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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
November 2024: Employer’s business tax calendar
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.
Payroll Today
The ERC this week: TIGTA pulls the curtain back
Why is it taking the IRS so long to process Forms 941 and 941-X on which the employee retention credit is claimed? Why is the IRS using an audit-like procedure to determine whether employers’ ERC claims are legitimate? Why are we seemingly stuck in a doom loop of ERC articles every week? The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has plausible answers and some insight for you.
Payroll Mailbag
In the Payroll Mailbag: September ’24
Questions are still bubbling up regarding the Department of Labor’s salary-level regulations, which required you to raise exempts’ salary to $844 a week on July 1.
Benefits Law
Guidance clarifies student loan 401(k) matches
Beginning with the 2024 plan year, SECURE 2.0, the 2022 401(k) reform law, allows you to make matching contributions into the 401(k) accounts of employees who self-certify that they’re repaying their student loans. Interim guidance issued by the IRS describes the self-certification process and sets other rules.
