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This massive, searchable resource—updated regularly—will give you answers to your pressing payroll questions, help you plan and execute your payroll procedures accurately, and keep your policies legal.
Zero in on your state's specific laws; each month brings you a new update so you don't find yourself following old guidelines.
Here are daily-use resources to help you crunch the numbers, get the paperwork right the first time, and plan ahead according to government guidelines.
This document answers dozens of questions about the finer points of what you do every day. From dealing with meal reimbursements to name changes to loans against a retirement plan, there are solutions here to common—and even highly unusual—problems.
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Payroll Calendar
August 2019: Employer’s business tax calendar
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.
Payroll Today
The good news and the bad news for 2020 W-4s and withholding
The IRS says it’s perfectly OK for employers to provide incentives to employees to refile their W-4s. But before you focus on incentives, you must focus on how you’re going to communicate with employees.
Payroll Mailbag
In the Payroll Mailbag: August ‘19
Breaking down an employee’s travel time ... Three questions on figuring the regular rate of pay
Benefits Law
Court rules California’s auto-IRA program is legal
A federal trial court has ruled that California’s Secure Choices law—which mandates that small employers that don’t already have retirement plans enroll employees into auto-deduction IRAs and withhold the contributions from their pay—isn’t an ERISA-covered retirement plan.
