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Do You Have Unclaimed Checks From Past Employees? Here’s What You Should Do With Them

April 23, 2019Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Charles Read, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, employee, employee payroll, employee unclaimed checks, escheat laws, Florida, Georgia, GetPayroll, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, payroll services, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, small biz, Small Business, small business payroll, South Carolina, South Dakota, State abandoned property laws, steps to take for unclaimed checks, stuck with unclaimed checks, Tennessee, Texas, unclaimed checks, unclaimed wages, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, When do unclaimed wages become abandoned, Wisconsin, WyomingEmployees, PayrollLeave a commentGetPayroll Team Member

You open your filing cabinet and there they are – unclaimed checks. Unclaimed checks from employees that no longer work for you that were never picked up. Even after repeated phone calls and...

How do you know whether or not hiring a CPA is worth it?

August 6, 2019accounting consultants, auditors, business advisors, business and financial advisors, Certified Public Accountant, CPA, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, financial advisor, Hire a CPA, small biz, Small Business, tax consultants, What is a CPASmall BusinessLeave a commentmarketing

If you are going into business then you need to hire a CPA as early as when you are in the planning process. A CPA and...

Payroll Taxes, 5 Myths – Our Take!

April 30, 20191099, 20 common law rules for determining 1099, 20 common law rules for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor, 401(k) contributions made by employees through salary reductions are still subject to FICA, 944 filer, cafeteria plan, Charles Read, common law rules, cost of payroll taxes, deposit period, deposit period your liability exceeds $100, employees, employment taxes, FICA, FICA tax liability, fringe benefits, hiring employees, Incorporating, independent contractor classification, independent contractors, IRS, liabilities, liabilities exceed $2500.00 in any quarter, limited liability company, outsource payroll, outsourcing payroll, payroll staff, payroll tax, payroll tax compliance, Payroll Taxes, quarterly employer tax return, reclassify workers, Section 125, small biz, Small Business, Table 2-1 in IRS Publication 15B, tax-free benefits, tax-free benefits are exempt, total FICA tax liability does not exceed $2500.00, trust fund recovery penalty, unpaid employment taxes, W-2, W-4Employees, Payroll, Payroll Tax, Small Business, U.S. Department of LaborLeave a commentGetPayroll Team Member

On Payroll Taxes, Mr. Read Says...

I recently found a blog post titled “5 Myths...

Red flags auditors look for when reviewing payroll procedures

August 13, 2019Audit, Auditor, auditors, Department of Labor, DOL, employee classifications, employee misclassifications, Employment Tax Audit, Fair Labor Stan, FLSA, independent contractors, internal revenue service, IRS, Payroll, payroll procedures, payroll processes, payroll red flags, payroll reporting, reporting, Small Business, State Unemployment Department, taxes withheld, taxes withheld at the source, unemployment taxesCompliance, IRS, Payroll Tax, Payroll Taxes1 Commentmarketing

When the State Unemployment Department* audits you, auditors are looking mostly for misclassification, specifically...

What is the best business entity to use when you first start-up?

June 18, 2019business entity, C-Corp, coproration, CPA, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, four business entities, four standard entities, general partners, general partnership, GetPayroll, hybrid entity, limited liability company, LLC, partnership, partnership payroll classification, Payroll, S-Corp, Schedule C, self-employment tax, shareholders, small biz, Small Business, sole proprietor, standard general partnership, Subchapter C, Subchapter S, types of business entititesUncategorizedLeave a commentmarketing

The business entity you chose or will choose will determine several things about the way you process payroll. There are four standard entities for businesses and we will highlight each one of them and their unique attributes in relation to...