Payroll

May 19, 2016 

The release of new revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act's ("FLSA") dramatically changes the prerequisites for treating an employee as exempt under the FLSA's "highly-compensated" exemption.

May 19, 2016 

Paille has been a member of the APA since it was founded in 1982 and served on its board of directors for the past 11 years. He brings to the position a wealth of knowledge from an accounting and finance career that spans 40 years.

May 19, 2016 

Millennials are now the largest generation of working-age adults in the country, even though their Boomer and X counterparts still take an occasional jab at how the "internet generation" has always had it so easy or is, perhaps, a little out of touch ...

May 18, 2016 

The U.S. Department of Labor has finalized sweeping changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rules, extending protections to millions U.S. workers.

May 17, 2016 

It has been said that the worst problems are the ones you don’t see coming, and there is a significant problem brewing in D.C. that too few people seem to be paying attention to. At President’s Obama’s urging, the Department of Labor is amending ...

May 10, 2016 

BenefitMall’s payroll services for the clients of our CPA and accounting partners can be customized to your desired level of involvement. Simple referral relationship – This approach is preferable to many accounting professionals who have clients who process their own payroll and would benefit from outsourcing. The simple referral relationship with BenefitMall also gives you the...…

May 6, 2016 

The Internal Revenue Service has released temporary and proposed regulations implementing a new voluntary certification program for professional employer organizations (PEOs).

May 6, 2016 

One of the issues that often causes a high degree of client confusion is whether or not a withdrawal from their IRA account will be taxable, and if so, to what extent.

May 6, 2016 

June 30, 2016 is the deadline to electronically file forms 1094s and 1095s for 2015. All applicable large employers (ALE—businesses who employ 50 or more full-time employees or full-time equivalents) received increased ...

May 4, 2016 

Despite the years that have passed since the financial crisis known as the Great Recession, many retirees are still feeling its aftereffects. A new survey from the nonprofit Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) finds that only 45 percent of retirees say that they have either fully financially recovered or were not impacted. Thirty-five percent...…

May 4, 2016 

Employers have dramatically increased their use of social media when looking at potential job candidates, and the trend is growing, according to a new survey by job website CareerBuilder.

May 2, 2016 

According to a recent study from Fifth Third Bank, one in four Americans are debt-free.87 percent of survey respondents know APR is an acronym for annual percentage rate, a key element in loans and credit decisions. 74 percent recognize DTI as the ...