Applicable Large Employers (ALE) should be making year-end preparations to produce Forms 1095-C for their Full-time employees that qualified for employer paid health insurances in 2018. Deadlines for submitting Forms 1095-C vary depending on whether or not the paper forms are submitted or if they are submitted electronically. Employers that file 250 or more 1095-C [...]

After 25 years owning and operating a Payroll Service Bureau we have seen many tons of paper consumed. Yes, we are responsible for many trees disappearing from our landscapes. Paychecks, supporting payroll documentation, time sheets, time cards, accounting ledgers and countless other payroll administration processes traditionally have required endless amounts of paper being utilized and [...]

Employers searching for qualified workers are finding it more difficult as unemployment in the US sinks to the lowest percentages in nearly 5 decades. With fewer potential people looking for work employers find themselves in a challenging position finding qualified prospects to fill their job openings. Many have discovered that new technologies in the job [...]

On December 16, 2016 the US Department of Labor (USDOL) enacted changes to the Overtime laws. These changes increased the minimum weekly compensation for salary-exempt employees to $913.00 per week (previously $455.00 per week). Additional increases in these regulations would have been effective starting January 1, 2020. On November 22, 2016 a federal district judge [...]

  If your business has received notification of an audit from the Virginia Department of Taxation (VDT) it is not because your business has been targeted for non-compliance. Don’t panic! These are routine audits that the VDT perform randomly on all Virginia based businesses. The notification will state the time and date of the proposed [...]

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has set the 2019 Social Security taxable wage threshold to $132,900.00. The increase in the SSA Wage from 2018 is $4500.00 which equates to a potential annual tax increase of $344.25 ($4500.00 x 7.65%) for taxpayers that reach or exceed taxable wages of $132,900.00 in 2019. There continues to be [...]