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Preparing for Year-End and 2019 Live Webinar
This webinar addresses the complex compliance issues of year-end, including the latest changes in legislation and regulations that affect the close of one year and the beginning of the next.
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Government Preparing for Year-End and 2019 – Webinar on Demand
Addressing complex issues of year-end payroll processing for government/public sector employers, this seminar provides the latest legislative and regulatory developments to ensure an error-free year-end payroll closing.
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Payroll Source Plus
Payroll Source Plus is an online, subscription-based payroll reference library, providing you with the federal and state laws, regulations, and information to keep your company's payroll operations in compliance.
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Free Member Publications
Association members enjoy exclusive access to several free ebooks each year from the American Payroll Association.
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Virgin Islands Faces FUTA Credit Reduction for 2018
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Virgin Islands could not pay its federal loans by the November 10, 2018, deadline and will lose the full Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) credit for 2018. It will have a credit reduction of 2.4% for 2018. The 2018 Schedule A (Form 940) will contain the official list of credit reduction states/territories.
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IRS Announces 2019 COLAs for Transportation Fringes, FSA Deferrals, and More
On November 15, the IRS released inflation-adjusted tables for 2019 reflecting any increases in the flexible spending arrangements deferral limit and excludable transportation fringes, among other changes. These are commonly referred to as cost of living adjustments (COLAs) [Rev. Proc. 2018-57, 11-15-18].
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DOL Issues Four Opinion Letters on FLSA Topics
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division issued four new opinion letters that address compliance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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Compliance – Hot Topics
Find out what compliance topics payroll professionals are focusing
on this year.
NOVEMBER 2018
Compliance TV
In this edition:
- States release UI taxable wage bases for 2019
- New draft of the 2018 Form W-4 has few changes
- IRS will continue W-2 verification code program for 2019
