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4 Retirement Plans Small Business Owners Should Consider

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There are only so many hours in a day, so longer-term decisions, like planning for retirement, can get pushed aside in the face of more on-the-spot issues. In fact, finding and researching the best retirement plans for small businesses can take time and effort you may not have right now.

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Lawsuits, Lost Expertise And Bad Morale: The Steep Risks Of Ignoring Older Employees

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Age discrimination occurs when a manager or boss treats an applicant or employee less favorably due to their age, which applies to younger people with less experience as well as older people who are close to retirement age. They worry that their company may have no strategy or practice for any sort of planned retirement — because most don’t.

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Do I Need an Estate Plan?

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Understanding why you’re creating one and the documents you must include for your situation can make the process easier. Having a will and other estate planning documents are the best way to ensure that the people you want to inherit your money, investments and property actually do. I’m not rich; do I really need an estate plan?

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Ensuring payroll compliance in 2024: What’s new?

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It provides provisions aimed at improving employee retirement outcomes and makes starting 401(k) plans more attractive and beneficial for employers – even those with 50 or fewer employees. encourages employers to provide retirement plans by offering tax incentives and credits. You can also fax e-filing waiver requests to 877-477-0575.

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Do I Need to Buy Life Insurance?

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Others say to multiply your annual salary by the number of years you have before retirement. Store the policy documents securely, along with the rest of your estate plan and financial details, in a fireproof file box or other safe place. Tell the executor of your estate and your close family members where to find the documents.

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IRS update: digital communication and payroll

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Mamo reviewed some initiatives, including IRIS , the IRS’ new simplified platform for filing 1099s. Information return filers filed about 300,000 to 400,000 1099s through IRIS this past winter. In July the IRS will roll out a bulk filing feature for IRIS. He also confirmed FIRE’s eventual retirement, in favor of IRIS.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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When Harry Hecht, an Orlando, Florida-based mentor with SCORE—originally named the Service Corps of Retired Executives—encounters business owners who are reluctant to outsource, he has them track their time. “I For this reason, Hecht recommends spending some time documenting exactly, step by step, how you do things.

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