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IRS Issues 2023 Retirement Plan Adjustments and Fringe Benefit Limitations

Date:: October 21, 2022

The IRS has released its 2023 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to the dollar limitations on benefits and contributions to qualified retirement and deferred contribution plans.

IRS Releases 2023 Inflation Adjustments to Fringe Benefits and Income Taxes

Date:: October 19, 2022

Some employer benefits will be more generous next year, thanks to inflation, as a result of the IRS announcement.

Social Security Taxable Wage Cap to Jump in 2023

Date:: October 13, 2022

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that, for 2023, the maximum earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax will increase nearly 9%.

Dues Checkoff Can Continue After Contract Ends, NLRB Rules

Date:: October 5, 2022

Employers must continue withholding union dues from employees' wages and remitting them to the union after a collective bargaining agreement expires, the NLRB has ruled, reversing a major Trump-era Board ruling.

California Missed-Break Pay Triggers Payroll Requirements

Date:: May 25, 2022

The Supreme Court of California has ruled that extra pay required for missed meal and rest breaks constitutes wages rather than penalties under the state labor code.

IRS Guidance on Employee Retention Credit Requires Employers to Pay Back Advances in Full

Date:: December 9, 2021

The IRS issued Notice 2021-65 providing penalty relief to employers regarding the early repeal of the Employee Retention Credit, and guidance regarding the rules applicable to recovery startup businesses, for the fourth quarter of 2021.

Biden Infrastructure Law Ends Employee Retention Credit Early for Most Employers

Date:: November 18, 2021

Under the new infrastructure law, wages paid after September 30 are ineligible for the Employee Retention Credit. Employers also will receive no relief from potential penalties they may incur due to the early repeal of the credit.

DOL Relieves Employers by Providing COBRA Subsidy Model Notices

Date:: April 7, 2021

The US Department of Labor has provided employers with help regarding time-sensitive notice requirements related to the COBRA subsidies established by the American Rescue Plan Act.

COVID Relief Package: What Employers Need to Know

Date:: March 10, 2021

Congress has passed the sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill and sent it to the White House for President Biden to sign.

Trump Signs Federal COVID-19 Relief Act

Date:: December 28, 2020

President Trump signed the COVID-19 relief bill, which includes $900 billion earmarked for COVID-19 aid. In addition to extending the availability of tax credits for employers that continue to provide leave under the terms established by the FFCRA, the bill contains a number of other takeaways for employers.

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IRS Issues 2023 Retirement Plan Adjustments and Fringe Benefit Limitations

IRS Releases 2023 Inflation Adjustments to Fringe Benefits and Income Taxes

Social Security Taxable Wage Cap to Jump in 2023

Dues Checkoff Can Continue After Contract Ends, NLRB Rules

California Missed-Break Pay Triggers Payroll Requirements

IRS Guidance on Employee Retention Credit Requires Employers to Pay Back Advances in Full

Biden Infrastructure Law Ends Employee Retention Credit Early for Most Employers

DOL Relieves Employers by Providing COBRA Subsidy Model Notices

COVID Relief Package: What Employers Need to Know

Trump Signs Federal COVID-19 Relief Act

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