Tuesday, April 20, 2010

2010 Small Business Health Care Credit Calculator


A.) Gross employer paid insurance premiums for the year (Do not include salary reduction premiums under cafeteria plans) $
B.) If premiums paid were less than 50% of employee total premium uniformly for all then STOP you do not qualify for the credit.
C.) Less premiums paid for seasonal employees -
D.) Less premiums paid for owners, 2% shareholders, partners, members and 5% "C" corp shareholders and family members of same -
E.) Net Qualifying Premiums paid $
F.) Total hours worked for all employees for the year
G.) Less seasonal employee hours -
H.) Less hours of owners and their family members -
I.) Net qualifying hours =
J.) Line I/2080 = Full time equivalent employees, round down to next whole number. If greater than 24 STOP you do not qualify for the credit.
K.) Gross wages paid for all employees $
L.) Less seasonal wages -
M.) Less owner/officer wages & their family's wages -
N.) Total qualifying wages =
O.) Average qualifying wages divide (Line N/Line J). If greater than $49,000 STOP you do not qualify for the credit. Round down to the nearest $1,000 $
P.) Tentative credit (Line e times 35%) If line j is 10 or under AND line O is $25,000 or less STOP this is your credit-enter it on line X, However if line J is more than 10 or line O is more than $25,000 continue to line Q. $
Q.) If line J is 10 or under do not complete this line, skip to line T. If line J is over 10 enter total number of (Line J ___ -10)=
R.) 15
S.) Divide (Line Q/Line R) times (Line P) =
T.) If line O is $25,000 or less do not complete this line, skip to line W. If line O is more than $25,000 enter (Line O____________ -25,000)= $
U.) 25,000
V.) Divide (Line T/Line U) times (Line P) =
W.) Add line S plus line V $
X. ) Subtract line W from line P-this is your net credit (cannot be less than zero) $

2010 HIRE Bill checklist HTML

New Hire Checklist & Calculator
Employee: Hire Date:
Instructions: Questions 1-5 must be "Yes", question 6 must be "No" for the employee to qualify for the FICA exemption and the new hire credit. Yes No

1. Was the employee hired after 2/3/2010?
2. Was the employee unemployed for the previous 60 days, or
worked less than 40 hours (total) in the previous 60 days?
3. Has the employee signed an affidavit attesting to the
unemployment tests above?
4. Was the employee hired before 1/1/2011?
5. Is the employee unrelated to the business owner?

6. Was the employee hired to replace another employee (except
those who left voluntarily or were terminated for cause)?

If questions 1-5 above are yes, and question 6 is no, continue to the calculator below.

a. Number of days in 2010 after 3/18/2010 that employee was
employed by company for annualization where needed
b. Annual salary
c. Gross wages after 3/18/2010 or annualized amount (a/365 x b)
d. Less excess wages over 106,800
e. Net qualifying wages
f. Multiple line "e" by .062 equals 2010 employer FICA exemption

2010 HIRE Bill Checklist & Calculator