Now you see it, now you don’t: Entertainment expenses under the TCJA

• October 14, 2019

Be wary if a tax planner dazzles you with ways to beat the 100% corporate deduction disallowance for entertainment expenses.

Is your SOP manual clear enough for everyone?

• October 09, 2019

Is your standard operating binder really helping someone do the job, or just giving them a slight push and hoping for the best?

How to comply with the 2020 W-4 and withholding changes

• October 07, 2019

For decades, payroll departments have used two basic principles to withhold income taxes from employees’ pay. That’s about to change, thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs...

Meeting minutes grammar: Test your skills

• October 02, 2019

Brush up on your grammar skills and make your meeting minutes shine with these fun quizzes to test your writing knowledge.

The value of taking a holistic approach to operations leadership

• September 19, 2019

COO of one the world's most innovative companies, Julie Clesi, shares some key strategies that operations leaders can leverage to build a holistic approach.

Clear the clutter! Tips to organize your desk

• September 12, 2019

Stacking loads of paper and other items on your desk doesn’t say, “I’m really busy and important”; it says just the opposite.

Is the IRS’ new withholding estimator better than the old withholding calculator?

• September 10, 2019

Switching from the withholding calculator to the estimator will become more important, as the IRS transitions to the new W-4 and new withholding methods.

2020 W-4: 2nd draft and your questions answered

• August 23, 2019

The second draft of the 2020 W-4 has arrived. And this is it. According to the IRS, the final form will not differ significantly from the second draft, which should be...

The next big payroll change: Information reporting for independent contractors

• August 19, 2019

More payroll change is here: the IRS wants to bring back Form 1099-NEC, on which you would report payments to independent contractors as early as 2021.

Email organization: Pro tips to clean up your inbox

• August 07, 2019

You’ve finally decided to get your email organized. But where do you begin? Here are some easy email organization tips to improve your Outlook.

Bad people doing payroll

• August 06, 2019

Here's a little payroll humor, with a side of seriousness. The serious part: Take these as lessons in what not to do and who not to hire.

Payroll Services Mailbag: Child support orders, 401k hardships and more

• July 25, 2019

Employment tax compliance expert Alice Gilman answers your payroll questions in this roundup of Payroll Services Mailbag.

New twist in no-match letters: Employees’ privacy

• July 19, 2019

The IRS considers information in no-match letters to be confidential tax information. But might that rule be broken to inform ICEof name and SSN mismatches?

Regs, notices, announcements: What’s the difference and why it’s important

• July 09, 2019

The IRS unexpectedly shed light on its rulemaking processes. And this may influence how and when they come out with guidance on which you can rely.

Expense reimbursement 101: Time to get back to basics

• June 28, 2019

A recent survey indicates there is an increase in employees attempting to abuse their company’s expense reimbursement policy.

The IRS delivered the draft 2020 W-4 by May 31. Now what?

• June 25, 2019

While we wait for the second drafts of the W-4 and the employer instructions, we’ve been accumulating all sorts of information related to the TCJA.

The other shoe drops for 2020 withholding

• June 14, 2019

Just one week after releasing the draft W-4, it has released a draft of the employer’s instructions—new Pub. 15-T.

Basing an Excel formula on two conditions

• June 11, 2019

Question: “I need help writing an Excel formula that counts information from two columns. I want the result to be the total number of items that meet two...

Productivity tips to get things done

• June 11, 2019

How to keep up with all the demands placed upon you in a time-compressed world and maintain quality.

Draft 2020 W-4: Perhaps less horrible than the 2019 draft

• June 04, 2019

The IRS's first draft of the 2020 W-4 is here. We've looked high and low to find what's new, what's missing and how you should prepare.