Payroll Blog

When it comes to running a business, you’re constantly looking for new ways to boost employee morale and increase employee retention. One solution? Creating a leave donation program. But, what is leave donation, exactly? And, how does it work when it comes to taxes?

Heads up: Congress recently passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Biden signed on November 15, 2021. The new expiration date of the ERTC is September 30, 2021 for most businesses, and the IRS has provided guidance on failure to deposit penalties. Due to the coronavirus negatively affecting businesses nationwide, there are a […]

Employers often want to offer attractive compensation packages to bring in good employees. But, compensation goes beyond an employee’s hourly or salary wages. It also includes additional small business employee perks, known as fringe benefits. So, what are fringe benefits? And, what are the types of fringe benefits?

Do you know how often you need to deposit federal income, Social Security, and Medicare taxes? You can’t deposit the taxes whenever you feel like. Your deposit frequency is based on a lookback period. So, what is a lookback period?

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.

You’ve finished distributing Forms W-2. Just when you think you’re done, an employee comes up to you, hands you their form, and asks, Why are my W-2 Box 1 earnings less than my Box 3 and Box 5 earnings? Panicked, you glance over the W-2. That doesn’t help. You do a quick search of Form […]

Once you send Forms W-2 to your employees, you don’t have to worry about the annual form until next year. Or, do you? If you don’t know how to fill out Form W-2, you may run into problems.

If you’re an employer in Oregon (specifically in Multnomah County), listen up. There’s a new personal income tax that went into effect in 2021, and it may impact both you and your employees. What is this new tax in town, you ask? The Multnomah County Preschool for All tax.

Changes to W-2 reporting for tax year 2021? You can thank COVID-19, again. Read on to learn about reporting COVID pay on W-2 2021. And if you collected deferred employee Social Security tax, you need to know how to report that, too.

Oregon employers have a new tax to add to their payroll radar: the Metro Supportive Housing Services (SHS) tax. So, what is the Metro Supportive Housing Services tax? Who must pay the tax? And, what does it fund?