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- Employee Discounts on Products Made by an Employer's Former Parent Company Are Subject to Income and FICA Tax
- From the June 25, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- Under an agreement with the employer’s former parent company, employees and former employees of the employer (and certain family members) could purchase or lease products manufactured by the former parent company at a discount equal to a percentage ...
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- IRS Requests Comments on Three Alternatives for Substantiating Business Use of Employer-Provided Cell Phones
- From the June 11, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has issued Notice 2009-46, requesting comments on several proposals to simplify the substantiation rules for employer-provided cellular telephones and similar telecommunications equipment (“cell phones”). Cell phones are “listed property” under Code Section ...
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- How are the tax rules different for domestic and foreign adoptions under a qualified adoption assistance program?
- From the May 14, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company wants to implement a qualified adoption assistance program. We have heard that the tax rules for domestic adoptions differ from the tax rules for foreign adoptions. Is that true? If they are different, is there a way ...
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- One-Time Irrevocable Election to Waive Retiree Health Benefits in Exchange for Higher Pay Isn't Taxable
- From the May 14, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- In this private letter ruling, the IRS reviewed an employer’s retiree health insurance program that allowed employees to make a one-time irrevocable election to waive retiree health insurance in exchange for a higher rate of future pay. ...
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- IRS Sets Depreciation Deduction Limits and Inclusion Amounts for Automobiles Placed in Service in 2009
- From the April 30, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has issued Revenue Procedure 2009-24, which sets the inflation-adjusted limits imposed by Code Section 280F (the “luxury automobile limits”) on certain deductions that may be taken by taxpayers who use passenger automobiles (including vans ...
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- When can employees be reimbursed for monthly parking expenses under a qualified transportation plan?
- From the April 09, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company has a qualified transportation fringe benefit plan that lets employees elect to have their compensation reduced on a pre-tax basis to pay for parking expenses. Many employees purchase monthly parking passes on the first day of ...
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- IRS Explains Why Standard Mileage Rate for Medical Expenses Is Substantially Less Than Rate for Business Expenses
- From the April 09, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This IRS information letter explains why the standard mileage rate used to determine medical expense deductions is substantially lower than the rate used to determine business expense deductions. For 2009, the standard mileage rate for medical expenses is 24 cents ...
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- IRS Letters Explain Why Unused Transportation Plan Contributions Cannot Be Returned After Termination of Employment
- From the March 12, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released a pair of information letters that explain why unused employee contributions to a qualified transportation plan cannot be returned to employees upon termination of employment. The nearly identical letters were sent at the request of Senator ...
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- What benefits can we offer under our company's cafeteria plan?
- From the February 26, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company maintains a premium-only cafeteria plan (POP) under which employees who elect company-sponsored major medical coverage can pay their share of the premiums with pre-tax dollars. We are thinking of amending our cafeteria plan to ...
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- Economic Stimulus Increases Monthly Limit for Transit/Vanpool Benefits Under Qualified Transportation Plans
- From the February 19, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Act), which was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009, includes a provision that temporarily increases the amount of transit pass and vanpooling benefits that can be excluded from ...
