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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. Medicare tax on wages exceeding certain thresholds.)

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What Is the Oregon Transit Tax?

Patriot Software

Are you an employer in Oregon? If so, you should familiarize yourself with state-specific taxes, including the statewide Oregon transit tax. This tax applies to all businesses with employees working or living in the state of Oregon. Confused yet? […] READ MORE.

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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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Everything You Need to Know About the Eugene Community Safety Payroll Tax

Patriot Software

Attention Oregon employers! Specifically, attention employers in Eugene, Oregon. A new type of payroll tax is coming your way in 2021. Learn all about the Eugene Community Safety Payroll tax and whether or not you need to withhold and remit it to the city. What is the Eugene Community Safety Payroll Tax?

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Trendspotting: Top Ten Payroll Issues of State Legislatures

ThomsonReuters

States eye workforce as a legislative priority for payroll The majority of state legislatures began their legislative sessions this January. A flurry of bills is being proposed in the payroll space — many having to do labor and employment. New Mexico. House 28 proposes to index its state minimum wage for inflation.

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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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Worst States For Investors With Long-Term Capital Gains

CPA Practice

By Katelyn Washington, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Investing can help you increase your net worth, but capital gains taxes could slow your progress. And the federal capital gains tax isn’t the only thing to worry about. We did not compare state tax rates for investors with lower incomes. on income exceeding $1 million.

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