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Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues (HCR4)

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4.00 Credits

Member Price $175

Non-Member Price $225

Overview

The employer-employee relationship strains both sides in uncertain times, and businesses need CPAs, controllers, and other advisors to provide understanding of the complex legal, tax, and health care issues associated with all aspects of employment. This course provides in-depth coverage of this critical area.

Highlights

  • ERISA compliance: employee welfare plans and qualified plans
  • Fringe benefit issues: COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care
  • Health care plans: HRAs, HSAs, and other employer-sponsored plans
  • Qualified plan requirements: eligibility, coverage, and vesting

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

CPAs who need an in-depth understanding of employment issues

Objectives

  • Identify compliance issues
  • Understand how health care mandates apply to employers and individuals
  • Explain the nondiscrimination rules that apply to employer-sponsored retirement and health care plans

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Michael Frost, Shareholder & Tax Partner, MDA Professional Group, P.C.

Mike Frost, CPA, is an associate and shareholder of MDA Professional Group, P.C. and has been with the Albertville office since 1989. Currently a tax partner, he specializes in all areas of income tax and small business consulting including but not limited to: business and individual income tax preparation and planning, estate and retirement planning, estate, gift, and trust tax preparation, small business consulting, Medicare planning and other elder care, audit representation, religious groups and clergy. Frost has conducted CPE engagements and seminars for the Alabama Society of Enrolled Agents and the Childcare Resource Network of Alabama and is an instructor for the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mike has served as technical advisor for tax articles for the Sand Mountain Reporter newspaper, and has been a regular on the public speaking circuit. Mike graduated with “high honors and distinction” from Jacksonville State University with a major in accounting and a minor in finance and a 4.0 GPA. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Accountants Global Network, International. In addition, he is a graduate of the Tax Planning and Advising for Closely Held Businesses Certificate of Educational Achievement Program sponsored by the AICPA. Mike is an ordained minister and pastor. He enjoys music, and is a vocalist in a local Christian band. He is also active in his community as an Albertville Rotarian. Mike resides in Albertville, Alabama with his wife, Kay, and two children, Dylan and Sarah.

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Non-Member Price $225

Member Price $175