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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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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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State-by-state reciprocity agreements

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How to manage state and local tax Do you have clients who live in one state but work in another state? If so, they may be able to lower income taxes through a state-by-state reciprocity agreement, should the agreement exist. Bilateral vs. unilateral agreements Do state reciprocity agreements apply to remote workers?

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Heads Up! Payroll Changes Coming in July

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As COVID-19 vaccinations continue to rise and a sense of normalcy slowly returns, we can hopefully put tumultuous payroll changes behind us. State by State Payroll Tax Changes. The following local income tax rates will increase on July 1: (1) Cridersville increases to 1.5% per hour for small employers, $9.00

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CPE Webinar September 12, 2023: Cybersecurity for the Tax Practitioner

CPA Practice

Gail is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies , The Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting , and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income ), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a member of the AICPA’s PFS Credential Committee.

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Last Week in Payroll: Minimum Wage

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Although it is possible to automate payroll systems to account for these minimum wage increases, it is a good idea for payroll professionals to be aware of these changes to avoid the possibility of underpaying employees. Now let’s go over some federal and state payroll stories from the past week. Federal News.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

Going Concern

There is no education for lesser-than-audit level reporting; payroll; sales tax; nexus; property tax; small accounting software; client advising, bank reconciliation; individual income tax (1 practice case doesn’t cut it); or the myriad small business issues that occur daily. Educate the media about small business.

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