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The misclassification of a worker can have serious financial consequences. Penalties and interest involving payroll taxes can pile up if someone is incorrectly treated as an independent contractor.

Experts at professional services company Towers Watson say recently released rules by the Internal Revenue Service should clear the path for more employers to renew their interest in cash balance and other types of hybrid pension plans.

instead of hammering carriers, we've turned our legislative eye on banks. We've traded one black-hat-wearing, mustachioed villain for another.

Small businesses receiving state health care tax credits may also qualify for the full federal tax credit, and may also be eligible to receive credit for add-on dental and vision coverage, according to new IRS guidelines released Monday.

It's that time of year again, and experts are reminding individuals with a qualified long term care insurance policy they may be able to deduct up to $3,980 for the 2009 tax year. Even more for couples.

UNUM will pay $5.5 million in fines and penalties for failing to report special fees it paid an insurance broker in San Diego, according to United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt. Between 2000 and 2004, Unum made payments without disclosing them to

In 1981, the Internal Revenue Service published regulations authorizing 401(k)s, the first participant-directed retirement plans in the U.S. Six years later, about 15 million Americans ...

MADISON, Wis. -Tax season is well underway, and the latest fraudulent e-mail scam is taking full advantage of it. The phony e-mail sent from a non-Internal Revenue Service source notifies the receiver that he/she is under audit and needs to complete a questionnaire within 48 hours to avoid the assessment...