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Stress Free Steps for Filing a Penalty Abatement

What is an abatement? When a company experiences a process breakdown within their tax filing system that results in filing or deposit noncompliance, they are hit with a penalty.  Depending on the reason for the error, a company can file for a penalty...

Multistate Payroll Taxes: The Advantages, Pitfalls and Remote Work

Multistate Payroll Taxes: The Advantages, Pitfalls and Remote WorkMonday, August 17, 2020It may sound surprising, but the COVID-19 outbreak has created (and accelerated) several trends – and we don’t mean bedazzled face masks, either. Take remote work, for...

5 Ways Payroll Problems Wreck Your Sleep…and How to Solve Them

Everybody’s under more stress these days. Payroll tax problems can contribute to stress … but it doesn’t have to be that way. In one of our site’s most widely read blogs from 2019, we show you what payroll pitfalls to look out for … and the best practices to avoid...

How Small Business Owners Can Optimize Employee Benefits

When you’re growing a small business, you need to be able to hire smart, talented people. The most talented people will be recruited by multiple businesses and it’s likely some of those competitors might be larger corporations. To recruit and retain the best...

Six Reasons Growth-Oriented Businesses Rely on HR as a Service

Entrepreneurs and business leaders encounter numerous challenges on the path to growth—from managing cash flow and payroll to growing sales and hiring the right employees. When you’re out there hustling to win the next client or launch your next product, new...

After COVID-19: What Business Leaders Are Expecting

Business owners and entrepreneurs are working hard to return their businesses to full operations after the COVID-19 crisis. The past three months have been almost surreal for many business owners, as the virus caused more than 105,000 deaths and more than 30 million...

What CEOs Need to Know about Employee Anxiety and Returning to Work

The business community is going through one of its most challenging trials in history with the COVID-19 pandemic and the responding public health measures. As states and cities roll out guidance to allow businesses to reopen, CEOs are moving quickly to roll out...

Why Every Business Needs an Employee Handbook—and How to Create One

Some people view employee handbooks as an antiquated practice from a past business era, but nothing could be further from the truth. A well-written, compliant employee handbook continues to be one of the best employee relations tools for businesses of all sizes. It...

The New Form 941: What Payroll Tax Professionals Need To Be Aware Of

The coronavirus outbreak of 2020 has changed the ways people interact, work and do business with each other. One change of particular interest to the payroll industry has been the revisions to the Internal Revenue Service’s Form 941.Approved and released by the agency...

Compliance Advantages HR Automation Delivers to Small Businesses

No matter what size your business, if you have employees, you have human resources and payroll compliance and reporting requirements. Large enterprises have designated HR, legal and payroll departments to handle traditional workforce management and compliance...

Leadership Skills for Managing Mixed Remote/Onsite Teams

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed many businesses that had little to no experience with distributed teams into remote work-from-home experiments. Many employers are pleased with the results and making plans to allow for more remote workers in the future. But for some...

Funding Delay Notice

On May 31, 2020, there was an operational disruption at the Federal Reserve level. Due to this disruption, some batches were not properly processed. Please expect a delay in funding for the transactions that were supposed to be funded today, June 1,...

Avoid These 4 Common “New to Payroll” Mistakes

Whether you’re finding yourself with new responsibilities during the COVID-19 crisis or looking to re-enter the workforce with an expanded range of services, there’s a few things to be aware of.In this blog from January ’19, a payroll expert shows you 4 common...

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