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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: Keeping Up with Taxes

ThomsonReuters

So, why the brief history lesson on American Colony taxes? To illustrate the point that there are a lot of taxes to keep up with, even back in Colonial times. For payroll, in particular, there are a number of taxes. Is there interest on the late taxes? A number of those pages will directly affect payroll.

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Milestones for S Corporation Election

CPA Practice

If the IRS believes salaries are below the typical wage for those positions because the business is trying to avoid paying payroll taxes, the company will lose its S Corp status. The IRS is Watching The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) closely monitors S Corps owners to ensure they take (and pay) “reasonable salaries” to all employees.

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Steve Padgett’s Three Business Tax Penalties To Avoid When Possible

SkagitCountyTaxServices

With May 17th behind us (though for those in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahama — this was just another day. But before we leave taxes in the rearview, let’s address an unfortunate reality: as a business owner, you have a greater number of tax reporting obligations than a regular person has.

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Last Week in Payroll: Localization of Work

ThomsonReuters

The Iowa legislature passed a significant tax bill modifying the state’s income tax laws. The bill would reduce the number of tax brackets to four (currently, there are nine tax brackets) with new rates, effective beginning in 2023. Unemployment tax information for 2022 released.

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Last Week in Payroll: Minimum Wage

ThomsonReuters

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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Louisiana Tax Relief Granted by IRS After Seawater Intrusion

CPA Practice

By Katelyn Washington, Kiplinter Consumer News Service (TNS) The IRS has granted Louisiana tax relief to areas of the state impacted by seawater intrusion. Affected taxpayers now have extended tax deadlines of Feb. 15, 2024, to file certain tax returns and make tax payments. Is the Louisiana tax deadline extended?