Employee benefits

From human resources capabilities to portals and more, vendors are moving forward.

The bipartisan legislation will provide more retirement planning options for accountants to advise small business clients about, while also fixing a glitch in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that imposed the kiddie tax on children of deceased service members.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that relaxes the rules for retirement savers and corrects an unintended side-effect of the 2017 tax law that hit children of military members who died in combat with higher-than-expected tax bills.

As the U.S. retirement savings crisis continues to grow, legislators are taking steps to ensure all employees have access to formal retirement savings programs.

A poll conducted on behalf of the American Institute of CPAs found that young job seekers consider student loan reimbursement to be a bigger concern than retirement.

The bipartisan legislation aims to expand retirement savings by offering more tax incentives to individuals and small businesses.

Three bills that would make major change have already emerged from the Ways & Means Committee.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on improving the taxpayer authentication processes for its online applications, but more needs to be done.

According to a new report from LaSalle Network, graduating college students are starting to value balance and professional development over compensation.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve legislation that would relax the rules for those saving for retirement.

Olympus Corp. lost a U.K. lawsuit that tried to block the pension of former head Michael Woodford after he blew the whistle on an alleged $1.7 billion accounting fraud and 13-year cover-up at the firm.

In a 7-2 decision, the justices held that a railroad’s payment to an employee for working time lost due to an on-the-job injury is taxable compensation.

Renaissance Technologies, the giant hedge fund founded by billionaire Jim Simons, looks like it has created the premier individual retirement account.

CPA financial planners share their favorite moves for kicking off the year right.

People want to know if there is anything that can be done for pre-retirement medical expenses. The answer is yes.

It’s not too late to cut down clients' tax liability before the end of the year.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board voted to issue a long-awaited standard on audits of financial statements of employee benefit plans, although it is still awaiting some details before the standard takes effect.

A new AICPA report found that employed U.S. adults would prefer a job with benefits over one with more pay and zero benefits.

In today’s age of lost tax deductions many accountants are looking for new tax deductions they can offer their clients.

Working Mother magazine's new list highlighted businesses with top paternity leave benefits.