ThomsonReuters
OCTOBER 14, 2021
SSA Press Release: Social Security Announces 5.9 Percent Benefit Increase for 2022 (Oct. 13, 2021). Available at [link]. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced the annual cost-of-living adjustment to the maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security tax (i.e., the taxable wage base). For 2022, that amount will be $147,000 (up from $142,800 for 2021).
Internal Audit 360
OCTOBER 14, 2021
A re most internal audit reports the right length? For many consumers of audit reports in the executive suite and boardroom, the answer is probably that they’re “too long!”. Audit reports may run to extraordinary lengths these days. For example, I recently talked to one organization where they could easily extend over a hundred pages. One hundred pages is clearly too long for anybody to rationally expect our stakeholders in top management and on the board to want to read them.
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ThomsonReuters
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Alkon v. Cigna Health and Life Ins. Co., 2021 WL 3362562 (D. N.J. 2021). An out-of-network health care provider performed surgery on a participant in an ERISA health plan. After receiving payment for less than 1% of the billed charges and unsuccessfully seeking additional reimbursement using the plan’s internal claims process, the provider sued the plan and its claims administrator.
Appraisal Rights
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Players in the cannabis space already understand that federal tax law as currently structured extracts a far greater tax bite from marijuana businesses than corresponding companies, as cannabis companies are prohibited from deducting their business expenses from gross income. Of course, with U.S. cannabis sales expected to grow by nearly 2.5x from 2018 to 2025, the excessive tax liability still leaves lots of room for cannabis companies to experience outsized profits.
Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications
Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.
ThomsonReuters
OCTOBER 14, 2021
QUESTION: Many of our company’s employees have student loans. Could we help them repay those loans on a tax-advantaged basis using a qualified educational assistance program? ANSWER: Educational assistance programs under Code § 127 currently can be used to help employees repay certain student loans, but this benefit is only available for a limited time and there are other restrictions.
ThomsonReuters
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Proposed Rule: Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights, 29 CFR Part 2550, 86 Fed. Reg. 57272 (Oct. 14, 2021); Fact Sheet: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights (Oct. 13, 2021). Proposed Rule. Fact Sheet. As we went to press with this week’s edition of the EBIA Weekly, the DOL released advance copies of a proposal to amend the investment duties regulation.
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