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Compensation & Benefits

Lock-in letters soon to get a new look

04/17/2020
Lock-in letters sent earlier this year still referred to the number of withholding allowances employees took on W-4s they refiled in response to lock-in letters. The IRS has now provided definitive instructions on what to do.

E-filing threshold may not drop in 2021

04/17/2020
The Taxpayer First Act lowers the mandatory e-filing threshold for information returns to 100 or more returns, from 250 returns, beginning with forms filed next year. The IRS, on the other hand, is much more equivocal.

Disaster planning: Ideas for Payroll & HR

04/17/2020
The coronavirus pandemic is just one disaster among many that could interrupt your business. There will be others. HR and Payroll need to work together to ensure the continuity of the business during interruptions. Here’s some help to get you started.

Pay, benefits adapt to coronavirus pressures

04/14/2020
Results of the “WorldatWork COVID-19 Employer Response Survey” provide a window into how organizations are addressing compensation and benefits issues.

Here’s how the Internal Revenue Code can help you out of coronavirus-related jams

04/09/2020
Don’t be completely afraid of the Internal Revenue Code. There are provisions that can help you and your employees out.

Forecast: 2021 health insurance costs to spike

04/09/2020
Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care industry experts are already talking about significant increases in health insurance costs for 2021.

CARES Act offers 2 more employer-relief measures

04/09/2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, signed March 27, is best known for providing a $2 trillion stimulus jolt to a coronavirus-stunned economy. However, the CARES Act also contains two provisions intended to help employers keep from having to lay off employees.

What you can, can’t ask staff during pandemic

04/09/2020
When workers ask for leave because they can’t or don’t want to come to work, you need to know exactly what you can and cannot ask.

IRS/DOL FAQs cover COVID-19 documentation

04/08/2020
Employees could begin taking paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on April 1. Which means you could begin filing Form 7200 to get an advance on your paid leave tax credits or you could begin reducing your tax deposits to pay for leave. But all of this needs to be backed up with documentation. And as with all things labor-related, and, especially payroll taxes, your documentation must pass muster.

May 2020: Employer’s business tax calendar

04/07/2020
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.