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Payroll Pulse: AI, the Payroll Ledger, and the Real Meaning of ‘Touchless Payroll’
Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly into payroll systems, often marketed as the next step toward “touchless” processing.
December 16, 2013
What’s the Most Productive Day of the Week for U.S. Workers?
When do you or your employees get the most work done? If your business is like most in the U.S., its definitely not on Friday... or even Thursday.
December 12, 2013
Understanding Long-Term Disability Benefits
As a lawyer who has represented businesses and professionals in the claims and litigation process of long-term disability insurance benefits for more than 20 years--and a business owner myself--I have learned the importance of long-term disability insurance, as well as the importance of having the right package of long-term disability insurance benefits.
December 12, 2013
The Tax & Withholding Implications of Hiring Foreign Nationals
Having to run payroll for foreign nationals seems like a remote possibility for most payroll service providers. And it's true that only 14% of Thomson Reuters tax and accounting software users who process payroll reported paying foreign nationals in a recent survey.
December 11, 2013
Five Tax Tips for Small Business Owners to Make Before 2014
With January only a few weeks away, business owners should already be thinking about year-end tax planning, and there are five significant tax regulations and credits they should evaluate before the New Year, according to Paychex.
December 11, 2013
Pay Gap for Women in Workplace Narrows
Young women seem closer than ever to achieving gender equality in the workplace, at least when it comes to wages, a new report from the Pew Research Center suggests. But it remains to be seen whether motherhood will slow their strides, as it did for women before them.
December 11, 2013
U.S. Jobless Rate at Lowest Level in Five Years
Employers added a solid 203,000 jobs in November, driving down the unemployment rate three-tenths of a percentage point to 7 percent, the lowest it's been since November 2008, the Labor Department said Friday.
December 9, 2013
Greatland Enhances FileTaxes.com, Includes New W-2 & 1099 Features
Enhanced W-2 and 1099 Online Reporting Tool Offers New Form Retrieval Option, TIN Truncation Support and Additional New Features
December 9, 2013
New Online Payroll Solution Offers Full Integration With GL, Accounting
Online accounting software maker Xero has announced the integration of a full payroll processing and reporting system into its cloud-based accounting platform for small and mid-sized businesses. A multi-client management version is also available for payroll professionals and other business financial consultants.
December 8, 2013
Detroit Bankruptcy Ruling Could Affect Pensions Across Nation
For 34 years, Gwendolyn Beasley worked as a clerk at the Detroit Public Library and paid a portion of her salary into a fund that would someday help pay for her pension.
December 5, 2013
Report: IRS Needs to Strengthen Controls on ACA Health Care Tax Credits
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) needs to strengthen systems development controls for the Premium Tax Credit (PTC) Project, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) concludes in a new report publicly released today.
December 4, 2013
Town To Pay Police Chief’s Salary in Bitcoins
The city commission in Vicco, Kentucky, has approved a measure on Monday to begin paying the city's police chief in a virtual currency, a move officials say is likely the first of its kind in the nation.
December 4, 2013
Latest Jobs Report Shows Strong Growth in November
U.S. companies added 215,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP National Employment report. ADP is a global provider of payroll, human resources and business services and solutions.