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Trendspotting: Top Ten Payroll Issues of State Legislatures

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States eye workforce as a legislative priority for payroll The majority of state legislatures began their legislative sessions this January. A flurry of bills is being proposed in the payroll space — many having to do labor and employment. Currently, Mississippi does not have any minimum wage or overtime provisions.

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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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Legal analysis: Implications of state tax exclusion of overtime wages for employers and employees

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Checkpoint Payroll Update caught up with John Wertz, tax attorney and partner at Holland & Knight’s New York office, to discuss this first-of-its-kind law. Wertz, a veteran in state and local taxes for over 30 years, explained that the law applies only to full-time hourly employees.

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State Employees In Mississippi Targets Of Direct Deposit Scam

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In the quest for ill-gotten gains, fraudsters have a myriad of ways to try to scam unwitting victims, intercepting funds or having them sent to their own accounts. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said that ahead of tax season, preparers and other victims received requests to change direct deposit activity. In December, the U.S.

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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. 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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Federal Paid FMLA May Be Out While States Consider Possibilities

ThomsonReuters

The program would be funded by 2% payroll tax, 1% paid by the employer, 1% paid by the employee ( L. Mississippi. The proposed Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act ( L. The post Federal Paid FMLA May Be Out While States Consider Possibilities appeared first on Tax & Accounting Blog Posts by Thomson Reuters.

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Think Tank Analysis Finds Current Federal Minimum Wage Rate at Lowest Value in 66 Years

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per hour effective July 24, 2009 (see Payroll Guide ¶18,200 ). See Payroll Guide ¶19,010 for a list of the current state minimum wage rates and further wage and hour information. Five states do not have a state minimum wage requirement: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Exceptions.