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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. It’s common for companies to choose an effective date of January 1 to simplify selecting a calendar year for taxes and relieve businesses of paying state franchise taxes for the prior year.

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Last Week in Payroll: Federal Employment Taxes

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Federal Employment Taxes. The United States first imposed a federal income tax briefly during the American Civil War and also in the 1890s. Constitution in 1913 that permanently legalized a federal income tax. Next, in 1939, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) was passed, which resulted in an employer tax (typically, 0.6%

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Last Week in Payroll: The Ides of March

ThomsonReuters

March 15 used to be a day some might beware of for tax reasons because from 1918 to 1954 this date was the income tax filing deadline. The legislation comes with another stimulus payment and a number of other provisions that are payroll-related. IRS tax tip on repayment of deferred Social Security taxes.

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Payroll trends to watch in 2022 (Part 2)

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Typically, when an employer needs to terminate an employment relationship with workers, the employer’s unemployment tax rate for the following year may increase. If a state does not repay these loans within around two years, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) tax credit for employers in those states is reduced.

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Federal Paid FMLA May Be Out While States Consider Possibilities

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California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington have Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (PFMLI) programs with employers and/or employees contributing to the fund. The program would be funded by 2% payroll tax, 1% paid by the employer, 1% paid by the employee ( L.