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What You Need to Know about Benefits Taxation
September 23, 2020 | Payroll
Learn the payroll department’s responsibilities pertaining to the set-up of employee benefits, including retirement, health and welfare and other benefits.
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Mitigating Internal Payroll Fraud
Aired On (August 27, 2020) | Payroll
Protecting the financial interests of yourself, the company and the employees has become more important than ever. Knowing what to protect against can help the team prepare for the worst while expecting the best. In this hour, we will explore and discuss best practices for mitigating the risk of payroll fraud while maintaining compliance with payroll laws.
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The Essentials for Third Party Sick Pay in 2020: What Payroll Must Know to Tax and Report Correctly
Aired On (July 10, 2020) | Payroll
This webinar discusses the proper taxation and reporting of the fringe benefit known as third party sick pay. It discusses what is and is not third party sick pay, how the taxation is affected by the status of the provider (is or is not the employer’s agent), when this type of payment is taxable and/or reportable and who is responsible for this taxation and reporting.
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Payroll Fraud Sleuth Training
Aired On (May 20, 2020) | Payroll
During this hour, you will learn what the fraudsters are looking for, how they are gaining access to it and which employee populations are most at risk.
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Wage and Hour Compliance in 2020: It’s More Than Just Calculating Overtime
Aired On (April 9, 2020) | Payroll
This webinar concentrates on federal and state wage and hour requirements that must be followed in the payroll department.
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Form 941 for 2020: What You Need to Know
Aired On (March 10, 2020) | Payroll
This webinar covers what’s new for the IRS Form 941 and its accompanying Form Schedule B in 2020 and covers the requirements for each form line by line.
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Form W-2 for 2020: All You Need to Know
Aired On (February 18, 2020) | Payroll
The Form W-2 is one of the most important documents that payroll departments must process. This webinar covers the IRS Form W-2 for 2020.
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1/28 RESCHEDULED The A to Z of Garnishments Part 3
Aired On (January 28, 2020)
In this webinar we will apply all that we learned in parts 1 and 2 by reviewing all types of examples of calculating garnishments. This will include how to prorate when an employee has two or more child support withholding orders and not enough disposable income to cover both; the proper calculations for a federal tax levy; what to do if the employee has a creditor garnishments and much, much more.
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Understanding the 2020 W4
Aired On (January 16, 2020) | Payroll
In this webinar, we will explore the evolution of the Federal W4. We will discuss what has been removed from the legacy form and review the updated version.
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The A to Z of Garnishments Part 2
Aired On (November 5, 2019) | Payroll
In Part 2, we focus on tax levies. Tax levies and creditor garnishments can be some of the most complex tasks required of any payroll department. If garnishments are not handled correctly, you may find yourself facing situations that become extremely costly both financially and emotionally.
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The A to Z of Garnishments Part 1
Aired On (October 1, 2019) | Payroll
In this three-part series on the proper handling and processing of garnishments we will discuss the rules, regulations and requirements as they apply to withholding and paying child support, tax levies, creditor garnishments and others. In Part 1 we focus on Child Support. Payroll departments must know both the federal laws and the state laws and must determine which one applies to the child support withholding order.
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Customer Service in Payroll
Aired On (September 12, 2019) | Payroll
By establishing a customer service policy with a payroll twist, the manager creates an environment within the payroll department that focuses on increasing productivity and efficiency of the department rather than on the customer needs. However, this in turn actually allows the department to offer better service to its customers in the long run.
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Going Paperless in Payroll
Aired On (August 6, 2019) | Payroll
Getting away from paper use in business is both good for the environment and the company’s bottom line. Finding the right methods to decrease or eliminate paper in your day-to-day payroll operations while ensuring that proper compliance requirements are met can be done in any department, if you know how!
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10 Common Misconceptions About Payroll and How to Avoid Them
Aired On (July 10, 2019) | Payroll
We address 10 areas of wage and hour and tax law, that when misunderstood or applied incorrectly, causes employees to be paid or taxed incorrectly with the resulting penalties, fines and interest levied on the employer. Some of these wage and hour law misconceptions can even cause the employer to overpay employees forcing unnecessarily higher labor costs.
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Paying Overtime Under the FLSA Part 2
Aired On (June 4, 2019) | Payroll
Part 2 of the two-part webinar that will help you better understand the sometimes confounding requirements and procedures involved in overtime calculation. The truth is that overtime rules and the mathematics required to arrive at the correct calculation can be extremely tricky.
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Paying Overtime Under the FLSA Part 1
Aired On (May 8, 2019) | Payroll
Part 1 of the two-part webinar that will help you better understand the sometimes confounding requirements and procedures involved in overtime calculation. The truth is that overtime rules and the mathematics required to arrive at the correct calculation can be extremely tricky.
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Wage and Hour Law: California Style
Aired On (April 2, 2019) | Payroll
With arguably the greatest amount of wage and hour laws of any state, processing payroll and keeping in compliance with California requirements can be a complex situation.
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W-2’s vs. 1099’s: Understanding Who Should be an Independent Contractor
Aired On (March 13, 2019) | Payroll
We examine how the common law rule is used to determine worker status and which three requirements are used to correctly classify a worker as an independent contractor along with the requirements for when a worker must be classified as an employee. With federal and state agencies joining forces to combat misclassification, fines and penalties have skyrocketed.
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