01/02/2012
If you use an accrual method of accounting and allocate money to a bonus pool, you can breathe a sigh of tax deductible relief. The IRS has concluded that employers can take a current tax deduction for a fixed amount of bonuses that will be paid to employees during the next year.
01/01/2012
Final medical loss ratio (MLR) regulations, which took effect Jan. 1, 2012, require group health insurers to spend between 80 and 85 cents of every premium dollar on medical care and health care quality improvement. Insurers that fall short must make rebates to participants, beginning Aug. 1, 2012.