Georgia updates withholding guide
The Georgia Department of Revenue has updated the Employer’s Tax Guide, which contains information regarding personal income withholding tax filing requirements for tax year 2016 including applicable...
View ArticleIowa discusses military retirement benefits
The Iowa Department of Revenue reminds personal income taxpayers that, beginning with 2014 taxes, military retirement benefits are excluded from Iowa income tax. If a taxpayer included military...
View ArticleMassachusetts issues guidance on 2016 amnesty program
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has issued guidance on the 2016 amnesty program and how to apply for amnesty electronically. An online amnesty return will be available on the Department of...
View ArticleMinnesota discusses 2016 withholding tax updates
The Minnesota Department of Revenue has issued two bulletins discussing pertinent personal income tax withholding due dates for annual returns, quarterly returns and deposit due dates. February 28,...
View ArticleMassachusetts issues guidance on 2016 amnesty program
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has issued guidance on the 2016 amnesty program and how to apply for amnesty electronically. An online amnesty return will be available on the Department of...
View ArticleIn-home domestic companionship service was exempt
Domestic service employees who provided companionship services to disabled persons in the employees’ homes were exempt from overtime compensation under applicable FLSA regulations, concluded the...
View ArticleIRS gives large employers five important ACA facts
The IRS has published five facts about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that it believes are important for applicable large employers, or ALEs, to know. An ALE is generally one...
View ArticlePennsylvania minimum wage did not apply to time spent traveling
An employee who traveled long distances from his home to project sites for work, and also had to travel between project sites was not entitled to compensation under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act...
View ArticleInsurance investigators nonexempt, entitled to overtime
GEICO insurance claims investigators were nonexempt employees, entitled to overtime, the Fourth Circuit found, affirming judgment in the employees’ favor on their claims under the FLSA and New York...
View ArticleIRS provides updates to Publication 1220
The IRS has issued Publication 1220, Specifications for Electronic Filing of Forms 1097, 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, 5498, and W-2G, for 2015. Information that is new for tax year 2015 includes: • FIRE...
View ArticlePresident’s budget contains some payroll items
The President’s 2017 budget contains some payroll-related items, which are highlighted below. Minimum wage The Administration supports raising the minimum wage. In addition to “ensuring that those...
View ArticleNew payroll reporting requirements in the works
The Obama Administration has launched a series of new initiatives to close the gender pay gap, including a new payroll reporting requirement for employers. According to the White House, “While the...
View ArticleCongress passes increase in failure to file penalty
Congress has approved the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Trade Act) (HR 644), which includes an increase in the penalty for failure to file a return. Taxpayers who fail to file...
View ArticleSIFL rates issued for the first half of 2016
The Department of Transportation has released the applicable terminal charge and standard industry fare level (SIFL) mileage rates for January 1, 2016, through June 30, 2016. These rates will be used...
View ArticleMaine citizens’ initiative to increase minimum wage to go on ballot
The citizens’ initiative petition effort to increase the minimum wage in Maine has been found valid, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap confirmed on February 16. The petitions for “An Act To Raise the...
View ArticlePresident signs increase in failure to file penalty
The President signed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Trade Act) (HR 644), which includes an increase in the penalty for failure to file a return on February 24, 2016....
View ArticleChamber of Commerce seeks extension of comment period
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is requesting a 90-day extension of the comment period on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) proposed amendment of the EEO-1 Report to include...
View ArticleIRS simplifies rules for filing employment tax returns
The IRS has simplified the rules for filing employment tax returns to report Social Security, Medicare and withheld federal income taxes in an effort to reduce the burden on small employers. Taxpayers...
View ArticleOregon minimum wage bill approved
The Oregon House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1532 on February 18 to increase the state minimum wage. Oregon Governor Kate Brown promises to sign the measure. The bill would raise the minimum...
View ArticleIRS announces 2016 housing amounts for those abroad
The IRS has issued the annual adjustments to the housing expense limitation for specific locations for purposes of Code Sec. 911, as amended by the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of...
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