Hey, FIRE users. Billie Crawford, the IRS’ IRIS spokesperson extraordinaire, has a message for you: FIRE’s retirement date will be here before you know it, so please get to know its replacement—IRIS, or Information Returns Intake System.

OBBBA tip regs. HIPAA Security Rule help, IRS tax assistance kiosks and more in our Friday wrap.

Hurricane season begins in June and peaks in September, when ocean water is at its warmest. Savvy Payroll pros should use this time to assess whether their disaster-planning response is up to date.

Unhappy smokers are challenging the smoking surcharge in court, and some of their complaints have withstood preliminary motions to dismiss.

Remember landing your first job? It was challenging. For some individuals, it can be almost impossible. One tax credit aims to help employers hire members of certain disadvantaged groups—the Work Opportunity Tax Credit.

Third-party administrators must collect a lot of key information about employees in order to properly administer your 401(k) plan. The issue is how TPAs use this data outside the 401(k) plan. Unhelpfully, ERISA doesn’t classify employees’ personal data as a plan asset, so no fiduciary duties apply t

W-2 overtime reporting, DOL and IRS regulatory agendas, and more in our first autumn wrap.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act allows employees to deduct $25,000 of tips on their 1040s through 2028. Tuesday, the Treasury Department released a draft list of 68 tipped occupations.

Employees started suing group health plans last year using the 401(k) playbook—the choice of vendors and the hit to employees’ wallets. Those cases involved specific vendors. This latest case alleges a more general fiduciary breach and is a warning to employers to choose plan options carefully.

The OBBBA’s increase in tax-free dependent care benefits to $7,500 a year, from $5,000, beginning in January, would seem to provide some modest relief to working couples. But there’s more to consider.