Seattle's Payroll Expense Tax will begin on January 1, 2021, and continuing to December 31, 2040, applying rates ranging from 0.7% of payroll expenses up to 2.4% for companies with the highest payroll expenses. First reporting for employers will begin on December 31, 2023.
On August 8, 2020, President Trump signed the Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations to provide the American workforce with additional relief during COVID-19.
As many medical professionals cross state lines to enter and help critical areas hit by COVID-19, payroll professionals can’t help but ask, “are they going to be hit with unexpected state income taxes?” On June 18, 2020, U.S. Senators John Thune and Sherrod Brown introduced S. 3995, the Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2020.
As IRS employees return to work, they are returning to piles of mail. As they send out notices that were printed before stay-at-home orders were set in place, taxpayers should be prepared.
Non-resident income taxes are not the majority of income taxes in many states, however, others rely heavily on them.
On August 6, 2019, the IRS launched a new Tax Withholding Estimator to help taxpayers determine the correct amount of tax that should be withheld from their paycheck this year. We must say this Estimator is a significant improvement compared to the previous one!
Same-day ACH processing has been delayed to March 19, 2021.
The State of Oregon Employment Department will be releasing the Oregon Payroll Reporting System later this year.
Here are some of the most common payroll mistakes and techniques to avoid them.
A paycard is a prepaid payroll card that acts like a debit card in lieu of traditional pay methods. Consider highlighting these ideas when presenting the option of paycards.
The day you process payroll is stressful - but it doesn't have to be with these nine tips to make it easier.
Capped wages are a limit on a employee's salary enforced by the government, while maximum wage is a wage ceiling imposed on how much an employee can earn in a given pay cycle.
Underpaying an employee can result in legal action by the employee, while an employer is entitled to regain wages after overpaying an employee.
Social Security benefits are subject to taxes in certain states, and not subject to taxes in others.
Manually calculating payroll is an option for some employers - especially small businesses - and involves easy math.
Location accuracy improves compliance, preventing audits and saving you thousands of dollars every year and is achieved through geocoding processes.
The most common methods to determine an employee's withholding from a paycheck are the wage bracket method and the percentage method - all based on what your employees enter on their W-4s.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act suspended personal exemptions for the Federal W-4.
Paycards are shrouded with rumors and myths, but they're not all true.
With this passage of Keep Oregon Moving comes a new statewide payroll tax that goes into effect July 1, 2018.
Payroll fraud is real and can happen in various forms, like employee misclassification, ghost employees, and timesheet fraud.
A highly compensated employee is an employee who owns at least 5% of shares in a company and earns more than $100,000 per year.
The end of the year for payroll professionals can be a crazy time, which is why it's best to be prepared.
Minimum wage increases affect workers, but they also affect the costs of goods, which can harm some consumers.
Taxable wages are all payments made to workers that are subject to local, state, and federal taxes while subject wages are deductions with special tax treatments.
When the weather is truly bad - major disaster level - payroll can be affected as offices and workers are turned away from work at weeks' time.
Forty-seven of the 50 states in America have a policy on pay day frequencies.
Payroll mistakes happen and sometimes they're large - like payroll managers embezzling money or studios not paying their interns.
Errors on a W-4 can lead to under or overwithholding, which can be problematic for the payroll department.
The history of the payroll tax dates back to the Revenue Act of 1861. Payroll taxes continue to evolve today.
For workers, gross income is all their wages before taxes are taken out. For businesses, gross income the amount of revenues that exceed the costs of goods sold.
Payroll mistakes, such as not issuing 1099s to vendors, misclassifying employees, and not running payroll on time happen to everyone.
Starting a new business means setting up payroll - here are the steps you need to take in order to have a successful operation.
Ohio has some of the most complicated local taxes in the country - including JEDD, JEDz, and more.
Paying interim employees, either exempt or nonexempt can be complicated.
A deeper look at reciprocity agreements will illustrate just how complicated payroll taxes can be for tax professionals.
Prepaid payroll cards, the new substitute to direct deposit and paper checks, are not only reaching a larger range of employees, but also saving businesses and banks large sums of money.
For athletes across the world, the more salary and endorsements, the bigger the tax liabilities.
After payroll and other expenses, the team collected a total revenue of $233 million in the 2016 season. With the largest payroll in the league, comes some of the most impressive salaries, as well.
There are two credentials a professional can earn to advance their careers through the American Payroll Association (APA) - the Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) and the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification.
Invalid and questionable W-4s can cause costly problems for employers.
As all payroll professionals know, federal income tax withheld must be deposited at the employee and employer level for social security and Medicare.
PEOs should address wage information with their clients.
Understanding payroll taxes and forms can be vital in staying compliant.
One of the most important tax and payroll issues a company has to address is who falls under the category of “employee” and who falls under “independent contractor”.
The minimum wage is a wage floor designed to ensure equitable payment to employees, regardless of the free-market equilibrium wage.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a tax credit provided to help offset the basic living expenses (including FICA taxes) of low income employees.
Although the media’s focus has been centralized on social policy issues, this legislation undoubtedly played a major role in Brexit –enabling the U.K.’s financial freedom.
The Dodd-Frank Act - put in place after the 2008 recession - has had an impact on employee bonuses and other payroll aspects.
There are many different types of bonuses in the world of payroll. Not all bonuses are taxed the same.
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