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Are you staying on top of your state-specific employer responsibilities? Because each state has different laws, you may have more tax responsibilities than an employer in another state. If you’re an employer in Massachusetts, you might be required to pay the employer medical assistance contribution (EMAC) tax.
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Are you an employer in Oregon? If so, you should familiarize yourself with state-specific taxes, including the statewide Oregon transit tax. This tax applies to all businesses with employees working or living in the state of Oregon.
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Attention Oregon employers! Specifically, attention employers in Eugene, Oregon. Do you know about the Eugene-specific payroll tax? Learn all about the Eugene Community Safety Payroll tax and whether or not you need to withhold and remit it to the city.
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If you’re an employer in Seattle, Washington, you may need to know about the JumpStart tax. The tax helps fund services for Seattle’s low-income population. Read on to learn more about Seattle’s JumpStart tax.
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Payroll mistakes are more than clerical slip-ups. They can trigger steep IRS penalties, interest, and audit scrutiny. The most common issues involve late tax deposits, worker misclassification, incorrect forms, and bad data. For example, failure to deposit penalties escalate from 2% – 15% of the unpaid amount, plus interest.
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Each and every employer is responsible for completing, distributing, and filing Form W-2 each year. But, what happens if filing Form W-2 slips your mind? Learn about what happens when you forget to file Form W-2 and the failure to file W-2 penalty.
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Real estate payroll is anything but routine. Agents earn irregular commissions, offices blend W-2 staff with 1099 agents, and multi-state deals trigger complex tax rules, making manual payroll a magnet for errors and penalties. The fastest path to fewer headaches is adopting real estate payroll software that calculates commissions, supports both W-2 and 1099 workers, and files taxes for you.
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There are state paid family leave (PFL) programs in states across the USA. One of these states is Colorado, which has a paid family and medical leave insurance program. How much do you know about Colorado paid family leave?
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Thanks to the passage of its new Time to Care Act, Maryland is now the tenth state to mandate paid family and medical leave for employees. If you’re a Maryland employer, the Maryland paid family leave program applies to you.
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California was the first state to create a paid family leave (PFL) program in 2002 (benefits became available in 2004). Since then, other states have created paid family leave programs. If you’re an employer in California, you must withhold PFL contributions from employees’ wages while running payroll. Read on to learn more about your California paid family leave responsibilities.
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