IRS updated FAQ on the HIRE Act

by Ted

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=220746,00.html QR8: How does application of the payroll tax exemption to wages paid to restaurant employees affect the 45B credit? A-QR8: Certain food and beverage establishments can claim a credit under section 45B of the Internal Revenue Code for social security and Medicare taxes paid or incurred by the employer on certain employee tips, referred to […]

IRS Makes Ruling on FICA Tip Credit

by Ted

The IRS Chief Council has ruled in a case involving the FICA Tip Credit involving tips undeclared in a previous tax year. From the ruling: “In a prior tax year an employee receives cash tips which constitute wages but the employee fails to report the tip amounts to his or her employer in the year […]

Social Security wage base rises to $106,800 for 2009

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Social Security’s Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program limits the amount of earnings subject to taxation for a given year. The same annual limit also applies when those earnings are used in a benefit computation. This limit increases each year with increases in the national average wage index. We call this annual limit the […]