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How SUI and State Income Taxes Affect Small Businesses

CPA Practice

Inevitably, your clients with growing businesses will want to hire, so you’ll be better able to help them if you have a clear understanding of the differences between SUI (state unemployment insurance) and SIT (state income tax) and how they affect your clients’ businesses. Some states require employers to pay additional payroll taxes.

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An Employer’s Guide to Multi-State Payroll Tax Withholding for Remote Workers

Anders CPA

Remote workers have become a staple of the workplace, but hiring out-of-state employees can lead to payroll tax complications. Multi-state payroll tax withholding done incorrectly can lead to penalties and interest for employers and create tax headaches for employees.

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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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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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5 States with the Lowest Combined Business Taxes

CPA Practice

Some key factors to evaluate include: Tax rates Tax rates vary widely across states. Some states have higher corporate income tax rates, while others offer lower rates or no tax at all. Property tax rates can vary significantly, impacting the cost of owning or leasing business space.

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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. Some states, such as New York, require corporations to elect S Corp at the state and federal levels.

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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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