cutting a customer’s birthday cake…you may want to reconsider this practice. Why? Because starting on January 1, 2014, IRS… Read More
ROBS — How to Convert a 401(k) Into Startup Funding
Entrepreneurs often ask me questions about startup funding — how and where they go about finding all the money they need to launch their ventures. These questions always lead to a conversation about friends-and-family, angel investors, seed funding firms (or “incubators”), venture capital firms, commercial banks, the SBA, and other government grants and funds. During… Read More
IRS Announces Guidance on Withholding of Tips
The IRS today released Internal Revenue Bulletin 2012-26 providing guidance on how taxes are imposed on tips under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). The bulletin is in question-and-answer format and includes an explanation of both the employer’s and employee’s obligations. The bulletin also addresses the following issues: — The difference between a tip and… Read More
