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Payroll FYI: Legal memoranda from the IRS

02/19/2020
The IRS is a prodigious publisher. Here are digests of three recently released legal memoranda.

Fix it fast: Accounting for repaid wages & taxes

02/19/2020
If you front load employees’ vacation leave at the beginning of a year, and they take some time off but terminate their employment before they’ve earned the equivalent of their annual leave, you’ve technically advanced employees wages and now you’re owed a debt.

Dentist pays the price for brushing off the IRS

02/19/2020
Dentists and the IRS have a lot in common. Both can use painful tools to compel compliance. But in a recent contest between the IRS and a dental practice, it was the dentist who got the drill and the IRS came out on top.

Proposed W-4/withholding regs mention accuracy 15 times, simplicity 0 times

02/18/2020
Thr IRS has again dug in its heels in proposed regulations covering the new and improved W-4 and the withholding process.

2020 standard mileage rate decreases a half cent per mile

02/18/2020
Formerly 58¢ per mile, the rate is now 57.5¢ per mile for 2020.

March 2020: Employer’s business tax calendar

01/31/2020
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

Half want something other than biweekly pay

01/23/2020
While 50% of workers prefer to be paid biweekly, 26% say they’d rather be paid weekly, 10% monthly and 10% semimonthly, according to a Paychex survey.

Joint employer? 3 scenarios to help you decide

01/23/2020
The new Department of Labor joint-employer rule that takes effect March 16 will make it less likely that more than one employer will be held liable for the same federal wage-and-hour violation. Here are three scenarios that illustrate how the rule will apply.

In the Payroll Mailbag: February ’20

01/16/2020
Are leave donations to a local charity taxable? … What qualifies as a tax-free achievement award?

Special analysis: Good records save tax penalties

01/16/2020
Tax audits are all about your records. Have good, accurate and complete records and you will walk away from an audit relatively unscathed. Have sloppy, incomplete and inaccurate records and you will needlessly pay tax penalties. Two cases are illustrative.