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Benefits of outsourcing HR for small businesses

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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.

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5 SOP examples for your business

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While every employee brings their own special talents and perspectives to their job roles, things can get disorganized when everyone is taking a different approach to completing your company’s core business processes. SOPs are an excellent tool for small business owners looking to take their business process management to the next level.

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Sorting out taxes and reporting for a deceased employee

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While fortunately a rare circumstance, dealing with payroll for a recently deceased employee can be tricky. Hopefully this isn’t an issue that comes up for your payroll department often, but it’s important to know what to do, and get it right, in the event that it does happen. What pay is taxable?

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1099 vs W-2: The difference between employees and contractors

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Forms such as IRS Form W-2 and IRS Form 1099 need to be sent out by the end of January. Both forms provide end-of-year compensation information that employees and contractors need for tax purposes. A W-2 is a tax form that businesses send to their employees as well as the government. What is a W-2? What is a 1099?

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

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That’s not even mentioning all the paperwork involved in the onboarding process, such as employee handbooks , contact information, and direct deposit/banking information — just to name a few. Besides the EEOC, the IRS also has requirements for employee documents, including which forms you need to have for each employee, such as W-4s.

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

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These documents include payroll records, time cards, pay rate information, and anything else related to payment. These types of documents include exit interview forms, final performance reviews , termination letters , and benefits information. You’re legally required to hold on to these forms, so don’t throw them out.

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Ensuring payroll compliance in 2024: What’s new?

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Maintaining payroll compliance is a must for accounting departments, but it’s often easier said than done. That’s especially true whenever new changes come about, and 2023 was a year rife with new payroll regulations, trends, and initiatives. From the implementation of SECURE 2.0 From the implementation of SECURE 2.0

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