Payroll

January 3, 2019 

Private sector employment increased by 271,000 jobs from November to December according to the December ADP National Employment Report.  Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics.  Total U.S. Nonfarm Private Employment:     271,000 By Company Size...…

January 2, 2019 

It’s no surprise when even the most driven professionals find themselves switching off for a few minutes during the workday for any number of reasons, such as fatigue, frustration or a lack of clarity about an assignment. What might be a surprise, ...

Paul McDonald

January 2, 2019 

Home-value growth is slowing, price cuts are more common and for-sale inventory is up. Sounds like relief is imminent for home buyers, right? Not so fast. Mortgage rates have been steadily climbing for the past two years and could approach 6 percent by the end of 2019, dulling those factors. Rising interest rates bite into...…

December 26, 2018 

As employers and job seekers look ahead to the new year, many experts are offering their predictions outlining the trends and changes 2019 will bring to the world of work.

December 20, 2018 

OnPay, which provides payroll and benefits management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, is now a certified App Partner with Xero, a leading-edge cloud accounting platform. The deep API integration helps small businesses and their accountants save time and limit errors by automatically updating Xero with financial information from payroll, HR, and benefits-related transactions in...…

December 20, 2018 

Almost every employee gets off their game at some point in their career. It’s not the end of the world, and the right kind of coaching often will turn around underperformers and get them back to full productivity.

Paul McDonald

December 17, 2018 

Prior to the TCJA, nonprofits and for-profit entities could provide certain transportation benefits to employees that were excluded from tax, up to a stated monthly amount, and deductible by the organization. The maximum exclusion, which was indexed ...

December 17, 2018 

These business email compromise/business email spoofing (BEC/BES) tactics generally target all types of industry and employers. Recently the IRS received a number of reports from tax preparers that they, too, are being targeted.

December 17, 2018 

The new integration allows users to quickly and easily connect data from the Paychex GLS, so it flows directly into their QuickBooks Online accounting package through a convenient “Link and Sync” tool in Paychex GLS. Through the integration, users can ...

December 17, 2018 

Should Employees Share Their Salary Information With Peers? By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Millennials (ages 18-37) are more likely than other generations to share their salary information with others, including coworkers, friends outside of work, romantic partners who they don’t live with, and family members other than their spouse, according to a new Bankrate.com report....…

December 17, 2018 

The old axiom that “words can never harm me” may have been true at some point, but that is certainly no longer the case in this age of #MeToo. Words spoken today, especially if they are lewd, profane, sexually explicit, or sexual innuendo can and ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

December 17, 2018 

The new rules assist taxpayers in determining the amount of parking expenses that are no longer tax deductible. They also help tax-exempt organizations determine how these nondeductible parking expenses create or increase unrelated business taxable ...