How to Explain Employee Benefits

The first thing employees are looking for during the hiring process is employee benefits. Yes, the benefits package is sometimes even more important than salary. Employees now expect comprehensive benefits packages tailored to their personal needs—not just to broadly...

How Do 125 Plans and HSAs Work Together?

  A cafeteria plan is a reimbursement plan governed by IRS Section 125, allowing employees to contribute a certain amount of their gross income to a designated account or accounts before taxes are calculated. Another kind of plan is the health savings account, or...

Standard Mileage Rates for 2018 Are Up

Standard Mileage Rates for 2018 Are Up The IRS has issued the 2018 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2018, the standard mileage...

The Major Tax Changes: An Overview

The new tax law has dominated political discussion for months and will likely continue to do so well into 2018. Consequences, both intended and otherwise, are still unclear. But for now, these are the big changes for both individuals and companies. In general, the...

The Latest Thing: Automated Recruiting

Have you overly automated the recruiting experience at your business? Frustration is quite high, to the tune of 82 percent, says a new report from a large national staffing and human resources service organization, Randstad U.S., based in Atlanta. Through surveying...