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Here is our article, that was in the June issue of The Magazine of Santa Clarita. It is recapping Team ARIS and their networking group, the SCV Business Marketing Group, hosting the Charity Wine Tasting Event on May 23rd, 2017 at TPC Valencia. To see the full article, click here.

Guidance on Tax Withholding, Tip Income Reporting & More Students and teenagers often get summer jobs to earn extra spending money or to save for later. The IRS offers a few tax tips for taxpayers with a summer job: Withholding and Estimated Tax: Student and teenage employees normally have taxes withheld from their paychecks by […]

  Our Benefits Broker, Betsy Keesler Who inspires you? My husband. Describe your position here at ARIS: I am the Employee Benefits Broker here at Applied Resource Insurance Solutions. I focus on building relationships with business owners, HR Managers, and Administrators. My goal is to get to know and understand my client, by making sure that they […]

Affected Employers Must File IRS Form 720 As a reminder, employers that sponsor certain self-insured health plans are responsible for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees. Fees for plan years that ended in 2016 are due July 31, 2017. How to Pay PCORI Fees Employers that sponsor certain self-insured health plans must report and pay the required PCORI […]

Various Disclosures Permitted without Individual Authorization Employers are reminded that the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) permits disclosures of an individual’s health information for workers’ compensation purposes. Most notably, HIPAA permits covered entities–including health care providers and their business associates–to disclose the health information of an individual to workers’ compensation insurers, employers, state […]

Effective July 1, the minimum wage is increasing in the following states and localities: Maryland: $9.25 per hour Oregon: $10.25 per hour ($11.25 per hour in the Portland metropolitan area; $10.00 per hour in nonurban counties) Los Angeles, CA: $12.00 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees; $10.50 per hour for employers with […]

Electronic Data Collection System to Launch by August 1, 2017 The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a proposed rule seeking to extend the date by which certain employers are required to electronically submit the information from their completed 2016 Forms 300A. The proposed rule would change the submission date from July […]

On Tuesday, June 28th, our Marketing Director, Maggie-Mae Laufman, and our President/Broker, Bryan Hummitzsch, donated a check on behalf of the SCV Business Marketing Group to Operation Gratitude. The money was raised at the groups Charity Wine Tasting Event, which was held on May 23rd, 2017. “It was truly an honor to deliver the check […]

Employers Must Withhold Tax for High Earners The Affordable Care Act’s Additional Medicare Tax applies to an individual’s wages that exceed a threshold amount based on his or her filing status ($250,000 for married taxpayers who file jointly, $125,000 for married taxpayers who file separately and $200,000 for all other taxpayers). The following are five […]

This past Wednesday, June 21st, the SCV Chamber’s After Hours Mixer was hosted at Mercedes-Benz of Valencia. Our benefits broker, Betsy Keesler, was rockin’ the party. Check out more events coming up at the SCV Chamber by visiting www.scvchamber.com