February 26, 2020

Nonprofit Executive Staffing: 10 Best Practices

Your nonprofit has just identified a capable and promising executive candidate, perhaps for executive director, chief financial officer, or another high-level position within the organization. And the candidate has accepted! What should be negotiated and worked out for that person’s employment? How can the board promote a positive working relationship with clarity and optimal opportunity for success? The following key areas warrant attentiveness at the beginning of this critical engagement, to promote a healthy, effective, and legally compliant employment relationship.

Employment
February 18, 2020

Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Bringing Back Flexibility

Thanks to a new federal rule, employers may more flexibly either (a) provide pre-tax reimbursements for their employees’ individual health insurance premiums and other expenses, or (b) pay such expenses directly on employees’ behalf.  Effective January 1, 2020, such pre-tax availability has been reinstated, following the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s elimination and only a limited version under the 2016 21st Century Cures Act, but with some new twists. As a result, employers and their employees now enjoy more pre-tax options for health benefits, albeit with increasing complexity and varied conditions.

Employment
January 9, 2020

Good News for Nonprofits Affected by the Nonprofit Parking Tax

As part of a large spending package to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed legislation repealing the infamous “Nonprofit Parking Tax” – an income tax on the cost of parking provided by nonprofit organizations to their employees performing exempt charitable, religious, and educational activities. The repeal of the Nonprofit Parking Tax is retroactive – the legislation literally states that the effective date of repeal is as if the tax was never in the original law. The bill was signed by President Trump on December 20, 2019.

Employment/Tax Exemption

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