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Employer’s Guide to Determining Payroll Taxes

As an employer, you must withhold federal income tax and Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA/social security) for each employee. You are also responsible for remitting Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) paid entirely by you. If your state has income tax, you will need to withhold that as well. Unless you do business in Ohio or…

Palmetto PayrollNovember 16, 2020

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Prepare for Financial Reports to Look Different Due to COVID-19

Certified Public Accountants (CPA) should understand that financial reports they prepare in 2020 will look differently than reports they prepared in all years prior to 2019. The difference, of course, is that 2020 saw a global pandemic that had a devastating impact on small businesses across the country. Even companies that did not shut down…

Palmetto PayrollAugust 15, 2020

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DIY Payroll Could Cost You More in the End

New small business owners often make the common mistake of thinking that payroll only involves tallying the time worked for each employee and paying them accordingly. It’s not quite that simple. First, you need to apply for an employer identification number and complete multiple other steps before you can even hire employees. Then you need…

Palmetto PayrollJuly 30, 2020

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How Your Small Business Benefits When You Outsource Bookkeeping

You can’t operate a successful small business for very long without investing time and resources into bookkeeping. For as necessary as the task is, however, it can also be expensive and time-consuming. This is especially true if you make an error remitting payroll or other taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and must pay…

Palmetto PayrollJanuary 30, 2020

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Understanding Federal Regulations for Retaining Payroll Records

As a business owner, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expects you to keep hard copies of certain records for several years in case it needs to see a copy of something again. Fortunately, you can scan the original item and store it on a computer to save space if necessary. From the standpoint of the…

Palmetto PayrollNovember 15, 2019

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Proven Strategies to Reduce Payroll Tax Liabilities

According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), just under one million businesses paid a penalty for problems related to the company's annual tax return and approximately six million paid fines related to payroll taxes. Although the issue hasn't improved much in the past three years, that doesn't mean your company needs to waste money on…

Palmetto PayrollAugust 8, 2019

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Determine Your Payroll Tax Deposit Schedule to Meet IRS Requirements

The payroll process involves much more than just adding up an employee's work hours and determining the amount of his or her paycheck for the period. You must also withhold payroll taxes along with any voluntary withholdings the employee authorizes such as premiums for health insurance. Additionally, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and state governments…

Palmetto PayrollApril 16, 2019

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When Should I Consider Using Outsourced Payroll Services?

When you first started your business, you had only a few employees and no problem keeping up with payroll. Now that your business has expanded, processing payroll for so many employees seems like one more thing you no longer have the time to do. However, you can't very well not pay your workers because you…

Palmetto PayrollMarch 27, 2019

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What Every Small Business Should Know About Payroll Taxes

Calculating the deductions from each employee's monthly wages is not as straightforward as it might seem. It requires extreme accuracy and attention to detail to perform correctly. Unfortunately, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has little tolerance for mistakes and could penalize your company with significant fines for reporting incorrect information or failing to make timely…

Palmetto PayrollFebruary 28, 2019

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3 Common Payroll Mistakes Your Small Business Should Avoid

Running a small business requires you to take on many different roles. One day you're focused on marketing, another day on resolving customer service issues, and yet another day on ordering inventory and supplies. It seems there just aren't enough hours in the day to deal with payroll as well, but you will have some…

Palmetto PayrollJanuary 30, 2019

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