California Payroll Report articles

Recent articles from California Payroll Report

Outsourcing may not free companies from payroll responsibilities.(employment regulations)
January 21, 2007... Outsourcing comes in many forms and names--independent contractors, temp agencies, staffing firms, referral agencies, just to name a few. But whatever the case, one of the biggest benefits of outsourcing is that it relieves companies of their payroll obligations for employment taxes,...

How to effectively manage payroll for internationally based employees.
January 21, 2007... Your company will soon be assigning employees to overseas offices. What do you need to know to effectively--and legally--manage these workers' pay? According to Sharon Potts, director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Human Resource Solutions (San Jose, Calif.), "from the payroll professional's...

Some of your company's employees may not be FLMA-eligible.
January 21, 2007... Your company is subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) if it employs 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year. But that's not the end of the story. As a recent federal appeals court decision...

High-tech transit passes get green light from IRS.
January 21, 2007... The IRS recently issued guidance on whether the use of "smart" cards and debit cards will qualify for the tax exclusion for employer-provided transit passes. The IRS examined four different situations and gave a thumbs up to all but one [Rev. Rul. 2006-57, 2006-47 I.R.B. 911]. The...

'Over-the-Top' EAP gets IRS approval.
January 21, 2007... Many dollar limitations spelled out in the tax law are adjusted annually for inflation--but some are not. For example, the dollar limit on the tax-free benefits an employee can receive under an employer-sponsored educational assistance program (EAP) has not changed in 20 years. The 1986 Tax...