September 13, 2026

Does a 351 ETF exchange really let you avoid capital gains?

Here’s some context if you ever get a marketing email saying: contribute your appreciated stock portfolio […]
September 13, 2026

Can an S corporation or partnership claim the paid family and medical leave credit?

An S corporation client offers six weeks of paid parental leave at full pay, and the […]
September 11, 2026

Cash Balance Plans: Six-Figure Tax Deductions that Makes Sense

A 401(k) tops out at $72,000 in total contributions for 2026 (that’s employee deferrals plus everything […]
September 10, 2026

Age Banded Health Insurance Rates

Why does everyone on our health plan have a different premium? You pulled the rate sheet […]
June 19, 2026

Meetings & Deep Work

The Danger of Midday Meetings Let’s say there’s a large production project that has to be […]
May 1, 2026

CHIP: Government-Funded, Privately Administered Health Insurance for Kids

The Children’s Health Insurance Program — CHIP — covers children in families that earn too much […]
March 16, 2026

Immediate Eligibility in a Safe Harbor 401k

Immediate Eligibility in a Safe Harbor 401(k): What That Actually Creates A lot of employers want […]
March 15, 2026

Company Growth Stages in Headcount

The “Pod” view of Growth There’s no single right way to scale a business, but here’s […]
February 25, 2026

HSA Delayed Reimbursement Strategy

You may have seen breathless posts about an HSA “loophole” that turns your health savings account […]
February 12, 2026

Trump Accounts for Minors

Where It Fits, Where It Falls Short, and Who It’s Actually For A new custodial savings […]
January 29, 2026

Types of CFOs

The Three Archetypes of a CFO Here’s something nobody tells you when you’re hiring a CFO: […]
January 2, 2026

Catch Up Contributions Must be ROTH for High Earners

Roth Catch-Up Contributions: What Changed in 2026 Starting January 1, 2026, SECURE 2.0 requires certain higher-earning, […]
December 12, 2025

Your Business & Personal Taxes with OBBB

What the Enacted 2025 Tax Law Means for Individuals and Businesses On July 4, 2025, the […]
December 11, 2025

COBRA Election (as an employee)

When electing COBRA coverage (or PA mini COBRA), you have up to 60 days from WHEN […]
December 10, 2025

401k Automatic Enrollment Feature: SECURE ACT

This information is as of December 10, 2025: What “Automatic Enrollment” under SECURE 2.0 Means for […]
December 10, 2025

What Is a Non-Elective Employer 401(k) Contribution? (For Employees)

A non-elective contribution is money your employer puts into your 401(k) automatically, even if you choose […]
November 25, 2025

Types of Business Leaders and How We Can Help

Sometimes it helps to categorize and here’s how I think about the business leaders / owners […]
October 19, 2025

Strategic HR vs. Functional HR

In any organization, Human Resources needs to have two functional parts: Strategic HR and Functional HR. […]
October 13, 2025

Pass Through Entity Taxes with Higher SALT Deduction

Deductibility of Pass-Through Entity Taxes with $40,000 per year SALT tax cap BACKGROUND: When states like […]
February 11, 2025

How COBRA Coverage Works

February 9, 2025

How to Open a Health Savings Account

How to Open a Health Savings Account (HSA) at Any Bank: A Step-by-Step Guide Opening a […]
January 23, 2025

Risks of a Health FSA (Flexible Spending Account)

An Health FSA (health flexible spending account) can be great!  You can pay for health care […]
December 31, 2024

Health Insurance Black Out Periods

When insurance companies, such as Blue Cross, change their software or platforms, it can create a […]
December 4, 2024

Where’s My Insurance Card?

When you or your company changes insurance, there can be a “lag” between the when the […]
November 14, 2024

Managing a Health Savings Account (H.S.A.) Account (as an EMPLOYER ADMIN)

The feel of managing a health savings account as an employer or plan administrator is similar […]
November 14, 2024

Managing a Health Savings Account (H.S.A.) Account

The feel of managing a health savings account as an employer or plan administrator is similar […]
November 12, 2024

How Dental Insurance Really Works

November 5, 2024

Why Do Health Insurance Costs Change?

In the 2nd half of 2024 and into Q1 2025, United Healthcare is being VERY aggressive […]
August 25, 2024

Mental Health, Ghost Networks, & Access to Care Laws

There’s a term called “ghost networks” when it comes to mental health care because you think […]
November 23, 2022

How to Distribute Medical Loss Ratio Rebates

PREMIUM REBATE CALCULATOR – Enter the employees & premiums paid each month for the year of […]
November 1, 2022

Family Glitch Fixed!

On October 11, 2022, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) finalized regulations that expand […]
January 17, 2022

How to Get Your AT HOME Covid Test Covered

Group insurers must cover at-home COVID test in full as of January 15, 2022 (as of […]
December 3, 2021

Health Savings Account Tax Savings

Health Savings Accounts (HSA’s) are a “tax hack” that’s connected with health insurance.  In 2003, a […]
October 27, 2021

Offering Group Health Insurance when Employees Receive Subsidies

*The specific numbers in this article are as of 2022.  But the concepts are valid in […]
February 11, 2021

Reimbursing Individual Health Insurance Premiums

There are 2 ways a company can reimburse individual health insurance premiums paid by employees, on […]
January 20, 2021

How to Get Your COVID Vaccine / Test Covered

Group insurers must cover COVID vaccines without question until 4/21/21 (as of the time of this […]
January 14, 2021

Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Employer Surveys

Once a year, the/your business will receive a MSP employer size survey.  It’s a simple form […]
December 29, 2020

New to Group Health Insurance? What to Expect.

This article is for people / companies who are brand new to group health insurance.  It’ll […]
December 22, 2020

ROUND 2: PPP & EIDL Loans

Congress has passed another Covid relief bill and there is help for businesses who experienced a […]
December 8, 2020

The Power of Pre-Tax Deductions

You may have visited this page: https://fellowpeo.com/comparison/ Group plans are great!  They’re less expensive for the […]
December 6, 2020

Shareholder Basis

Shareholder Basis, The Retained Earnings for LLC’s & S-Corps Keeping track of your shareholder basis (also […]
October 12, 2020

How to Calculate Payroll Deductions

How to Calculate Payroll Deductions If you are brand new to running payroll, having employees, and […]
April 19, 2020

The Fed & Quantitative Easing

April 13, 2020

USA Deleveraging

April 3, 2020

Paycheck Protection Program – Interim Final Rule

March 26, 2020

Senate Bailout & Small Businesses

March 22, 2020

Covid 19 Macroeconomics & Your Small Business

January 31, 2020

How to Shop for Health Insurance

January 31, 2020

Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit

January 31, 2020

How Dental Insurance Really Works

January 31, 2020

LLC or S Corp?

January 30, 2020

Insurance Costs & Networks

December 4, 2019

Affordable Care Act Creating Dual Risk Pools