Latest news pertaining to Alpern Rosenthal Legislative Update. http://www.alpern.com/cms/program/content/rss.php?feed=7 Thu, 09 09 2010 09:32:32 PM Thu, 09 09 2010 09:32:32 PM The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could earn you a new tax credit this year for providing health insurance for your employees. If your small business or tax-exempt organization pays employee health insurance premiums in 2010, ... http://www.alpern.com/patient-protection-affordable-care-act.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM Obama's proposed FYE 2011 budget could cost energy companies billions of dollars by eliminating the industry’s preferences and tax loopholes. The budget proposal would include potentially detrimental disincentives for all oil and gas, offshore and ... http://www.alpern.com/2011_fye_budget.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM On Friday, October 3, Congress passed and President Bush signed a massive financial stabilization package, The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 and Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief ... http://www.alpern.com/Tax_Implications_of_Financial_Rescue_Bill_with_Extenders.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM ... http://www.alpern.com/Economic_Stimulus_Act_of_2008_1.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM TAX CHANGES AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS: Topics Effective Dates I. Premium assistance tax credits for purchasing health insurance 2014 II. Penalties for the uninsured 2014 III. Higher taxes on high-income taxpayers 2013 IV. Floor on medical expenses deduction ... http://www.alpern.com/tax-changes.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM ... http://www.alpern.com/topic1.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM President Bush signed The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on October 3rd, 2008. This Act contains extensions of numerous business tax provisions. Among those extensions is the incremental research credit. The research credit for increasing ... http://www.alpern.com/federal-research-credit-article.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM ... http://www.alpern.com/teaser-text.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM IR-2010-52, April 26, 2010 The Internal Revenue Service announced that workers who lose their jobs during April and May may qualify for a 65-percent subsidy on their COBRA health insurance premiums. This means that workers who are involuntarily terminated ... http://www.alpern.com/cobra-subsidy-eligibility-period.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM The Pennsylvania Insurance Law has been amended to require employers who employ at least two but less then twenty employees to offer continuation health coverage for individuals who lose their group health coverage due to certain qualifying events, including ... http://www.alpern.com/PA_Mini_COBRA.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM As 2009 has ended, a significant opportunity awaits many individuals. Beginning in 2010, taxpayers will be able to convert their traditional IRA (and funds that have been rolled over from a qualified plan) to a Roth IRA, regardless of their income level ... http://www.alpern.com/roth-ira-conversion.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM The recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a wide-ranging tax package that includes tax relief for low- and moderate-income wage earners, individuals and families with college expenses, a package of tax incentives to encourage ... http://www.alpern.com/2009-Economic-Stimulus-Act-Update.php Thu, 13 05 2010 12:49:37 PM New Economic Relief Act Benefits Seniors and Employers The economic downturn and mounting stock market losses are shrinking retirement accounts and impeding employers’ ability to meet pension funding requirements. The Worker, Retiree and Employer ... http://www.alpern.com/wrera-article.php Mon, 17 05 2010 11:09:53 AM Have you received a notice from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue regarding their new Tax Amnesty Program? If so, you are not alone. More than one million notices were sent to taxpayers on the first day of the program, which runs from April 26 to ... http://www.alpern.com/pa-tax-amnesty-notices.php Mon, 24 05 2010 05:05:54 PM Effective June 1, 2010, employers that withhold $20,000 or more annually from employee compensation will be required to remit withheld taxes to the department on a semiweekly basis. Under Act 48 of 2009, employers whose payday falls on a Wednesday, Thursday ... http://www.alpern.com/employer-withholding.php Tue, 08 06 2010 03:41:29 PM Official Notification of Employer Withholding Payment Frequency Change PA Tax Amnesty Notices IRS Announces Extension of COBRA Subsidy Eligibility Period Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Could Earn You a New Tax Credit Important Tax Law Changes ... http://www.alpern.com/legislative-updates.php Tue, 08 06 2010 03:43:21 PM