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Of the various filing status options offered by the IRS, head of household is considered the most advantageous. Numerous rules apply to qualify, but if you do, it will mean a higher standard deduction and wider tax brackets compared to single filing status. Here's what you need to know:
An employee put in years of service with your company, or is an exemplary worker, but circumstances now lead to his or her departure. You have agreed to pay the employee severance, but you want him or her to receive the full amount, with no taxes taken out. To accomplish this, you will need to do a "gross-up."
A headcount is the total number of people employed by an organization, including full-time and part-time employees.
An executor of a will carries out the last wishes of someone close who has died. The executor ensures that the rules that govern the administration of a probate estate are followed.
Here are three key tasks of the executor job: The Taxpayer First Act of 2019 is redesigning how the IRS works with taxpayers, even though it may take a while for many of the provisions to take effect.
Have you heard of taking out life insurance on a key employee or partner, or on yourself as the proprietor of your business? The continued successful operation of your company may depend on it. If you have key people whom you see as crucial to your firm — workers whose absence would sink the company — you may want to consider taking out key person insurance on them.
You don't necessarily create a trust and just forget about it. You may revise a revocable trust whenever your circumstances change. Perhaps you want to add a beneficiary. A trust can be revoked or amended at any time as long as you, its creator, are mentally competent. Having an updated trust will reduce the chances that your property will pass through probate.
Back pay, or back wages, is the difference between what an employee was actually paid and what should have been paid. Maybe you inadvertently made a payroll mistake, but regardless of how the situation was created, you should know that there are several recourses available to your employee. You have to make it right, and make sure the Form W-2 reflects any change.
In 2016, the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) reported that 82 percent of U.S. employees are paid by direct deposit, jumping from 74 percent in 2011. Clearly, direct deposit is on the rise.
How do you ensure that both your new spouse and your children from your first marriage receive an inheritance if you die before your newly married spouse does? Who gets the house — your new spouse or your children? How will your new spouse get by financially if you choose to provide an immediate inheritance for your children?
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