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Payroll Taxes for an Employer: How Is Payroll Tax Calculated?

Snyder

Payroll taxes can be daunting for employers to calculate and pay. With the numerous tax laws, regulations and compliance requirements, employers are required to be up-to-date on the latest regulations to ensure they’re making accurate and timely payroll tax payments. It is not intended to provide any tax advice.

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Employer Payroll Tax Obligations When Employees Work Out-Of-State

Anders CPA

This changing employment landscape requires employers to reassess their payroll tax withholding processes to ensure you are withholding the proper amount of state, local and unemployment taxes from your employees’ wages. Below we dive into the state and unemployment tax responsibilities employers need to know.

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The Benefits of Delayed Business Filings

CPA Practice

Timing is Everything In the complex world of small business finance and accounting, the strategic timing of business filings can be a game-changer. Your clients may want to delay the incorporation process until the new year for several good reasons.

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5 States with the Lowest Combined Business Taxes

CPA Practice

Property and payroll taxes In addition to business or personal income taxes and sales tax, property and payroll taxes are important considerations. Property tax rates can vary significantly, impacting the cost of owning or leasing business space.

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How SUI and State Income Taxes Affect Small Businesses

CPA Practice

Finally, SUI tax rates tend to change from calendar year to calendar year and can rise or fall depending on the economy and the state’s unemployment fund status. Some states require employers to pay additional payroll taxes. They need EINs to set up an account with the unemployment office to file and remit SUI taxes.

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Milestones for S Corporation Election

CPA Practice

If the IRS believes salaries are below the typical wage for those positions because the business is trying to avoid paying payroll taxes, the company will lose its S Corp status. Some states, such as New York, require corporations to elect S Corp at the state and federal levels.

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The New Year Brings Fresh Uncertainty for U.S. Business Tax Professionals

ThomsonReuters

Three COVID-19 relief bills enacted in 2020 had wide-ranging tax implications for companies, Oaks noted—the CARES Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act. The economic downturn is hitting state revenues, however, so tax cuts may be difficult to implement.