Employee Benefits

MARCH 27, 2023

What is a group personal pension (GPP)? A group personal pension is a defined contribution (DC) arrangement whereby an employer agrees to make monthly contributions into a scheme, but the contract is between the employer and the pension provider. The rest will be taxed. What are the tax issues?

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Money Talk

MAY 31, 2023

Tax Planning - Until 12/31/25, taxes are “on sale.” Nobody has a crystal ball, but we know that tax rates will rise starting in 2026 when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expires. There are only two ways to reduce taxes: 1. When the government lowers tax rates. Make less income and 2.

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Money Talk

APRIL 20, 2023

Off-Farm Job Employer Benefits - These include a defined benefit pension, an employer retirement savings plan (e.g., Individual Retirement Account (IRA)- There are two types: traditional (funded with before-tax dollars) and Roth (funded with after-tax dollars). health insurance). barn, silo, riding arena), farm equipment (e.g.,

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

JULY 15, 2024

Here is a quick overview of legislative and regulatory updates including Income Tax Act, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and province-specific updates presented at the 2024 Canadian Legal and Legislative Update in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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HR Lineup

MARCH 13, 2022

Some of these plans have an advantage when it comes to taxes. For such a program to enjoy any tax benefits , it has to conform to the standards set in the US tax code, section 401a. However, the tax deduction is limited to a maximum of 25% of the total salary of the employees in this qualified employee benefit plan.

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Money Talk

APRIL 12, 2023

Common challenges that affect many widows/widowers are aloneness, a lower income, increased taxes/higher tax rate filing as an individual vs. a couple, loss of services that a deceased spouse used to perform, and no longer spending time with couples. placing savings in taxable, tax-free, and tax-deferred accounts).

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Money Talk

JANUARY 18, 2023

This includes Social Security recipients, retirees with COLA-adjusted pensions, and workers with COLAs stipulated in their job or union contracts. Marginal Tax Brackets - Income ranges in the seven marginal tax brackets ranging from 10% to 37% are inflation-based. When inflation rises, workers can save more money.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Need to know: Employers can tailor content and communication channels to different employee groups to help with their pensions knowledge. Losing the jargon will make the language of pensions easier to understand and more relevant to staff. They could invest in financial coaching for a more personal approach to pensions education.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So far, it has been delivered to approximately 80,000 of its UK employees. Kerry Shiels, pension and benefits director at BT, says: “It is very important that employees understand their BT pension and the retirement decisions they will need to make in the lead up to, and at, retirement.

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Money Talk

MARCH 15, 2023

Three Types- Fixed annuities are like CDs, only tax-deferred, and guarantee a certain interest rate for a specified time period. Variable annuities are like mutual funds, only tax-deferred, and their owners select underlying mutual funds, called subaccounts, which determine an annuity’s performance. Medicaid planning, 2.

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Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 23, 2023

lost pension pots in the UK, worth around £26.6 billion WEALTH at work explains how employees can track down lost pensions and provides guidance on whether to consolidate The total value of lost pension pots has grown from £19.4 million lost pension pots sitting unclaimed because they’ve been simply lost or forgotten about.

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Money Talk

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

when there are no more early withdrawal penalties on money removed from tax-deferred accounts) and the start of required minimum distributions (RMDs). Many people are in a lower marginal tax bracket during their gap years (especially after leaving a primary career) than they will be later when RMD withdrawals must begin.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The post New IRS Guidance for Tax-Qualified Pension Plans with Rehired Retirees Due to COVID-19 appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. As a background, a defined benefit plan may make distributions to a retiree only in the case of a “bona fide retirement,” which […].

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 16, 2023

It included a number of key announcements that could impact employees’ pay , pensions and benefits. appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Given cost of living worries and the notion this may be impacting pension savings, WEALTH at work conducted research* with employees to find out their thoughts into what’s happening in reality. It’s therefore more important than ever to ensure employees are engaged with their pensions.

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Money Talk

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Tax Write-Off for Self-Employment Tax - On line 15 of Schedule 2 (for a 1040 form), self-employed workers can write off the deductible portion of their self-employment tax (calculated on Schedule SE), which will lower adjusted gross income (AGI), a trigger for many other taxes.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 25, 2023

Transitioning to a superior provider is no longer a hassle: If you’re contemplating changing your current workplace pension scheme, the process isn’t as challenging as you might think. Many pension companies (we’re one of them!) What is a workplace pension? are prepared to assist you with the heavy lifting.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 6, 2024

WEALTH at work, a leading financial wellbeing and retirement specialist has run financial education workshops for staff in hundreds of organisations and is encouraging people to consider using this saving in National Insurance if they can, to increase their monthly pension contributions. When made into a pension contribution it is worth £206.39

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Employee Benefits

JULY 22, 2024

Rachel Reeves, chancellor of the exchequer, has announced a pensions review as part of the government’s aim to boost growth and productive investment into the UK economy. How pension pots for savers in DC schemes could be boosted by more than £11,000, will also be explored. There is no time to waste.

