On May 3, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2013-251 announcing the 2014 inflation-adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), as determined under the Internal Revenue Code § 223. The following is a comparison of the 2013 and 2014...
The Fiscal Cliff is the culmination of expiring (Bush-era) tax cuts and subsidies and initiation of spending cuts (“Sequestration”) and new taxes beginning in 2013. Sequestration is an automatic budget cut, sanctioned under the 2011 Budget Control Act, that applies...
Effective on tax year after December 31, 2012, a Medicare Tax increase of 0.90% is set to become effective along with a new 3.8% Medicare Surtax to be levied on unearned or investment income for high income taxpayers. These new taxes were part of an attempt to...
2013 Annual Qualified Retirement Plan Limitations On October 18, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service published (IR-2012-77) cost of living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement related items for Tax Year 2012. Generally...
Application 408(b)(2) to 403(b) Plans Under ERISA Section 408(b)(2), certain covered service providers are required to furnish specified information to plan administrators so that they may comply with their disclosure obligations in the participant-level disclosure...