May 11, 2012 by Jennifer Azara

Home sweet home! It may have just gotten a little sweeter for employees, thanks to a new proposed rule out of IRS.
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Tags: IRS rule, Local Lodging Expenses, Publication 15, Safe harbor qualifications, T&E
February 24, 2012 by Jennifer Azara

Sure, your A/P people have an eagle eye when it comes to even questionable items employees will try to squeak through on their expense reports.
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Tags: A/P, CFOs, Cosmetic surgery, Robert Half, T&E reimbursement
February 21, 2012 by Jared Bilski
Here’s a good reason to make sure your workers are classified correctly: The feds have made it crystal clear they mean to come after any employer they suspect of classifying employees incorrectly.
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Tags: Classifying workers, Custom Security Solutions, Misclassification errors, Security provider
February 16, 2012 by Jared Bilski
When the IRS introduced its Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP), many employers questioned its true motives. So the agency has set out to reassure skeptical companies.
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Tags: Amnesty program, DOL, IRS, Misclassification issues, Voluntary Classification Settlement Program
January 30, 2012 by Jared Bilski
Back in the fall, President Obama signed into law a new definition of who qualifies as a new hire, and there a few things about this definition that your Payroll staff needs to know.
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Tags: "Newly hired", New hire, Payroll, President Obama, Rehired employees
January 13, 2012 by Jared Bilski
When it comes to completing sales tax returns electronically, here’s what your peers are doing.
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Tags: A/P pros, Department of Revenue, Sales tax returns, Taxation Inside-Out, Vertex
January 6, 2012 by Jennifer Azara

It’s like a teacher giving a pop quiz on the topic she knew everyone in the class was struggling with. Except you’re the student, the teacher is the state and that pop quiz: a use tax audit!
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Tags: Pop quiz, States, Tax audit, Use rate calculator, Use tax IQ
December 16, 2011 by Jennifer Azara

It comes just once a year (most times): IRS releases the standard mileage rate. So what will it be for 2012?
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Tags: 2012 IRS mileage rate, Business casual, Moving purposes, Quality standards, T&E compliance
November 22, 2011 by Jared Bilski
It’s a maddening scenario for your Accounts Payable pros: After a Herculean effort to get all 1099s out on time, a corrected return needs to be submitted because of a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) issue.
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Tags: 1099, A/P headache, Simple fix, Taxpayer Identification Number, TIN
November 16, 2011 by Jared Bilski
Here’s one important piece of info you can pass along to Payroll to help them better prepare for 2012.
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Tags: Medicare tax, Payroll, Social Security Administration, Social Security tax, SSA, Taxable wage base