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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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House Bill Proposes to End Social Security Tax for Retirees

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Bill to eliminate tax on Social Security Eliminating federal income tax on Social Security retirement benefits could benefit many retirees, especially those who receive other types of taxable income, such as from wages or distributions from retirement accounts. As Kiplinger reported, the Social Security tax wage base jumped 5.2%

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The Benefits of Delayed Business Filings

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Timing is Everything In the complex world of small business finance and accounting, the strategic timing of business filings can be a game-changer. She is the CEO of CorpNet , the most innovative way to start a business, register for payroll taxes, and maintain business compliance across the United States.

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Top accounting issues in 2023

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The accounting profession has faced a profound shift in recent years: from significant regulatory changes to an influx of innovative technologies, to reimagined business models, to an increase in client expectations. What are the current issues in accounting? but there are several common hurdles that often run industry wide.

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2024 Payroll Tax and Withholdings Update

Anders CPA

In 2024, there are several updates to various payroll tax withholding limits, including Social Security tax and 401(k) elective deferrals. For employees, minimum wage is increasing in Missouri and Illinois. Social Security Tax Withholding For 2024, the Social Security tax wage base for employees will increase to $168,600.

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Federal Paid FMLA May Be Out While States Consider Possibilities

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The program would be funded by 2% payroll tax, 1% paid by the employer, 1% paid by the employee ( L. 2022, H2222/S729 would establish the Missouri Earned FMLA program that would provide up to six weeks of PFML. 2022, H447 ). . Proposed legislation ( L. 2022, H5029 ) seeks to establish a PFMLI program.

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What employers should know about voluntary unemployment contributions for rate reductions

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Department of Labor explains that unemployment insurance is a federal-state program financed through federal and state employer payroll taxes. In benefit-ration states, an employer pays voluntary contributions to cancel benefit charges to its account, thereby reducing its benefit ratio. Virgin Islands.