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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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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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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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ERC IRS Audit Representation: Your Comprehensive FAQ Guide

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Contact us for professional tax help today! During an ERC audit, the IRS reviews the business’s records, including payroll records, tax returns, and supporting documentation related to ERC claims. Understanding ERC IRS Audits 1.1 What is an ERC IRS Audit? ERC IRS Audit Process 2.1 What Happens During an ERC Audit?

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The Benefits of Delayed Business Filings

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Incorporating at the End of the Year The primary advantage of incorporating before the end of the year is your clients can then take advantage of the tax benefits owning a corporation offers, including writing off the costs of incorporating on this year’s taxes.

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What employers should know about voluntary unemployment contributions for rate reductions

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unemployment insurance originated in Wisconsin in 1932. Department of Labor explains that unemployment insurance is a federal-state program financed through federal and state employer payroll taxes. Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) taxes are paid and reported by employers. In the U.S., Virgin Islands.

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State-by-state reciprocity agreements

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How to manage state and local tax Do you have clients who live in one state but work in another state? If so, they may be able to lower income taxes through a state-by-state reciprocity agreement, should the agreement exist. Bilateral vs. unilateral agreements Do state reciprocity agreements apply to remote workers?

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