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Payroll update: Student loans, free tax filing, and more

BMT Office Administration

If you don’t want employees to feel the bite or, as many have predicted, the Supreme Court tanks the plan, you can amend your IRC § 127 educational assistance plan to allow you to pay back up to $5,250 a year in employees’ loans. The IRS says it can and will pilot it during next year’s filing season. Don’t be overconfident.

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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

BMT Office Administration

Setting up employee personnel files is an important part of the recordkeeping process. However, sometimes people mistakenly think of these files as a catch-all for an individual’s paperwork. Rather, understand that general personnel files serve a distinct purpose. What to include in an employee’s personnel file.

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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

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While dealing with lots of paperwork doesn’t rank as most HR professionals’ favorite task, proper recordkeeping for employee personnel files is a must for any organization. In addition, if an employee is involuntarily let go, their employee file must be kept for one year following the termination date. Why is that?

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Final regs drop mandatory e-filing threshold to 10 or more information returns

BMT Office Administration

We’ve been waiting for the IRS to release final regulations on mandatory e-filing of information returns for quite some time. 31 e-filing deadline, we made an educated guess and said it wouldn’t make the same mistake again. Options for small employers: Small employers may never have thought about e-filing.

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Employee Records: End of year review & preparing for next year

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If you aren’t part of HR or are new to the department, you may not know which employment records you need to keep on file. After all, the US Department of Labor has some stringent requirements for employee files, including some federal laws. This category can also include awards, promotion records, and education/training records.

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It’s time to review (or create) your document retention policy

BMT Office Administration

Keep copies of your filed tax returns permanently. Each employer shall preserve for at least three years payroll records, collective bargaining agreements, sales and purchase records. If you have employees, you must keep all employment tax records for at least 4 years after the date the tax becomes due or is paid, whichever is later.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

Tools of the Trade Familiarize them with the essential programs and platforms used by the company (project management, file management, internal communications, virtual meeting platforms, etc.), Human Resources Information Benefits and Compensation: Detailed information on employee benefits, compensation structure, and payroll schedule.