Payroll

September 24, 2015 

A large majority (84 percent) of professionals polled by Accountemps said they typically pose questions of their own when meeting with hiring managers. Unfortunately, some of the queries among respondents were questionable.

September 23, 2015 

It wasn’t long ago that most Americans had a secure three-legged stool on which to rest their retirement concerns – a well-funded Social Security system, substantial corporate pensions with retiree health benefits and, ideally, a strong personal ...

September 22, 2015 

Oil and gas service provider, Halliburton, has agreed to pay $18,293,557 to 1,016 employees nationwide. The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated Halliburton as part of an ongoing, multi-year compliance initiative in the oil and gas ...

September 22, 2015 

These days, cash and credit cards aren’t the necessities they once were because alternative-payment options are just a tap or two away on a mobile device through apps such as Google Wallet, Apple Pay, Square, Levelup, Kash and PayPal.

September 18, 2015 

Chance is a big proponent of testing a retirement plan to make sure it’s sound. To do it right, though, means being thorough, he says. Often, testing is based on just projected income, but that doesn’t go far enough because it doesn’t take into ...

September 18, 2015 

Pay raises for U.S. employees are expected to hold steady in 2016, according to a survey by the Towers Watson HR consulting firm. Virtually all respondents (98%) said they plan to give employees raises next year, with an average salary ...

September 17, 2015 

ZenPayroll, which has been the flagship online small business payroll system from the company of the same name, has changed its name to Gusto, the company announced on Thursday.

September 15, 2015 

According to recent research from staffing firm OfficeTeam, about one in three (35 percent) workers surveyed admitted they've had an office bully. More than one-quarter (27 percent) of human resources (HR) managers interviewed said they think ...

September 15, 2015 

The Avalara Sales Tax Compliance App provides an automated sales tax calculation and return filings compliance solution within the familiar QBO interface. It’s cloud-based and always up to date, ensuring that sales tax rate, rule and boundary ...

September 14, 2015 

There was once a time when - if the employee turned in a W-4 with more than 10 exemptions - the W-4 needed to be sent to the federal government for verification. This requirement no longer exists, except for California state withholdings.

James Paille

September 14, 2015 

This special report summarizes that guidance and suggests ways that same-sex couples can benefit from these changes in the areas of federal and state income taxes; qualified retirement plans; social security and estate, trust and gift taxes.

September 10, 2015 

One year after reporting that private U.S. software companies saw the largest revenue gains since the recession of 2008, the 2015 Software & SaaS Industry and Benchmarking Report shows even greater acceleration in topline growth.