Key Takeaways 2026 introduces a major tax shift by fully eliminating deductions for employer-provided meals that were partially deductible in 2025. Client business meals and employee travel meals remain 50% deductible, but only with strict documentation and separation from...
Key Takeaways Taxpayers may generally rely on the existing final bonus depreciation regulations while Treasury and the IRS develop updated rules. This allows businesses to plan around acquisition and placed-in-service timing. Notice 2026-11 does not provide additional guidance...
To understand the value of a high-quality penetration test, you must first understand the penetration testing industry itself. A lack of standardized nomenclature has blurred important distinctions, often allowing automated scans to be marketed as full penetration tests. At their core, these...
Every organization carries some level of technical debt. It accumulates quietly over the years, like a ticking time bomb. An outdated system integration here, a custom field over there and some workflow someone built years ago that no one remembers why, but everyone thinks it is important. One...
Key Takeaways USPS postmarks are often applied during processing, not when mail is dropped off; meaning tax returns, payments, or IRS correspondence mailed on a deadline may still be treated as late. Because the IRS generally relies on the postmark date to determine timeliness,...
Key Takeaways · The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is scheduled to expire for employees who begin work after December 31, 2025. · Bipartisan legislation would extend the credit through 2030, increase its value, and expand worker eligibility. · ...
Key Takeaways A temporary $6,000 Senior Bonus Deduction is available per 65+ taxpayer for 2025–2028, phasing out above $75k single / $150k joint MAGI. The bonus is on top of the existing 65+ standard add-on, so standard filers can stack both, and itemizers still get the bonus...
Key Takeaways Beginning in 2026, meals provided for the convenience of the employer, such as on-site or cafeteria meals, will no longer be tax-deductible Certain meals, like Business meals with clients and travel-related meals, remain 50% deductible, but strict documentation is...
Key Takeaways Inflation adjustments for 2026 are modest at 2.7%, resulting in slightly higher tax bracket thresholds and standard deductions The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) makes many TCJA provisions permanent while lowering AMT phase-out thresholds, potentially impacting more...
Key takeaways: · This is the fourth consecutive year that California will be assessed a FUTA credit reduction · The reduction causes an increase in FUTA taxes per employee and tax will be due in February 2026 · Staffing firms with placements...
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