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Twelve Tax Planning Topics for 2022

Money Talk

Here are 12 tax topics to consider: Itemized Deductions- Only about 10% of taxpayers can itemize since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act went into effect in 2018. Strategies to garner a tax benefit for charitable gifts to qualified charities include “bunching” deductions into one tax year and setting up and funding a donor advised fund.

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How to Cut Health Care Costs

Money Talk

This includes expenses for health insurance as well as deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance when medical bills occur. In 2018, the average American household spent almost $5,000 per person on health care. One category is health care, which takes a big chunk out of family budgets. What to do?

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Worker Enrollment in HDHPs falls

InterWest Insurance Services

After enrollment in high-deductible health plans soared during the last decade, 2022 marked the first year that enrollment in these plans fell among American workers since 2013, according to a new report by ValuePenguin. ” And 10% of employers with 500 or more workers offered only these plans, compared to 13% in 2018.

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Employment laws to watch in 2018

Insperity

Employment laws continue to evolve, and 2018 will usher in some big changes in two of our most populous states, California and New York. The HR world is abuzz with all the implications of implementing New York state’s paid family leave legislation and California’s ban-the-box law, both of which went into effect January 2018.

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Why “high deductible” shouldn’t be treated like a dirty word

Benefit Resource Inc.

The term “high deductible health plan” has often carried with it a negative connotation for employees. Additionally, a “high deductible” is not as high as you think. tax savings, preventative care services before deductible is met, compounding interest, etc.). Enrollment in HDHPs has grown from 17.4%

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Worker Enrollment in HDHPs Falls

InterWest Insurance Services

After enrollment in high-deductible health plans soared during the last decade, 2022 marked the first year that enrollment in these plans fell among American workers since 2013, according to a new report by ValuePenguin. ” And 10% of employers with 500 or more workers offered only these plans, compared to 13% in 2018.

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Many Employees Choosing the Wrong Health Plans

InterWest Insurance Services

Many employees choose pricey plans with low deductibles, which force them to spend more up front on premiums to save just a few hundred dollars on their deductible. Study 1: The deductible angle. As a result, workers paid an extra $528 in premiums for the year to keep their deductible at $750 instead of $1,000.