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Payroll Taxes Demystified: A Breakdown for Accountants and CPAs Serving Business Owners

CPA Practice

As accountants and CPAs, dealing with payroll taxes is essential to managing finances for your business clients. Understanding the details of payroll taxes helps you better assist your clients in fulfilling their obligations and maximizing tax efficiency. By Nellie Akalp. for both employees and employers.

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New AZ State Income Tax Form Requires Employer Action

Patriot Software

Arizona employers, you may know that Senate Bill 1828 substantially reduced the state’s income taxes starting with the 2022 tax year. But did you also know that it requires employer action for the 2023 tax year? You must now give all employees—not just new hires—a new AZ state income tax form.

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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: Backup Withholding

ThomsonReuters

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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What is the Consumer Price Index, and what does it have to do with payroll?

ThomsonReuters

The Consumer Price Index is involved in payroll topics like minimum wage, benefits, and the federal tax brackets. For the purposes of payroll, the CPI is important for topics such as minimum wage and benefits. Arizona’s 2022 minimum wage rate increased to $12.80 Inflation has risen 7% over the past year. population.

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Deep Dive: Wayfair’s Complex, Ongoing And Unexpected Effects On Retailers

PYMNTS

The Supreme Court decision also appears to enable states to require businesses to file income taxes for revenue shares generated there. Merchants in San Francisco that surpass a certain threshold of gross receipts will face mandatory payroll expense taxes, and Texas is among the states to hit remote sellers with a franchise tax.

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Midwest and Mountain West Saw Biggest Income Gains Over Last 4 Years

CPA Practice

Inflation-adjusted per capita incomes in Utah have grown by about 8% since 2019. Incomes in Colorado, Maine, Montana and Nebraska also grew by roughly that much. Incomes in Arizona, Idaho and Missouri increased by about 7%. The knocks to personal incomes affected state revenues.