Payroll

HRAs clarified again

04/14/2016

Will the IRS ever be finished with clarifying how health reimbursement arrangements fit into the Affordable Care Act? Maybe, but not anytime soon.

Payroll RAQs (rarely asked questions)

04/11/2016

Are noncompetes taxable? Can employee choice trigger constructive receipt?

EEOC to collect wage data on the EEO-1

04/08/2016

Payroll administrators, get ready to supply wage and hour data and W-2 data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Form EEO-1.

ACA’s third affordability safe harbor set for 2016

04/06/2016

If you use the Affordable Care Act’s third affordability safe harbor, group health benefits are affordable if employees’ monthly premiums for self-only coverage for the lowest cost plan don’t exceed 9.66% of the federal poverty line divided by 12.

Payroll news you can use

04/04/2016

Here are digests of some recently released official announcements from the IRS.

April 2016: Employer’s business tax calendar

03/31/2016

Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

What a difference a weekend makes: a Form 941 reprieve

03/30/2016

You get a two-day reprieve for filing your first-quarter Form 941—instead of the regular April 30 due date—forms are due on May 2, 2016. Here are some tips for completing your 941 forms.

Small startups may credit research costs against FICA

03/28/2016

Thanks to the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, small startup businesses now qualify for the research and development tax credit.

The penalty for failing to e-file? Well, it depends

03/24/2016

Never give the IRS a choice about how to calculate penalties.

All-states chart on annual reconciliation/1099 filing dates

03/22/2016

This month’s chart lists states’ annual wage reconciliation and 1099 filing deadlines.