TOOL: IRS Information on Using Independent ...       November 13, 2009
Feature: The IRS provides employers with a resource page containing information on properly determining whether workers are independent contractors or employees. Here are some highlights from it, including a 160-page IRS training manual on ...
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A Risky New Trend: Replacing Employees with ...       November 13, 2009
Feature: In the midst of a sour economy, some organizations have opted to rehire some laid-off employees as independent contractors. But this practice is fraught with risk, and it is becoming riskier now: The IRS is planning an audit crackdown ...
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Auto-Enrollment in Retirement Plans Could Crimp ...       October 28, 2009
News: Automatic enrollment programs could inadvertently reduce defined-contribution plan participants' potential retirement savings because they could have chosen a higher contribution rate on their own, a Government Accountability Office report
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Congressional Analysis Finds Health Care Plan ...       October 23, 2009
News: About one-third of group health care plans would be affected by a proposed 40 percent excise tax on insurers and third-party administrators offering high-cost health plans by 2019, a congressional analysis finds.
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Research Finds Mutual Fund Fees Do Not Put the ...       October 14, 2009
News: Mutual fund fees have no effect on shareholder returns, according to research from a professor at George Mason University School of Law. However, another expert begs to differ.
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Roth IRA Conversion Confusion Creates Opportunity ...       October 13, 2009
News: Starting January 1, people making more than $100,000 will be able to convert their traditional individual retirement accounts or 401(k) plans with previous employers into Roth IRAs.
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Source Says Ford-UAW Deal Would Cut Labor Costs ...       October 13, 2009
News: In return for the commitments to US factories and brining parts work back in-house, the UAW agreed to factory work rule changes and reductions of skilled-trades classifications to reduce Ford's labor costs.
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Executive Bonuses at Bankrupt Auto Parts Supplier ...       October 9, 2009
News: A plan to pay 12 board-elected officers up to $8.1 million if Visteon hit earnings targets or emerged from bankruptcy violated a law prohibiting insiders from receiving bonuses to keep them at bankrupt companies.
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NFL Quarterback Michael Vick Ordered to Repay ...       October 1, 2009
News: Vick will repay at least $416,461 that the Labor Department said he took from a pension plan sponsored by a company he owned to help pay off debts tied to his 2007 dogfighting conviction.
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