2011 W-2 Tax Forms--Surprise, Surprise!
If this doesn't get to you, then check your pulse. You may be a flat-lined..
Should you want to verify this, go to
http://www.thomas.gov/ , enter "3590" in the search box. When is comes up, go to item #5 for HB3590 and click on it. When the next screen comes up, click on “Summary” in the center of the screen, then scroll down to near the bottom of the page and look for Section 9002. You can find this and read it for yourself, but here is what it says:
(Sec. 9002) Requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employee's gross income (excluding the value of contributions to flexible spending arrangements).
Title IX Revenue Provisions—Subtitle A: Revenue Offset
In simpler terms, starting in 2011—next year—the
W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are provided.
It doesn't matter if you're retired. Your gross income WILL go up by the amount of insurance your employer paid for. So you’ll be required to pay taxes on a larger sum of money that you actually received. Take the tax form you finished for 2009 and see what $15,000.00 or $20,000.00 additional gross income does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many it puts you into a much higher bracket. This is how the government is going to buy insurance for fifteen (15) percent that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases, but it's not really a "tax increase" as such, it a redefinition of your taxable income.
Also, go to Kiplinger's and read about the thirteen (13) tax changes for 2010 that could affect you.
So vote intelligently, based on your values.
But also consider adjusting your tax withholding, or increase your savings account, so that you aren't surprised and put in a jam when your federal income taxes are due on April 15, 2012.
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