Fringe Benefits Taxation

Fringe Benefits are important component for recruiting and keeping high quality employees. But offering those benefits may also bring complex situations regarding taxation and compliance. Employers that don’t know...or think they know...how to properly tax and report fringe benefits often bring serious financial consequences upon themselves and their companies. All fringe benefits must be handled correctly. 

Learning Objectives:

• Review FMV (Fair Market Value) and how the IRS determines it.
• Discussion on No additional cost services, employee discounts, working condition fringe benefits & De minimis Fringe Benefits.
• Review qualified transportation benefits
• Discuss several excludable fringe benefits such as Retirement planning, athletic facilities, achievement awards etc.
• Discuss fringe benefits that should be taxable
• Review Moving/Relocation Expenses
• Review executive taxation items, like spousal travel. Company aircraft usage etc.
• Once a benefit is determined taxable, how to handle it
• Brief overview of how to handle any fringe benefits that AP pay.

Participants with walk away with a better understanding of the IRS view on fringe benefit taxation.  The details of the IRC exceptions allowed by the IRS will be detailed and explained to participants.  Participants will be able to better identify and calculate the fair market value of fringe benefits for taxation purposes.

Companies are providing more fringe benefits to employers more than ever before, thus reduces company cost but raises employee morale.  Because of this the IRS has more to say on what Fringe Benefits are taxable and what are not.  The IRS for non-taxable fringe benefits puts a lot of regulation around how the fringe benefit is given and when that also determines if a thought non-taxable item may end up being taxable.

Who will Benefit:

• Payroll professionals
• Accounting Professionals
• Tax Professionals
• Compensation Professionals
• Human Resource Professionals

Dayna J. Reum

Dayna is currently the Director of Payroll Operations at a major medical center in Chicago.  Dayna has been heavily involved in the payroll field over 17 years.  Starting as a payroll clerk at a small Tucson company, Dayna moved on to be a Payroll Team Leader at Honeywell Inc.  During Dayna’s time at Honeywell she obtained her FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification) through the American Payroll Association.  She also received several merit awards for Customer Service and Acquisitions and Divestitures. Dayna is no stranger to teaching she has taught at the Metro Phoenix American Payroll Association meetings and at the Arizona State Payroll Conference.  Topics including Payroll Basics, Global/Cultural Awareness, Immigration Basics for the Payroll Professional, Multi-State and Local Taxation and Quality Control for Payroll, International and Canadian payroll.   Dayna has her CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) through the APA.  She also serves on the National American Payroll Association on the National Strategic Leadership Task Force, Government Affairs Task Force (PA Local tax subcommittee).  Dayna has received a Citation of Merit for her service along with being a Gold Pin member of the APA.  Besides her payroll accomplishments Dayna is certified in HR hiring and firing practices and is a Six-Sigma Greenbelt.