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2022 Tax Year FSA Limits

The Internal Revenue Service announced 2022 tax year annual inflation adjustments in Revenue Procedure 2021-45. Sponsors of calendar-year health flexible spending ...
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Fiduciary Responsibilities for Employers

The U.S. Department of Labor has a publication for employers explaining the fiduciary obligations that come with sponsoring an employee group health plan. The booklet, ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee is enrolled in our Dependent Care FSA. Her husband just quit his job and is now going to take care of their children after school. May we let our ...
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Multifactor Identification Tip Sheet

Multifactor identification, also referred to as two-factor identification is a security process requiring more than one authentication method, from independent sources, ...
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Social Security Earnings Increase

The maximum earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax will increase next year. Beginning January 1, 2022, the Social Security wage limit will change from the ...
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Employers, Employees, COVID-19 and HIPAA

Recent guidance confirms that employers may ask if their clients, employees or customers have received a COVID-19 vaccine without violating the HIPAA rules.
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IRS Tips for Protecting Information

The IRS warns that cyber criminals have been using stolen data to file tax returns and commit impersonation crimes. The following tips from the IRS are intended to help ...
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Notice 2021-58 and COBRA Outbreak Extension Clarification

The IRS released Notice 2021-58 on October 6, 2021 clarifying the operation of extensions of the COBRA election, notification and premium payment timeframes issued as ...
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EEO-1 Reporting Extended

The EEO-1 is a report that employers are required to file with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) identifying the racial/ethnic and gender ...
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VETS-4212 Filing Due Soon

The U.S. Department of Labor encourages affirmative actions to employ covered veterans and to advance covered veterans in employment.
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