Payroll
Report: Union Membership Numbers Stay Level
The annual government tally of union membership found little change in the percentage or number of American workers who hold union cards.
Xero Partners with Manilla and Squarespace
Cloud accounting application Xero announced new partnerships today with personal bill tracking application Manilla and web hosting company Squarespace. The company’s announcement comes close after the December launch of Xero Payroll, the announcement of the product’s support for file attachments, and integrations with non-traditional lending sources like Kabbage and FundBox.
How to Avoid Overpayments and Underpayments on W-2s
Now is a great time to sort out any anomalies that could complicate year-end and W-2 processing. And two of the most common are overpayments and repayments.
IRS Proposes Fines For Non-Compliance With Health Insurance Mandate
Most U.S. taxpayers must secure health insurance coverage this year whether they want to or not. But the IRS and Treasury Department have clarified several exceptions to the rules in new proposed regulations relating to the health insurance mandate for individuals.
Earn Free CPE – Webcast Looks at How Accounting Firms Can Boost Payroll Services
It was the best of payroll processing times, it was the worst...well, you get the idea. Payroll used to be complex and tedious work, so much that many accounting firms stopped offering the service.
Deadline for Forms W-2 and 1099 is on Friday, Jan. 31
Those who paid regular employees or used a contractor for more than $600 in work have until Jan. 31, 2014, to provide the appropriate wage and income reporting form – a W-2 or 1099-MISC – to all recipients. For those who procrastinate, sorting through the various IRS reporting requirements at the last minute can make a tight deadline even more stressful.
Indiana and Illinois See Jobs Growth
Small businesses are hiring, and employment at smaller firms grew in Illinois and Indiana last month.
Some Restaurants Dropping Automatic Tips For Large Groups
Like most other restaurants in Maine, DiMillo's On the Water in Portland says it will no longer charge automatic gratuities for most large groups now that a change in the federal income tax code has closed a long-standing loophole.