TIGTA: Potential underreported tax not being addressed
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found that billions of dollars of potential underreported taxes were not being addressed by the Combined Annual Wage Reporting (CAWR)...
View ArticleMichigan program allows authorized businesses to retain withholding
Depending upon the number of jobs created and the wage level of the jobs, a company will be issued a withholding certificate covering the cost of either 50% or 100% of the income tax withheld...
View ArticleWisconsin issues bulletin on military pay, withholding
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue has issued a tax bulletin that discusses military pay and nonresident withholding. Military pay income subtractions—The military pay income subtraction does not...
View ArticleIllinois flood-related deadline relief extended
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has announced that the state will waive penalties and interest for taxpayers in an additional eight counties who cannot file or pay taxes on time as a result of floods in...
View ArticleGSA issues 2018 CONUS per diems
The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced its fiscal year (FY) 2018 Continental U.S. (CONUS) per diem reimbursement rates. The GSA rates are often a predictor of the per diem rates set by...
View ArticleRequirements for reproduction/substitute forms corrected
The IRS has corrected Rev. Proc. 2017-39, I.R.B. 2017-26, 1286, which provided the specifications for the private printing of red-ink substitutes for the 2017 revisions of information returns,...
View ArticleOregon governor signs workplace scheduling bill
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has signed a law that adds substantial work scheduling stability to employees working in the retail, hospitality, and food services industries. The governor signed the law,...
View ArticleProfit sharing bonus properly excluded from regular rate
GEICO properly excluded a profit sharing bonus in the calculation of an employee’s regular rate for overtime purposes, ruled a federal district court in California in dismissing the employee’s overtime...
View ArticleIRS warns tax professionals of W-2 email scam
The IRS has alerted tax professionals to a recent increase in email scams targeting employee Forms W-2. In 2017, the IRS witnessed a surge in the number of businesses, public schools, universities,...
View ArticlePolice officers not entitled to overtime for duty work on PDAs
Chicago police officers who alleged they were not compensated for off-duty work performed on their mobile electronic devices (BlackBerrys) were not entitled to recovery for such unscheduled overtime...
View ArticleSIFL rates issued for the second half of 2017
The Department of Transportation has released the applicable terminal charge and standard industry fare level (SIFL) mileage rates for July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. These rates will be used...
View ArticleArizona withholding return due dates changed
Beginning with the 2017 withholding returns filed in 2018, the new due date for filing Arizona Form A1-R or Arizona Form A1-APR is January 31. In prior years the due date was February 28. The...
View ArticleIllinois Freedom to Work Act amended
The Illinois Freedom to Work Act has been amended to provide that “low-wage employee” means an employee whose earnings do not exceed the greater of the hourly rate equal to the minimum wage required by...
View ArticleMinnesota minimum wage to increase January 1, 2018
Minnesota’s minimum-wage rates will be adjusted for inflation beginning Jan. 1, 2018, to $9.65 an hour for large employers and $7.87 an hour for other state minimum wages. Under Minnesota law, the...
View ArticleSouth Carolina issues 2017 withholding tables
South Carolina has issued new wage-bracket and computer formula withholding tables for wages paid on and after January 1, 2018. The tables will be reproduced in the Payroll Management Guide at 8248 and...
View ArticleEEO-1 Report’s compensation data requirement stayed
As anticipated, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on August 29, 2017, issued an immediate stay of the of the pay data collection aspects of the EEO-1 form added near the end of the Obama...
View ArticleNew York issues guidance on new Paid Family Leave Program
The New York Department of Taxation and Finance has issued a notice discussing the personal income tax implications of the state’s new paid family leave program. The notice provides the following...
View ArticleOregon increases payroll tax to fund transportation projects
An Oregon law intended to fund transportation projects increases payroll tax beginning July 1, 2018. The law imposes a payroll tax, referred to as a transportation project tax, at the rate of 0.1% on...
View ArticleIRS encourages leave-based donations due to Harvey
The IRS has provided special relief designed to support leave-based donation programs to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey. Under these programs, employees forgo their vacation, sick, or personal leave...
View ArticleIRS issues record retention guidance due to Harvey
The IRS has reminded individuals and businesses to safeguard their tax records against natural disasters by taking a few simple steps. Taxpayers should always keep a duplicate set of records including...
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