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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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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. And in 2013, the Additional Medicare tax (0.9%) on wages in excess of $200,000 took effect.

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Payroll trends to watch in 2022 (Part 2)

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Part 2 of this blogpost explains how prevalent payroll is in our daily lives with a focus on key issues in 2022, including unemployment, disaster relief, paid sick leave, and international. This comes to an additional $21 in FUTA tax per employee to the $7,000 annual taxable wage base. The guide also contains information on FUTA taxes.

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IRS Starts Accepting Returns and Extends Hours at Tax Assistance Centers

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The IRS reminds taxpayers the deadline to file a 2023 tax return and pay any tax owed is Monday, April 15, 2024. Taxpayers living in Maine or Massachusetts have until April 17, 2024, due to the Patriot’s Day and Emancipation Day holidays. Online Account. Another option is the Direct File pilot program.

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Last Week in Payroll: The Ides of March

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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. Now, let’s take a look at this past week in payroll and go over a few of the more interesting stories buzzing about in the industry. In the U.S., Federal News. 2021 Form 941.

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Last Week in Payroll: Backup Withholding

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The IRS requires the payer of certain income payments to be reported on information returns (e.g., Generally, the payer does not withhold taxes from these types of payments, as it is assumed that the payee will report and pay taxes on this income when the federal income tax return is filed. Federal News.

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Last Week in Payroll: Localization of Work

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The IRS has posted a June 2021 draft version of the Form 941 , Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, instructions that take into account the amended and expanded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic tax credits and the new COBRA premium assistance credit from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

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