Employee benefits

The purpose of the SECURE Act is to incentivize employers to offer retirement plans as well as to improve individual retirement savings outcomes for the millions of Americans without adequate retirement savings.

Senator Bernie Sanders is proposing hiking taxes on executive retirement plans and using the extra revenue to aid struggling worker pension plans.

The new poll also found that employed adults and undergraduate college students favor more long-term benefits.

PwC decided to shut down their office for summer and winter holidays to give employees more time to recharge.

The Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals and taxpayers to use the free, multi-factor authentication feature offered on tax prep software, as nearly two dozen firms reported data thefts so far.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released guidance on leases, pension plans and a wide range of other accounting and financial reporting issues that were identified during the implementation and application of some of its earlier pronouncements.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving financial institutions a break when it comes to notifying owners of individual retirement accounts about taking their required minimum distributions after a new law increased the age for taking RMDs from 70½ to 72.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants will provide mental health, lifestyle and community support as part of a new online resource.

The Avantax Wealth Management parent views HK Financial as another way of working with CPAs and tax professionals branching into the field.

The Seattle-based Top 20 Firm issued a notice of a data security incident that it detected in October exposing the names and Social Security numbers of some of its clients.