When the IRS released the first draft of the 2019 W-4 back in June, it gave the public 30 days to comment. That 30-day comment period ended in early July. The IRS then...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act added IRC §199A, which allows owners of pass-through entities to deduct 20% of their qualified business income on their 1040s. IRC §199A is a...
This week is Paycheck Checkup Week. If that sounds familiar, it may be because the week of March 26 was also Paycheck Checkup Week. Too much of a good thing? Probably...
How do we report a long address? … How far back must corrections go? … Urban legend or not: What is the earnings suspense file? … So many Social Security cards!...
Last week we deviated from our strict payroll perspective to bring you a sneak peak of the 2018 Form 1040. And we’re sure that we’ll deviate again. After all, the...
One of Congress’ sales pitches for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was that you’d be able to file your income taxes on a postcard. Never mind that filing your taxes on an...
Must double time payments be included for OT purposes? ... How do signing bonuses figure into the OT rate? ... Rounding employees’ hours: What’s OK and what’s not?
We often wonder how low ID thieves will go. Apparently, they haven’t hit bottom yet. The acting inspector general of the Social Security Administration recently issued...
The IRS, in conjunction with the State Department, began revoking the passports of seriously delinquent tax debtors earlier this year. There are exceptions.
I am not a patient person. I am not good at math. Neither, I suspect, are most employees.
No doubt that will disappoint acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter, who...
Employees’ road in seeking to sue their employers for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act just got substantially rockier, thanks to two U.S. Supreme Court...
Employees usually accrue vacation hours every pay period or every month, that is, ratably. But there’s another option—providing all of employees’ vacation hours at...
We spend the vast majority of our time unraveling the complexities of payroll law. But sometimes it’s good to step out and stretch our intellectual muscles by delving...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repeals the deduction for alimony for couples who divorce, beginning in 2019. That’s putting a lot of pressure on couples to get their ducks...
The IRS desperately wants to avoid handing taxpayers surprise tax bills next winter. Unfortunately, its withholding calculator is the only tool employees can use to...
No sooner had IRS Letter 226J hit applicable large employers’ mailboxes informing them that they may be liable for a free-rider penalty, than questions regarding the...
Not very comforting, is it?
Back in the winter, we mentioned that the IRS anticipated that the entire withholding process would change, beginning in 2019, thanks to the...
