The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) - passed in December of 2017 - still has payroll professionals on edge as they continue to wait for the IRS to finalize the calculation for withholding federal tax from employees. The TCJA made significant changes to how federal tax is calculated for individual taxpayers. In addition, many [...]
Year-end is a busy time of year for HR and payroll professionals: along with their “normal” everyday duties, they have to deal with added challenges of open enrollment for benefits, getting W-2s distributed on time, and ACA 1095-C reporting. Fortunately, the IRS gave us an extension for providing 1095-Cs to employees so we get some [...]
There are any number of reasons to change an employee’s pay rate, such as a change in job responsibilities, raise or promotion. Changing departments or rewarding employees can happen on any day of the week and, chances are, it won’t correspond with the end of a pay period. This creates a special challenge for the [...]
Many of today’s job candidates are evaluating benefits alongside other workplace qualities. A recent study by Fractl revealed that candidates are considering health, dental and vision insurance along with leave and retirement benefits when rating a job offer. Offering strong benefit programs is one way to attract the skilled candidates you need; however, they can [...]
Payroll User Group: Fall 2016 – Make Your Year-End a Smooth Process Webinar Series Late Fall of 2016 we held a year-end payroll series in place of our meetings. If you missed the series or want a refresher, download the slide decks here. Join us on April 25, 2017 for Mandated Sick Leave! Are you a Microsoft [...]
Keith did an outstanding job today, presenting on new government regulations and project management. Download the slide deck here.Join us on June 28th for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 NEW features! Are you a Microsoft Dynamics GP user? Are you interested in joining our User Group?Email Lindy for the next meeting invite.
May 9, 2016 If an employee does get to do work on behalf of the company while on-call, it’s clear that his or her employer, in order to comply with the Affordable Care Act, must credit those hours and track that time toward their eligibility for health insurance. The challenge comes in when an employer [...]
By Helen Karakoudas | ACA Education Director May 9, 2016 When there are compensation programs that are based on output rather than hours, the tracking of time toward an employee’s eligibility for health insurance can be a challenge for an employer required to comply with the Affordable Care Act. In these situations, IRS regulations for [...]
Content updated May 30, 2018 In its regulations for enforcing the Affordable Care Act, the IRS singles out three situations of unpaid absence from the job that all employers who must be ACA-compliant need to take into account when tracking an employee’s eligibility for health insurance: Absence to serve on a jury [...]
By Helen Karakoudas | ACA Education DirectorMay 6, 2016Why is all of what we have to sort through for Affordable Care Act compliance so complicated and fluid?That’s a question we consistently hear from the business professionals using our software to comply with just one slice of the health law – the IRS reporting obligation under the [...]
