Companies may have just been given a little more time to prepare for the new 401(k) fee disclosure regs, but there are certain things all firms should be aware of right now. (more…)
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Back in the fall, President Obama signed into law a new definition of who qualifies as a new hire, and there a few things about this definition that your Payroll staff needs to know. (more…)
The clock's ticking on employers to get their W-2s and 1099s out the door. So it's easy for very avoidable mistakes to get made in the process. (more…)
Excel spreadsheets are to Finance staffers what trucks are to, well, truck drivers. But an increasing number of CFOs are looking at the possibility of life without Excel. (more…)
If you thought the Department of Labor (DOL) would be swayed by recent requests to push back the deadline for compliance with the 401(k) fee disclosure regs, you're not going to like this one bit. (more…)
It’s like a teacher giving a pop quiz on the topic she knew everyone in the class was struggling with. Except you’re the student, the teacher is the state and that pop quiz: a use tax audit! (more…)
Companies will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they'll ultimately have to start complying with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). (more…)
Any personal finance issues your employees run into is their problem not yours, right? Not according to these findings. (more…)
There’s lots of talk this time of year about record retention guidelines: which Finance docs and emails to keep, how long to keep them and how to dispose of them when the time has come. Plenty of best practices. But…
Forget Santa! Will your company be naughty or nice to finance staffers’ bank balances in 2012? New salary data is out, and we have all the details. (more…)
We may have just started the fourth quarter, but IRS wants you to start prepping for 2012 – with a ton of updates you’ll need for the new year. (more…)
Fall may have just begun, but many companies have been in a deep freeze for years … when it comes to salaries. So will 2012 hold more of the same? (more…)
