If you’ve had employees for a while, you know the drill. Every year, you must prepare and send Forms W-2 to the proper parties, which typically includes the state. For on-time reporting, you need to know your state W-2 filing deadlines.
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Rachel Blakely-Gray
As Patriot's Content Manager, Rachel creates engaging and informative content aimed to help business owners understand complex accounting and payroll topics.
IRS Audit Triggers and How to Avoid Them
You have a lot to deal with to keep your company operating. One thing you don’t want to have to handle? An IRS audit. While some audits happen randomly, others trigger from red flags in your records. What are these IRS audit triggers, you ask?
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How Many Hours Do Business Owners Work? According to Studies, It’s a Lot
Thinking about starting a business but worried about how busy you’ll be? Or, have you already started a business and are wondering how many hours you should be clocking in? Either way, knowing how much other business owners work may be helpful. So, how many hours do business owners work?
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Estimate vs. Invoice: What’s the Difference?
Do you make estimates or invoices for your business? The two terms aren’t interchangeable. In fact, you may need to make both an estimate and invoice for a project. So, what’s the difference between estimate vs. invoice?
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Simple Recordkeeping for Small Business: Must-have Tips
For 40% of small business owners, handling bookkeeping and taxes is the worst part of owning a business. Sound familiar? If so, you might consider shirking your recordkeeping responsibilities. It’s not a big deal, right? Wrong! Recordkeeping is one of the most important things you can do. And to make things easier on yourself, there […]
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You’ve Collected it … Now What? How to Pay Sales Tax for Small Business
You know that little line at the bottom of your receipts and invoices that says Sales Tax? As a business owner, it’s not your responsibility to pay it out of pocket. But it is your responsibility to collect and remit sales tax. If you don’t know how to pay sales tax for small business to […]
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The Lowdown on New York’s ECEP Tax
If you’re an employer in the state of New York, you may have heard of the Employer Compensation Expense Tax (ECET) that started in 2019. But, did you know that the ECET, established by the Employer Compensation Expense Program (ECEP), is optional? Although you aren’t required to pay the ECET, you may choose to do […]
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How to Update Payroll for an Employee With a Family Status Change
Your employees might have a change in family status while at your small business. An employee could get married, while another might give birth to or adopt a child. When your employees have a family status change, you need to update payroll records.
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Can Your Employees Change W-4 Forms?
New employees must complete Form W-4 before they start working at your business. With Form W-4, employees input information that determines their federal income tax withholding, which allows you to run payroll. To adjust their withholding, employees must change W-4 forms.
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Payroll Tax vs. Income Tax
Tax withholding comes with the territory of being an employer. Employment taxes can be broken down into payroll taxes and income taxes. Most people use the terms interchangeably. But when you hear about a payroll tax deferral, you probably want to know the exact difference between payroll tax vs. income tax.
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