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Foundations of Payroll
This course is an important first step in payroll education that covers the basic procedures, processes, and terminology defining the daily workload of the beginning payroll practitioner. It provides a thorough overview of the laws and regulations that affect payroll.
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Payroll Practice Essentials
Acquire the payroll knowledge, skills, and abilities required to produce accurate paychecks and 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 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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IRS Waives Penalty for Some Taxpayers Who Underwithheld in 2018
The IRS announced it will waive the estimated tax penalty for some taxpayers whose 2018 federal income tax withholding and estimated tax payments fell short of their total tax liability for the year [IR-2019-03, 1-16-19; Notice 2019-11, 1-16-19].
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Montana’s New Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate
New Form MW-4, Montana Employee’s Withholding Allowance and Exemption Certificate, is available from the Montana Department of Revenue. Due to federal tax reform, several states are creating new state-specific employee withholding allowance certificates or updating existing forms.
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Fiserv to Buy First Data in $22 Billion Stock Deal
Fiserv, a U.S. financial technology provider, announced it will buy payment processor First Data in a $22-billion all-stock transaction, making it one of the largest acquisitions in the financial technology sector. The transaction, according to the company, unites the two premier companies to create one of the world’s leading payments and financial technology providers.
Read Article: Fiserv to Buy First Data in $22 Billion Stock Deal
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Compliance – Hot Topics
Find out what compliance topics payroll professionals are focusing
on this year.
JANUARY 2019
Compliance TV
In this edition:
- IRS releases important 2019 publications
- APA, IRS work together on TCJA-related publication
- Ohio accepts cryptocurrency for withholding taxes
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