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Money Talk

APRIL 11, 2024

The 2023 income tax filing deadline is only days away (April 15, 2024 in most of the U.S.). It will be a busy weekend for many taxpayers and tax preparers who are filing tax returns or tax filing extensions. money that has been taxed) and can be withdrawn at any time for any reason tax-free and penalty-free.

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Money Talk

MAY 4, 2023

Inflation-induced price hikes on goods and services are like a regressive sales tax and hurt those with low incomes the most. More Attention to Asset Decumulation - Baby boomers were “guinea pigs” for voluntary self-directed retirement savings accounts and the decline of pensions.

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Employee Benefits

JUNE 26, 2023

With interest rates on the rise, we often get asked at our financial education sessions, is it best to pay off your mortgage or pay into your pension? The post Paying off a mortgage or paying into a pension? However, there are often limits on the amount you can overpay without paying a penalty, so make sure you check this first.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 15, 2023

Spring Budget 2023: In his Budget address to the House of Commons today (15 March 2023), Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt addressed the issue of unpredictable pension tax charges causing employees to leave work, particularly within the NHS. No one should be pushed out of the workforce for tax reasons.”

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Money Talk

JULY 25, 2024

Set aside a portion of self-employment income to send to the IRS for quarterly estimated tax payments (and/or over-withhold on a pension or Social Security) to ensure compliance with tax regulations. Contributions to non-Roth accounts are often tax-deductible, thereby reducing adjusted gross and, ultimately taxable, income.

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Money Talk

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, workers with a guaranteed pension and/or a high investment risk tolerance might want to have more stock exposure in a TDF and would chose a target date farther off in the future. Make Tax-Advantaged Gifts - Consider “bunching” charitable donations with other tax deductions (e.g.,

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Money Talk

JANUARY 26, 2022

One of the most daunting financial aspects of retirement, especially for people who have been diligent savers throughout their working years, is taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from their tax-deferred retirement savings accounts beginning at age 72. New RMD tables went into effect in 2022, so this is a good time to discuss RMDs.

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Kollath CPA

MARCH 9, 2022

You don’t generally have to withhold or pay any taxes on payments to independent contractors, as you do with employees. Are there written contracts or employee benefits such as a pension plan and vacation pay, and will the relationship continue? Are your employees really employees, or are they actually independent contractors?

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Retirement plan sponsors need to utilize updated Form W-4P (for periodic pension and annuity payments) and new Form W-4R (for nonperiodic payments and eligible rollover distributions) for income tax withholding elections beginning January 1, 2023.

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Money Talk

JANUARY 4, 2024

Free money does not have any work requirement, however, and is often income tax-free. 50% for a fifty cent per employee dollar saved match) and is taxed as ordinary income in retirement. Like inheritances, life insurance is generally not subject to income tax. If they didn’t discover their tax error, they would not have it.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

BBC v Christina Burns concerns the ability of employers to amend their old-fashioned and prohibitively expensive defined benefit pension schemes to make cost-saving changes. Pension schemes can be amended in the ways that their amendment power says is possible, but not otherwise. The court said the BBC could not do this.

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Money Talk

JULY 29, 2022

bank and investment accounts, pension, Social Security) should have a two-factor (a.k.a., Keeping current” also means paying attention to scams that feed off current events such as COVID-19, tax season, wars, and natural disasters. Another hygiene practice is using strong passwords with a variety of types of characters.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In its blog published 4 November, AE has come a long way, but we all have further to go, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) recognises the successes of automatic-enrolment in encouraging retirement saving. While guidance from MoneyHelper is useful, the process of reconnecting lost pensions remains administratively cumbersome for individuals.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 28, 2022

Addressing climate change and rolling out the pensions dashboard are the biggest priorities for workplace pension scheme advisers this year, research has revealed. Approximately 32% want the current tax system to be amended to support long-term saving over the next three-to-five years.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 31, 2023

billion pension to cut future benefits for plan members but can make other changes without employees’ consent. The case explored the treatment of future service benefits under the BBC pension scheme, which provides retirement benefits on a defined benefit (DB) basis for BBC employees who joined before 1 December 2010.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Pension scheme members may get a similar feeling if their scheme has a mandatory forfeiture rule and the trustees inform them their pension is less than it should have been. Requesting your full pension when you retire is not enough. You have probably got to do that for each instalment of underpaid pension.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 10, 2022

In what may bring a sigh of relief, 2022 is not a year with new legal requirements incumbent on employers regarding pensions. But there are many ongoing requirements to be mindful of, and changes within the pensions environment that could lead to future impacts. Then there is the issue of tax relief for low earners.

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Money Talk

AUGUST 16, 2023

Tax on Social Security Benefits - Those who work and claim benefits will trigger taxes with a combined income above $25,000 (individuals) or $32,000 (married couples filing jointly). Continued FICA Tax - Like all workers, employed older adults must pay Social Security/ Medicare tax. Other benefits also continue.

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