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CB Announces additions to the management team
September issue of ECFC Flex Reporter features two articles by Jody Dietel
Jody L. Dietel, CFCI chairs the 21st Annual ECFC Administrators Symposium
Roselyn Vizcarra is promoted to Manager, Business Development
IRS Announces 2009 Transit and Parking Limits on October 16, 2008
By law, the dollar amounts for a variety of tax provisions must be revised each year to keep pace with inflation. As a result, more than three dozen tax benefits, affecting virtually every taxpayer, are being adjusted for 2009. Find out more about the key changes affecting 2009 returns.
Bail Out Package Includes Transit fringe Expansion to Bicyclists Effective 1/1/2009
The bail out package, signed into law by President Bush on Friday includes an expansion of the pre-tax transit benefits under Section 132(f). Essentially, workers who regularly commute to work using a bicycle, can be reimbursed up to $20 per month to store, purchase, improve or repair their bicycle. Continued
IRS Guidance on Qualified Reservist Distributions - HEART ACT
The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (the HEART Act), enacted June 17, 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-245, amended section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code to provide a special rule allowing distributions of unused amounts in a health Flexible Spending Arrangement (health FSA) to reservists ordered or called to active duty. Section 114 of the HEART Act applies to distributions made on or after June 18, 2008. Continued
Treasury and IRS Officials Busy! More HSA Guidance Released Today.
6/25/08: The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today released Notice 2008-59, which provides employers and employees with a new set of formal questions and answers on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Continued
President Signs Military Tax Relief Bill (HEART Act)
On June 17, 2008, President Bush signed the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act (HR 6081). The legislation addresses the treatment of certain payments made to individuals who are called to active military service. Specific to health flexible spending accounts ("FSA"), the HEART Act permits "qualified reservist distributions." Continued
IRS increases the medical mileage rate by eight (8) cents for the last six months of 2008. The medical mileage rate increased from 19 cents to 27 cents a mile for expenses incurred between July 1 until December 31, 2008. For IRS information go to http://www.irs.gov/newsroom.
Costco Wholesale, Inc. Announces the Visa FSA and Signature Debit Card Acceptance Program