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IRS update: digital communication and payroll

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It’s more challenging with business and payroll returns, because of the power of attorney; the IRS is beginning a POA initiative, he added. Zoom in for the payroll picture The IRS calls withholding voluntary, although your employees may beg to differ. Payroll is compliance-oriented; there’s very little wiggle room to be creative.

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Upcoming regulatory initiatives and their impact on payroll

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the American Payroll Association’s director of government relations. Speaking at the American Payroll Association’s 40th Annual Congress this week in Las Vegas, Jacobson, Robert Wagner, Esq., and Mike Linehan caught attendees up on today’s hot payroll -related regulatory issues. This keeps Payroll in the loop.

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5 things you should do now to prepare for year-end payroll reporting

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However, Payroll teams are busy preparing for a different season — year-end reporting. While this may be the most stressful time of the year, good preparation can smooth out a lot of the kinks. So what can you start doing now to get ahead and reduce the stress when prime time arrives? Reach out to employees if SSNs are missing.

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5 Positive Practices to Reduce Stress in a Team

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Hiring and managing employees, payroll, and quality control, to name a few. All these – in themselves – may not be stressful, but collectively, they can be hard on executives – and tough on their teams. Want to help alleviate stress among your team? Executives juggle many things when running a business. How does this happen?

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HR Professionals Are Burned Out. Can A.I. Help?

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Human resources workers are under a considerable degree of stress as a result of these increased demands. Can artificial intelligence help human resources careers become a less stressful in the future of work? . How can artificial intelligence help with human resources tasks .

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AT&T Extended Its Remote Work Policy, But Some Employees Are Still Being Forced Back

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The extension agreement allows us to go back to working from home in a crisis—but we know of call centers and payroll departments that have had outbreaks, and they are not going back to working from home there,” said Kieran Knutson, an AT&T call center worker and leader of the CWA’s Minneapolis chapter. . “If

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Way Beyond The 9-to-5: Could A 70-Hour Workweek Ever Be A Good Thing?

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In sectors known for their high-stress environments, like finance and technology startups, it’s not uncommon for employees to work between 60 and 100 hours per week. While a creative solution, Murthy’s call for a 70-hour workweek will likely result in nothing but declining task-completion returns on a ballooning payroll budget.”

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