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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. Filing tax returns and remitting payments on time.

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New Washington State Payroll Tax Targets Long-Term Care Expenses

CPA Practice

The state’s Supreme Court recently upheld a controversial capital gains tax , which has been re-challenged in court and could be on the state’s ballot in November for potential repeal. Will other states, like California, implement similar initiatives involving payroll tax deductions? What is long-term care?

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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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Heads Up! Payroll Changes Coming in July

ThomsonReuters

But before we give you a state-by-state rundown on the more mundane upcoming changes, here’s one federal reminder that beginning July 1, 2021, the Employee Retention Credit is claimed against only the employer share of Medicare tax. State by State Payroll Tax Changes. Pennsylvania. per hour for employees without. .

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Payroll trends to watch in 2022 (Part 2)

ThomsonReuters

The DOL also has a list of potential FUTA credit reduction states for tax year 2022, which includes California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. This comes to an additional $21 in FUTA tax per employee to the $7,000 annual taxable wage base.

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