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Payroll Taxes for an Employer: How Is Payroll Tax Calculated?

Snyder

Payroll taxes can be daunting for employers to calculate and pay. With the numerous tax laws, regulations and compliance requirements, employers are required to be up-to-date on the latest regulations to ensure they’re making accurate and timely payroll tax payments. It is not intended to provide any tax advice.

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Payroll Taxes vs. Income Taxes | What’s the Difference Between Payroll and Income Tax?

LyfeAccounting

I missed payroll tax filing deadlines that cost me thousands of dollars. Like, literally, I paid my payroll taxes one-day late by accident, the IRS sent me a penalty for over $1,000. In addition, I didn’t know the requirements of income taxes, especially for self-employed individuals. What are Income Taxes?

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Year-End Moves for Flexible Spending Accounts

CPA Practice

Background : With an FSA, a participating employee generally funds his or her account with pre-tax dollars through a salary reduction plan. Therefore, the employee saves both income tax and payroll taxes on contributions to the plan. Similarly, the employer saves on its share of payroll taxes.

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LLC vs. S Corp: Which Offers Better Tax Savings?

Cherry Bekaert

Unlike a C corporation, which taxes shareholders separately from the entity, both LLCs and S corps are generally subject to only one layer of taxation at the owner level, which could provide significant tax savings over the course of a business’s life. This means that the partnership does not pay income tax.

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How are S corporations taxed? Tips for filing and reducing taxes as a pass-through entity

ThomsonReuters

To the IRS, S corporations (S corps) are considered “ pass-through entities ”, which means any deductions, losses, income, credits, and profits pass through directly to shareholders, who report their share of the business’s performance on their own personal tax returns. For 2024, S corp taxes are due on March 15, 2024.

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Last Week in Payroll: Federal Employment Taxes

ThomsonReuters

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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Direct vs. indirect tax: the differences

ThomsonReuters

The differences between direct tax and indirect tax are important to understand. Direct tax is paid directly by the taxpayer to the government and cannot be shifted, like federal income tax. In contrast, indirect tax, such as business property taxes, can be passed on or shifted to others.

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