Do you or your small business owe taxes to the state of Indiana? You may be in luck. Beginning September 15, 2015, Hoosier taxpayers can apply for Indiana’s 2015 Tax Amnesty program, which offers both individuals and businesses a limited-time opportunity to pay past-due taxes free of penalty, interest and collection fees. About 40 different tax types are eligible for tax amnesty, including individual and corporate income tax, sales and use tax, inventory tax, and withholding tax. (more…)
Internships can be beneficial to both the student and employers. The student gets the opportunity to explore a career interest, apply what they’ve learned in the classroom in a professional setting and develop new, transferable skills. Employers gain new, innovative perspectives to their small business, help with project work and increased productivity. However, the big question employers may have is, whether to pay or not to pay for internships. (more…)
Everyone knows the importance of saving for retirement. Everyone knows that saving money consistently and giving it time to grow is the best approach to ensuring adequate funds for the post-retirement years. Yes, we may all know that we should be saving for retirement, but that does not mean that we are doing it. The fact is that setting aside money for the future is difficult. (more…)
Employees need to feel valued and appreciated by employers. When you give your employees achievement awards, celebrating specific milestones in safety or length of service, you’re recognizing their efforts, which, in turn, fosters your employees’ desire to excel in their jobs and continue working at your company. However, employers need to be careful in their award gift selections. (more…)
For thousands of Americans, the dream of being your own boss is alive and well. But of course, there are many vital aspects involved when you successfully open and operate a small business. And intense attention has to be paid to every aspect of running the business. (more…)
If you are like most small business owners, you are looking forward to 2015 and planning for your business to grow next year. Economic indicators offer some cause for optimism, including a job market that seems to be improving. In the midst of an improving economy, maybe your business is looking to expand and hire more employees. If so, you should consider whether or not you are ready to handle the additional employees from a payroll standpoint. (more…)
There is no question that running a small business today is tough. Every expense and additional small business taxes makes it harder to make a profit and stay in business.
But small business owners and entrepreneurs have one thing to be thankful for… most of them don’t have to pay luxury taxes. Now if you will stretch your imagination and consider Major League Baseball teams as businesses, I’d like to share a recent news bit. (more…)
Some small business owners make decisions that end up costing them more in the long run. If they keep late hours and miss weekend fun with friends and family, it takes a toll. They are also in grave danger of costing themselves more money than what they are trying to save, by doing their own payroll. The staff at The Payroll Department provides you with 9 valid reasons why you should call on us.
Cost: Huge companies can maintain a payroll But if your business employs fewer than 20 jobs for workers, you can save money by contacting The Payroll Department. Figure out how many hours you or an employee spends each month on payroll. Add the time spent researching ever-changing tax laws and money spent on paper and ink, printing and distributing paychecks and creating payroll tax documents.
Accuracy: Payroll mistakes make employees angry and suspicious of you. Those mistakes can also alert the government, which might later result in an audit.
Reliability: If you or an employee does payroll each pay period, reliability is based solely on not making a single error. The Payroll Department can do a better job of staying current with employees’ vacation hours, overtime pay, garnishments, etc. Why? Because, unlike you, that’s the only job we are doing for your small business.
Speed: The Payroll Department staff are specialists. We have the technological resources to handle any temporary changes in your payroll, such as seasonal workers, contract workers, etc.
Insight: The Payroll Department knows the ins and outs of payroll tax laws as well as federal, state and local regulations. Do you have the time to stay current with this information?
Accountability: When your small business is in our very capable hands, we understand and respect our accountability to you, by law. It is part of our promise to you that we have a third-party bookkeeping service audit every client account one per quarter.
Flexibility: Most entrepreneurs quickly get tired of wrestling with payroll. When we take this burden off your shoulders, you have time to do what you’re best at doing and growing your business.
Security: When we are in charge of providing payroll services for your business, you don’t have to worry that employees handling the payroll might be embezzling from your business instead of simply doing the payroll.
Worry: We guarantee you’ll sleep better at night. And you’ll spend your work days doing what comes most naturally to you, running a profitable small business.
Neither payroll nor taxes are business tasks any small business owner can afford to miss or handle inaccurately. Give yourself a break! Call on The Payroll Department. We’re on your team!
Financial experts are saying that pay increases in 2015 are likely to average about 3% – just about the same as average increases for the last two years. Inflation is currently running about 2.1% so that means the average employees are barely keeping ahead of inflation. (more…)
