All employers are responsible for reporting employee wage and tax information to the IRS. Many employers use Form 941 to report this information each quarter. But some eligible small business owners use Form 944 to report wages and taxes annually instead. Are you one of them? If so, you need to learn how to fill […]
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SOC Codes and Mandatory Reporting: Does Your State Want Worker Classification Data?
“What’s your occupation?” Everybody gets this question: at the doctor’s office, when opening a new bank account, etc. People are curious. They want to know what it is exactly you do for a living. And if you’re an employer, the government wants to know what your employees do, too. To find out, federal and state […]
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State W-2 Filing Deadlines [+ Chart]
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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What Is Year-to-date Payroll, and Why Does it Matter?
If you’re a small business owner with employees, a significant portion of your business’s expenses goes toward paying wages. That’s why you should pay attention to your year-to-date (YTD) payroll expenses. What is year-to-date payroll?
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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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How to Perform a Form W-2 Reissue
Important documents go missing or get damaged all the time. An employee’s Form W-2 is one document that might be subject to those fates. An employee might send the form through the wash, toss it out with the junk mail, or simply lose it out of their back pocket. No matter what happens to the […]
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What to Do With a Form W-2 Returned to Employer
Every year, you are required to send Form W-2 to employees by the January 31 Form W-2 filing deadline. Hopefully, those forms will get to your employees. But, some forms might come back to you as undeliverable, especially if you have incorrect employee addresses on file. What should you do with Forms W-2 returned to […]
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What Is Schedule A (Form 940)?
Are you a small business owner with employees? Even if you had only one worker this year, you need to manage your FUTA taxes, and send Schedule A and Form 940 to the IRS. What is Schedule A (Form 940)?
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What Is Form 8655?
When signing up for payroll services that include tax filing, you’ll be asked to fill out Form 8655. The company won’t be able to file or deposit your taxes until you submit the form. So, what is IRS Form 8655 used for? Find out below.
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Do I Need to File Form 8027?
In some industries, employees earn the bulk of their wages from tip income rather than hourly or salary pay. If you own a food or beverage establishment, your employees likely earn tips. Like regular pay, you still need to withhold taxes on tip income. And, you need to report tip earnings on Form 8027.
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