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IRS Pushes Back Major W-4 Changes Until 2020
The Treasury Department said the Internal Revenue Service would push back implementation of a redesigned Form W-4 to tax year 2020, allowing the agency to keep working on a new approach to the employee withholding form. The IRS released a draft version of a new Form W-4, "Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate," earlier this year in the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but it received heavy criticism from groups like ...
Read MoreIRS Updates Per Diem Rates for Business Travel Expenses
The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual notice describing the daily rates that taxpayers can use for lodging, meals and incidental expenses when traveling for business. Notice 2018-77 announces the special per diem rates, effective Oct. 1, 2018, that taxpayers may use to substantiate the amount of expenses for lodging, meals and incidental expenses when traveling away from home. The notice also provides the special ...
Read MoreTax Strategy: The Details on Tax Reform 2.0
The House Ways and Means Committee finally released the three tax bills that they hope the House will pass prior to the midterm elections, constituting what they are calling Tax Reform 2.0. We have long known that one of the bills would focus on making permanent many of the temporary individual provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018. House Bill 6760 provides the details on making those provisions permanent. We had very ...
Read MoreIRS Offers Guidance on Meals and Entertainment Deduction after Tax Reform
The Internal Revenue Service released guidance Wednesday on the business expense deduction for meals and entertainment in the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was supposed to eliminate deductions for expenses pertaining to activities generally considered entertainment, amusement or recreation. The IRS said taxpayers can still deduct 50 percent of the cost of business meals if the taxpayer (or an employee of the business) is ...
Read MoreManaging Smartphone Use in the Office
Smartphones are part of our daily lives, but that doesn't mean they should be a pervasive part of our professional lives. They do have their place: They help us stay organized, connected and able to complete work on the go through email and apps. However, many employees ignore basic phone etiquette. A recent survey from the consulting firm KDM found that, while 70 percent of those surveyed agree that it's inappropriate to have their phone out ...
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