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Payroll Taxes Demystified: A Breakdown for Accountants and CPAs Serving Business Owners

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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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Heads Up! Payroll Changes Coming in July

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As COVID-19 vaccinations continue to rise and a sense of normalcy slowly returns, we can hopefully put tumultuous payroll changes behind us. State by State Payroll Tax Changes. Beginning July 1, new forms will be used to report withholding tax. West Virginia. On July 1, the minimum wage increases to $9.00

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ERC IRS Audit Representation: Your Comprehensive FAQ Guide

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During an ERC audit, the IRS reviews the business’s records, including payroll records, tax returns, and supporting documentation related to ERC claims. They can help implement internal controls, review payroll processes, and provide guidance to minimize the risk of errors or discrepancies in future ERC claims.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

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The professional and business service sector added 19,000 jobs, including 2,700 in accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services. Law & Order Co-Owner of Media Brokerage Firm Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return [ Department of Justice ] According to court documents and statements made in court, Susan K.

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FAFSA Changes Rules on 529 Plans, Making It Easier for Grandparents and Others to Help Students

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A special rule allows gift givers to spread larger one-time gifts across five years’ worth of gift tax returns to preserve their lifetime gift exclusion. CSS Profile schools are mostly private colleges and universities, along with a few “public ivies” like the University of Michigan, William & Mary and the University of Virginia.

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Last Week in Payroll: Localization of Work

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The IRS has posted a June 2021 draft version of the Form 941 , Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, instructions that take into account the amended and expanded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic tax credits and the new COBRA premium assistance credit from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Federal News.

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Last Week in Payroll: Choose to Challenge

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Perkins chose to challenge and made changes in many ways for women but also for the payroll professional. Minimum wage and overtime laws, unemployment and Social Security are but some of her contributions that almost every payroll professional is familiar with. She was also honored with a postage stamp that year. Federal News.

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