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If you are like most small business owners, you will spend much of your typical busy day communicating in various ways. But how often do you stop and think about communication relating to payroll taxes? This type of communication is done a little differently than most other interactions – it is done through IRS-specified forms such as W-2, W-4, and W-9 forms. (more…)
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Leave a Comment (0) →Good news! After the unusually cold and stormy winter we’ve had this year, the economy finally seems to be thawing with U.S. employment statistics trending upward. Increases were recorded in the number of employees and hours worked and in pay rates. For small business owners, especially those in industries with several hourly workers, job growth can signal new business demands as well as challenges in handling increased payroll responsibilities. (more…)
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Leave a Comment (0) →Mike has been coming into work at your small business late every day for the past two weeks. Even though you’ve counseled him, his behavior hasn’t changed. You have no choice but to terminate his employment. However, when you notify Mike that he’s fired, he demands his final paycheck right then and there. Do you have to pay Mike immediately what he’s owed?
According to Indiana Department of Labor, when employers discharge or lay off employees, they are not obligated to pay the employee immediately. However, the employee’s final wages “must be paid on or before the next regularly scheduled payday,” which would have been when the employee would have normally been paid had he or she remained employed at your workplace.
Even when employees quit, you can pay his or her final wages by the next regularly scheduled payday.
If an employee voluntarily resigns and hasn’t provided a forwarding address, and you don’t know where the employee lives now, as an employer, you must pay the employee:
If you don’t pay an employee who has resigned or been terminated his or her final wages within the required time frame, your company may have to pay additional penalties, interest, and any attorney’s fees and legal costs the employee spends while trying to force your company to pay them.
By outsourcing your payroll to a payroll services provider, like The Payroll Department located in Brownsburg, IN, they can help you stay in compliance with any government requirements. Contact Teresa Ray, owner of The Payroll Department, at (317) 852-2568. She’ll be happy to talk to you about your company’s payroll needs and explain all of the benefits you’ll receive when you turn your company’s payroll services over to them.
-Ariane of The Payroll Department Blog Team
Generally, people don’t think about filing tax returns until April starts pressing closer. But if you are a small business owner, you know that feeling starts to weigh heavy on your shoulders right around January 1 and it doesn’t let up, really, until you get your personal taxes done in April. (more…)
Do you know what has risen every year except three since 1971? The Social Security’s Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program contribution and benefit base. In every day terms, it’s the amount of an individual’s income that is taxable for Social Security. For 2014, that limit is now $117,000. (more…)
Bob, a small business owner, has two non-exempt employees. Sue regularly begins work five to 10 minutes early most days and works late anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes every day. On the other the hand, Mike usually starts his workday within five minutes before or after his shift begins and “clocks out” about five minutes after his shift ends. From a payroll perspective, how should Bob handle calculating the time each of these employees worked? (more…)
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