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IRS is Offering Employers Three Affordable Care Act Webinars

Three free IRS webinars designed for business owners, tax managers, employee benefits managers, health coverage providers answer your questions about ACA employer responsibility and information reporting. August and September 2015. This series of educational webinars...

PSNW Celebrates Direct Deposit Month with Paycards

Are you interested in simplifying your payroll processing, saving money, and boosting your company’s environmental friendliness? You can do all three when you celebrate Direct Deposit Month in May! Direct deposit is a timely topic for employers, especially...

‘Heartbleed’ Bug: Eight Tips to Protect Yourself Online

The "Heartbleed" bug has sent businesses and individuals into attack mode in order to prevent passwords from being disclosed, personal information from being compromised -- and ultimately, assets from being stolen. The problem, which was disclosed last month, involves...

Aiding your employees with Form W-4

Employees don't always take the task of filling out their W-4 forms seriously. They may write "exempt" on the withholding portion of the form, or even claim a false high number of withholding allowances to ensure that no federal or state tax is withheld. Here are some...

Important ACA Dates

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s important to stay informed about important, upcoming dates for 2014. Navigating new regulations can be a daunting task, and the tax penalties given for failing to do so are intimidating, particularly for a...

Paid Sick Leave soon to be Oregon-wide?

The Eugene Sick Leave Ordinance is scheduled to go into effect July 1, 2015. At the same time Family Forward Oregon, a grass roots organization supporting the issue, plans to take the battle for paid sick-leave to the state legislature. The battle over paid sick leave...

IRS Introduces ACA Wizard to Help Employers Navigate New Regulations

For employers, addressing and planning around the changes that come with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is crucial. Failure to comply with the ACA can result in harsh penalties and choosing a health care policy for your company can be difficult. Fortunately, this...

Four Simple Payroll Mistakes Every Company Makes and How to Avoid Them

Despite everyone's best efforts, common payroll mistakes plague every company. With the IRS devoting extra resources to close the tax gap, companies must be more vigilant than ever in order to avoid costly employment tax penalties. At Payroll Specialties NW, we have...

Payroll Specialties Northwest Celebrates National Payroll Week

The first week of this September marks the 17th annual National Payroll Week, a celebration that recognizes America’s hardworking payroll service providers and their collaboration with businesses and workers across the country. Payroll service companies like Payroll...

5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Payroll Service Provider

Do you get a headache every time you think about the hundreds of legal and regulatory changes that occur in payroll processing each year? Do tax calculations make you nervous and keep you up at night? As a business owner, why spend your time on administrative...

Save Time and Money with Automated Timekeeping

Automated timekeeping is one of the easiest ways to save your business time and money by making your payroll more accurate and efficient. With time tracking software, valuable employee time will no longer be wasted totaling and verifying time cards. Instead, automated...

HR Holiday Q and A

With the holiday season fast approaching, we thought it would be appropriate to republish this article originally created by our sister HR company, Personnel Management Systems (PMSI). Like many things in HR, simple questions often require complex answers. If in...

Don’t blow your top: Coping with stress at work

It's a little known fact that August 24th is Vesuvius Day. On this day in 79AD the infamous volcano buried the town of Pompeii under a cloud of toxic gas followed by a flow of hot rock and ash. Sometimes frustrations at work can make us feel like a volcano ready to...

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