by Jeff Chang | Aug 15, 2016 | Pension
Our efforts to educate employers about the dangers and surprises associated with PTO cash‑outs (see, Chapter 13 and “When Having Your Cake and Eating It May Be a Bad Thing: Cautions About Cash-Outs of Unused Leave Or PTO”) are having an effect....
by Jeff Chang | Apr 22, 2014 | Governmental Benefits, Income Tax
Recently, I spoke to a roomful of public agency human resources managers. As I sometimes do, I took a few informal surveys of my audience. One of the questions I posed was: “How many of your agencies allow employees to cash out some or all of their accumulated...
by Jeff Chang | Sep 18, 2012 | Retiree Health
By: Jeff Chang This entry comes to you with the help of Wendy Tauriainen. A couple of weeks ago we got to talking about the fact that dozens, if not hundreds, of local governments and special districts appeared to be ignoring the proper tax treatment and reporting of...