An employer who sponsors a pension or welfare benefit plan generally must file Form 5500 on the last day of the seventh month following the end of the plan year. For calendar-year plans that means the due date is usually July 31st. In 2011, July 31st falls on a Sunday, so the deadline is moved to the [...]
The Internal Revenue Service announced an increase in the standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2011. The rate will increase to 55.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011. This is an increase of 4.5 cents from the 51 cent rate in effect for [...]
ALABAMA TORNADO ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF - ISSUE II May 24, 2011 This is the second in our series of newsletters covering tax and relief issues to help with the recovery effort in Alabama. Please let us know if you need a copy of our previous newsletter. Read more... This issue will cover: Casualty Gains [...]
ALABAMA TORNADO ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF May 5, 2011 On April 28th the President declared a major disaster exists in the State of Alabama and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding beginning on April 15, 2011, and continuing. The [...]