Collecting, reporting, and remitting payroll taxes are some of your key responsibilities when you have employees. And if you forget or downright neglect your responsibility, your small business could receive a penalty for not paying payroll taxes.
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Michele Bossart
Tips vs. Auto Gratuities (aka Service Charges): Why It Matters for Payroll
If your employees earn money directly from customers—at a restaurant, salon, hotel, or bar—you already know how confusing tip reporting can be. The IRS draws a very specific line between tips and service charges (aka auto-gratuities), and the difference affects payroll taxes, employee reporting, and even year-end W-2s. Let’s break it down in plain English. […]
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Pay Frequency: Definitions, Options, and How to Choose
Pay frequency, or how often you pay your team, is one of the first decisions you must make when you hire your first employee.
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California Paid Sick Leave Law: What’s the Scoop?
Some states, like California, require mandatory paid sick leave. The majority of California’s employers must offer paid sick leave to their employees. So, what is the California sick leave law?
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What Is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
When you become an employer, you can’t always play by your own rules. There are certain federal, as well as state and local, standards you must follow. The FLSA is one set of federal regulations you need to know about and comply with. What is the FLSA?
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What Employers Need to Know About Taxable Wages
Part of being an employer is withholding taxes from your employees’ wages before giving them their paychecks. That’s why you need to understand taxable wages before you run payroll.
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Social Security Tax: Get to Know it Before Writing That Paycheck
Employers are responsible for withholding, remitting, and filing payroll taxes on behalf of their employees. And, there are some taxes you contribute on behalf of your employees. Social Security tax is one of those essential taxes that impacts both the employer and the employee.
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Patriot Payroll Customers Can Now Add Health Benefits in Just a Few Clicks
Patriot Software, a leader in cloud-based payroll and accounting solutions, has joined forces with SimplyInsured, a digital benefits platform, to simplify one of the toughest jobs for small business owners: offering health insurance. The new integration embeds insurance shopping, enrollment, and payroll deductions directly inside Patriot’s payroll software.
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Patriot Software Unveils Another Huge Time-Saving Feature: Auto Payroll
CANTON, OH Patriot Software, a leading provider of accounting and payroll software in the USA, today announced Auto Payroll, a powerful new feature designed to eliminate repetitive administrative work for small business owners and accountants. The feature is available immediately to both Full Service Payroll and Basic Payroll customers. Auto Payroll is engineered for companies […]
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How to Create a Chart of Accounts That’s “IRS Ready”
Tax season. Just hearing the words can send shivers down a business owner’s spine. But what if you could change that? What if instead of scrambling for receipts and trying to make sense of a year’s worth of transactions, you could simply generate the reports you need with a few clicks?
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