Payroll

Same worker, different work: Can pay rate change?

08/11/2016

Q. Is it legal to pay a nonexempt employee to work at a company event at a lower hourly rate than what we typically pay her? The event is a conference where staff would be answering questions and giving out information.

In New York, changes proposed for direct deposit and paycards

08/11/2016

The New York State Department of Labor has proposed new regulations that would require employers to tell employees in detail how direct deposit and paycard payment options work.

Partnerships and payroll taxes don’t mix

08/04/2016

If you administer payroll for a partnership, you have problems. Final regulations reiterate the IRS’ position on partners: You can be a partner or an employee, but you can’t be both. And, according to the regs, this remains true if a partnership owns a disregarded entity.

APA Congress: Identity theft-proof your workplace

07/29/2016

Shockingly (or maybe not), more than half the attendees at the APA’s identity theft workshop acknowledged that they were bait for the phishing expedition undertaken earlier this year to steal employees’ W-2 information by spoofing a company’s executives.

Company’s delay = $9.6 million in taxes, penalties, interest

07/26/2016

“I’ll get to it tomorrow” isn’t a winning legal strategy.

IRS, DOJ highlight payroll initiatives

07/22/2016

Over 70% of the federal government’s ready cash is obtained through withholding. That puts you in the crosshairs for new compliance initiatives from the IRS and its in-house lawyers from the Tax Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Aug. 3 is near, W-2c procrastinators beware

07/18/2016

Aug. 3 is the date when information return penalties increase from $110 per form (up to $1,669,500), to $270 (up to $3,339,000), for W-2 missteps.

July 2016: Employer’s business tax calendar

06/30/2016

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

Know when you can dock exempt employees’ pay

06/27/2016

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, exempt employees must be paid the same salary regardless of the quality or quantity of their work.

In the Payroll Mailbag …

06/23/2016

Late pay W-2c exception? Company liable for FICA withholding mistake?