As mentioned in IR-2024-217, the IRS has released interim guidance in late August 2024 allowing that employers with retirement plans (401(k) plan, 403(b) plan, governmental 457(b) plan or SIMPLE IRA plan) can provide matching for employees payments to their student loans in plan years beginning Dec 2023. Previously the employer matching was only if the
Note that we are noticing more and more of our colleagues having overseas help as a way to reduce cost in some cases and others because of the lack of accounting and tax professionals in the United States. As of the date of this post, we do not outsource our accounting and tax preparation to
From mid October 2024, Delaware businesses with 5 or more employees will have to register by 10/15/24 in the Delaware EARNS (Expanding Access for Retirement and Necessary Saving) website. You could be exempt if you already offer a tax qualified retirement plan to the employees, such as 401k plan or similar. The employee can opt
The numbers for the FinCen BOI requirement starting 2024 are staggering. FinCen is going to allow access to the data collected from business owners to different financial institutions and State and Local authorities. From different articles, "...FinCEN also estimated that 15,934 entities will seek access to BOI, and that the vast majority of them—15,716—will be
More and more often, personal data gets hacked, exposed, etc. Some of you remember the Equifax data breach with 147 million people impacted and a settlement of up to $425 million dollars and there have been many other cases since then. The most recent one is the National Public Data that exposed 3 billion individuals
At the end of August 2024, a Federal judge from Texas put a hold to all the ban on non compete agreements. As you might remember, the Federal Trade Commission released a nationwide ban on noncompete agreements on April 23rd, 2024 as reported in our previous blog post from early May 2024 - FTC implementing
If you are a business in PA, you might consider a contribution to an approved Educational Improvement Organizations. If you are a qualified business, you can received a PA tax credit of 75% of your contribution (90% if same contribution for two years). You need to make sure you meet the requirements (i.e. provide proof
If you are a business owner, then, you are familiar with the increase in regulations and the complexity of running a business. Keeping a business in compliance is more and more difficult due to the fast pace of law changes from different Federal, State and Local government entities and the allocation of more funding for
Back in August 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation to avoid surcharges for credit card transactions that were not communicated in advance and that were greater than the cost to the seller for credit card payments. As a customer, you should know your rights and we aware of certain unscrupulous actors charging abusive credit card
In July 2024, the IRS released several warnings on widespread scams and misleading claims on the Self Employment tax credit. The IRS is taking a proactive communication approach and raising awareness of scams, fraud and other misleading information on social media and by different promoters. Clean Energy Tax Credit – In the IR-2024-182, the
