Hiring Family Members in a Family Business
In today’s tough job market, students seeking summer employment, young adults looking for full-time employment, and college graduates looking to begin their careers are finding it difficult to land a...
View ArticleMisclassifying Workers Can Be Costly!
With the current economy, and not always knowing what lies ahead, most business owners and executives tend to be financially conservative and preserve the cash of the business. This conservative...
View ArticleIRS Phasing Out 8109 Coupons for Tax Payments
The IRS has issued proposed regulations that would eliminate paper coupons for deposits of employment taxes, corporate income and estimated taxes, and many other taxes (REG-153340-09). The paper 8109...
View ArticleIllinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit
There is still time to hire employees for your Illinois business to qualify for the Illinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit. By creating at least one new, full-time position that meets the...
View ArticleReimbursing Employees for Health Insurance
Many small businesses do not have a group health insurance plan in place for their employees. Yet, as an added benefit, employers may want to reimburse all or a portion of the individual health plan...
View ArticleIndependent Contractor versus Employee Status – A New Focus of the IRS
If you are a small business owner, whether you hire people as independent contractors or as employees will impact the amount of taxes you withhold from their paychecks, as well as how much and what...
View ArticleNew Credits for Hiring Veterans
Congress recently passed legislation that extends and expands the Work Opportunity Credit (WOTC) for hiring unemployed veterans. This effectively gave a one-year lease on life to the WOTC, but only...
View ArticleGood News – Payroll Tax Cut Extended through 2012!
Congress gave all wage earners a short-lived 2012 reprieve by temporarily extending the 2% payroll tax cut though February of 2012. The payroll tax, frequently referred to as FICA or OASDI on your...
View ArticleSpecial Payroll Pricing for Illinois Non-Profit Organizations
This is from our sister-company, Complete Payroll, Inc.: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Complete Payroll Offers Special Non-Profit Pricing to Help Community Crystal Lake, IL – June 26, 2012 – Complete Payroll,...
View ArticleTaxation of Christmas Bonuses for Your Employees
Are you thinking of giving your employees a holiday bonus? What’s the best way to handle these year-end bonuses? Can they be handled ‘under the table’? Do you have to include them as wages on their...
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