Payroll Taxes

According to a new report by the agency that oversees the nation's taxing authority, records at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) indicate that while the majority of tax-exempt organizations are in compliance with all of their obligations, those that do not often are significantly delinquent on payroll taxes.

When you’re running a business and someone works for you or provides a service, you pay them. That’s easy. What isn’t always so easy is determining how you should treat those payments. Before you enter into a business relationship, it’s important to establish the type of relationship – is this person providing services as an independent contractor or an employee?

Paycom, which makes cloud-based payroll and human resources systems, has added a new Push Reporting feature to its payroll system. The feature is meant to increase the quality, speed and efficiency in which human resource executives can populate, produce and analyze employee data generated reports.

The IRS recently released new tax forms for Tax Year 2014, for which individuals will file by April 15, 2015.

After reducing its initial public offering price to $15 per share, Paycom Software Inc. made its trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, opening at $17.90 per share and closing at $15.35.

In January this year, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc. The outcome of this case will clarify the taxable treatment of certain severance payments under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA).

Someone just asked TaxMama if there is a way to get her father’s earnings information from back in 1977-78. She needs it because his income in those years is not on his Social Security record.

The Supreme Court's rejection of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was big news in 2013. And in 2014, it has big payroll tax implications for employers who offer cafeteria benefits to same-sex spouses.