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San Francisco’s New Local Tax Effective in 2022
Effective January 1, 2022, certain businesses subject to the San Francisco Administrative Office Tax must pay an additional annual Overpaid Executive Tax of 0.4% to 2.4% on their payroll expense in San Francisco. The first payment will not be due until 2023.
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IRS Issues Federal ‘High-Low’ Per Diem Rates Effective October 1
The IRS has released the optional “high-low” per diem rates for lodging expenses and meals and incidental expenses that may be used instead of the General Services Administration’s “actual” per diem rates for travel to locations within the continental U.S.
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IRS Releases Revised Form 941-X, Instructions
The IRS released a revised Form 941-X, Adjusted Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return or Claim for Refund, and its instructions to account for changes under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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Compliance – Hot Topics
Find out what compliance topics payroll professionals are focusing
on this year.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Compliance TV
In this edition:
- ACA Affordability Percentage Decreases to 9.61% for 2022
- Department of Education Extends Federal Student Loan Relief
- IRS Posts Draft of Form 941-X Instructions
- Federal Per Diem Rates Updated for Fiscal Year 2022
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Payroll Practice Essentials
Acquire the payroll knowledge, skills, and abilities required to ensure payroll compliance. This course teaches fundamental pay calculations through hands-on exercises, then moves on to more complex concepts and calculations.
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Payroll 201: Payroll Administration Certificate Program
Get intensive training on complex payroll functions and regulations. Explore issues such as how the payroll function impacts other departments, as well as more complicated legal issues like benefits taxation and third-party sick pay reporting.
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Federal Payroll Tax Laws & Regulations
This product contains the exact language of payroll-related sections of the Internal Revenue Code and corresponding IRS Regulations. Included are final regulations removing automatic time extensions for filing information returns on Forms W-2 and more.
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Federal Payroll Non-Tax Laws & Regulations
This product contains the exact language of the payroll-related sections of federal non-tax laws and regulations from the United States Code and the Code of Federal Regulations. It is a perfect companion to Federal Payroll Tax Laws & Regulations.
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