Payroll taxes

Small businesses that don't qualify for a payroll tax break are still receiving it, despite the IRS's efforts to stop them, according to a new report.

When business clients no longer need employer tax accounts, they need to close those accounts properly so they are no longer responsible for them.

A group backed by financier Michael Sacks has started funding ads against Chicago's plan to bring back a tax on large corporate payrolls.

The so-called head tax would levy $21 per employee per month on companies with at least 100 workers, to raise $100 million for community-safety programs.

Approximately 10,000 employers never paid the Social Security taxes they have deferred ever since the 2020 pandemic, according to a new report.

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Mehmet Oz, Trump's nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have "significantly" underpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes.

Critics warn that the measure comes at the cost of pushing the fund further toward insolvency.

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If you have clients with employees in more than one state, they must pay attention to the payroll-related rules and tax responsibilities in the states where those staff live and work.

The Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigators have been on the lookout for tax evasion by businesses that don't pay employment taxes.

A CPA's embezzlement turns out to be no excuse for trust fund recovery penalties.

More than anything else, that may prove a decisive element in ending the partisan standoff.

His plan has little chance of becoming law, but the proposal is an important signpost for negotiations over government spending.

The bill would provide tax relief to businesses that applied for the SBA's Restaurant Revitalization Fund, but didn't receive a grant because the program ran out of money.

Many businesses have team members across state lines, and you may have clients with remote employees in other states. Payroll can get confusing and tricky in those situations!

The research and development tax credit for startup businesses is going from $250,000 to $500,000 per year.

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The new law requires digital apps and online marketplaces to send a tax form to both the IRS and a recipient who receives $600 or more a year in online payments.

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