10 simple payroll rules HR should know

  • April 05, 2017

As predictably as the sun will rise tomorrow, every April 15 the local news will show people lined up at post offices frantically getting their 1040s in the mail...

Health plans: Regs, regs and more regs

  • March 21, 2017

Three federal agencies—the IRS, the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services—hold sway over group health plans. Each agency has...

W-2 penalty box

  • February 10, 2017

For 2017, penalties for failing to file correct W-2s, 1095s and 1099s, or to provide recipients with correct statements, increase.

5 tips to control the 1099-MISC chaos

  • January 03, 2017

Some, but not all of your Forms 1099-MISC, must be provided to payees and filed with the IRS by Jan. 31, 2017—28 days from now. Your goal: to file all of your...

An end-of-year memo from Payroll

  • December 21, 2016

For Payroll, next month will put meaning to the phrase “stupid busy.” So, to avoid the annual onslaught of questions from employees about their W-2s, you...

Worksheet for 2016 Forms W-3/941

  • December 20, 2016

Use this worksheet to reconcile your four quarterly 941s and W-2s, so the amounts you report to the SSA and the IRS match.