Payroll taxes

Economic indicators increasingly point to a potential downturn.

The Trump administration is mulling the possibility of temporarily cutting Social Security and Medicare taxes as a way to spur the economy.

The Internal Revenue Service is automatically waiving the estimated tax penalty for hundreds of thousands of eligible taxpayers.

The Internal Revenue Service is replacing its old online tax withholding calculator and making it easier for taxpayers to determine how much in taxes they should withhold.

Revenue officers visited nearly 100 businesses suspected of having serious issues with employment tax compliance.

The Internal Revenue Service isn’t doing enough to flag over $74 million in potentially erroneous claims for the Excess Social Security Tax Credit, according to a new report.

Small, young companies could be eligible for up to $250,000 in payroll tax savings.

Due dates for reporting have been moved up, and worker classification remains a major problem.

For 2019, the service will just update the 2018 version of the form.

Taxpayers in New York and Connecticut still have a few potential options to avoid the hit from a new cap on state and local tax deductions, while residents of other high-tax jurisdictions may only have creative estate planning as a last resort.