Starting next year, as part of health care reform, the IRS will require anyone who has health insurance to provide the Social Security numbers of any dependents covered on their plan. As a result, many employers have been tasked with collecting that information.
Employers that have chosen to look the other way as employees rack up unpaid off-the-clock hours to get their work done may soon have a problem. The Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would drastically change its interpretation of overtime exemptions, says Jeffrey C. Miller of Kegler, Brown, Hill + Ritter.
As the Affordable Care Act continues to roll out, there are requirements that will take effect in 2016 and 2018 that companies must contend with — measurement periods that will define who among a company’s employees are eligible for benefits and a coming Cadillac tax.
It’s important for aging parents to talk with their sons and daughters about their assets so that when the time comes for the children to take over their parents’ finances it’s an easy transition.
Credit cards embedded with EMV microchip technology will soon become the new standard in the U.S. These cards use personal identification numbers (PINs) and dynamic codes to protect transactions, but the transition to new cards and card-accepting terminals may come with a few hiccups.
It’s time to do your business tax planning and, just like a doctor’s check-up, if you decide to skip it, you may regret it. Tracy Kaufman, a principal, and Joe Popp, a tax manager, at Rea & Associates, about some best practices that will help your company prepare for the upcoming tax season.
One of the biggest challenges Claire Borel faced in the launch of House of Borel LLC was the search for the right manufacturers for the
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh is the city’s oldest continuously performing arts organization — and is also one of only a handful of choruses nationally to reach its centennial. We explore this 107-year-old choir in our pictorial feature.
If your company has multiple subsidiaries, you may want to consider revamping your liquidity strategy to consolidate your cash. Chase Commercial Banking’s Dave Schaich discusses two options you could consider — physical pooling and notional pooling.
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