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Stay on track with this payroll compliance checklist

BMT Office Administration

Payroll compliance is no small task. Everyone knows that executing payroll accurately and on time is important, after all everyone wants to get paid for their world. However, there is also a lot more that goes into proper payroll processing including a large number of compliance functions and concerns.

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Benefits of outsourcing HR for small businesses

BMT Office Administration

Most small businesses focus on their product/service team and sales staff in the early years, but someone still needs to run payroll and handle onboarding for new hires. This includes things like payroll administration, employee benefits , HR compliance, and talent acquisition. How does HR Outsourcing work for small businesses?

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Is it ever ethical to disclose tax information, and to whom?

BMT Office Administration

Lawyers have a code of ethics running to booklet form and so do doctors (a one-pager) and accountants. The American Payroll Association’s code of ethics includes eight points, but let’s stick to three of them: To strive for perfect compliance, accuracy, and timeliness of all payroll activities. No, according to the IRS.

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From the Archives: The Ultimate Cost of Penny-Pinching

Success

I know a rich man who has become such a slave to the habit of economizing, formed when he was trying to get a start in the world, that he has not been able to break away from it. Trying to cut the payroll down to the lowest possible dollar has ruined many a concern. Good Quality Is the First Requisite.

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What Is The Impact Of Hybrid Working On Space Optimization?

Allwork

This, of course, has an impact on how much office space is actively required. After all, commercial real estate is, on average, the second-highest expense for most businesses, only surpassed by payroll. With the war for talent raging on, not offering some form of flexibility can prove detrimental to a company’s recruitment prospects.

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8 tips for completing your first-quarter 941

BMT Office Administration

Your first-quarter Form 941 is due Monday, May 2. So you have two more days to ensure your form is correct (yay!). But of course, those two days fall on the weekend (boo!). Ensure the EIN you enter on the form exactly matches the EIN the IRS assigned to your business. Mail or email your form on time.

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Rocky tax season could lead to slow refunds for employees

BMT Office Administration

The cause, of course, is the pandemic, plus comically tragic underfunding for well over a decade. 2021 Form 1040 tax filing stats so far. What’s up with Forms 941? million unprocessed Forms 941 and 360,000 unprocessed Forms 941-X, some of which it can’t process until the related 941s are processed.

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