The health care reform law passed in 2010 included a provision that would require employers of 50 or more full-time employees to provide affordable health insurance to their workers or face steep penalties. That provision was scheduled to take effect January 1, 2014. The Treasury Department has […]
Read more →When natural disasters occur, they often leave many people with severely damaged or destroyed homes and businesses. Some lose everything they own. If you are affected by a disaster that is declared by the President to qualify for federal assistance, there are several provisions […]
Read more →As part of the administration’s efforts to bring all available resources to bear to support state and local partners impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the Internal Revenue Service today announced that 401(k)s and similar employer-sponsored retirement plans can make loans and hardship distributions to victims of Hurricane […]
Read more →The devastation caused by Hurricane (now Superstorm) Sandy is widespread. And while you may not have been impacted directly by the storm, you may know of someone who was. Fortunately, the relief wheels are in motion, albeit never fast enough. In an effort to help those […]
Read more →IRS Announces Qualified Disaster Treatment of Payments to Victims of Hurricane Sandy are not Taxable
Washington – The Internal Revenue Service today alerted employers and other taxpayers that because Hurricane Sandy is designated as a qualified disaster for federal tax purposes, qualified disaster relief payments made to individuals by their employer or any person can be excluded from those individuals’ taxable income. […]
Read more →In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Internal Revenue Service announced additional tax relief to affected individuals and businesses. Following recent disaster declarations for individual assistance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS announced today that affected taxpayers in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York […]
Read more →Reminder: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the November 2, 2012, deadline to file a Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax (MCTMT) protective refund claim has been extended to November 14, 2012. N-12-11, Announcement Regarding Hurricane Sandy, explains this extension and other tax related extensions for taxpayers affected by […]
Read more →Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has declared a State Disaster Emergency for the entire state of New York. As a result of this declaration, Commissioner Thomas H. Mattox postponed certain tax filing and payment deadlines for taxpayers who were directly affected by Hurricane Sandy (see Important Notice […]
Read more →Well Hurricane Sandy left behind countless fallen trees and power lines. There were stories of tragedy and survival, of people who lost everything when the water rushed in, of buildings that crumbled after being pounded hour after hour by rain and relentless wind, of hospitals that had […]
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