Payroll

eSmartPayroll, an IRS and state-authorized online payroll and e-file servicer for a variety of tax forms, has released W2Manager.com, a new Web site that provides W-2 reporting or electronic filing to the states as well as to the Social Security Administration for the IRS.

What do Oprah, the BP oil spill and Lindsay Lohan all have to do with each other? Could it be W-2 and 1099 forms?

The start of the New Year ushers in a series of new regulatory, compliance and legislative changes that could potentially affect every small business.

The Internal Revenue Service released instructions Friday to help employers implement the 2011 cut in payroll taxes that were included as part of the tax cut legislation passed by Congress late Thursday night, along with new income-tax withholding tables that employers will use during 2011 (see House Passes Extension of Bush Tax Cuts and Unemployment Benefits).

Approximately 13.4 million taxpayers who received the Making Work Pay Credit that was included in the economic stimulus bill may end up owing taxes, according to a new government report.

Former President Bill Clinton stood alongside President Barack Obama at a news conference and endorsed Obama’s deal with congressional Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc. has acquired online payroll processor SurePayroll for an undisclosed amount.

CBIZ found a 0.44 percent decrease in its Small Business Employment Index in November, after posting an increase of 0.73 percent in October.

The U.S. economy gained only about 39,000 jobs in November, far fewer than expected, sending the unemployment rate up two-tenths of a percentage point to 9.8 percent, and putting more pressure on Congress to pass an extension in federal unemployment benefits.

Small business employment continued to show growth in November, according to a payroll report by Intuit, although wages were down and hours worked remained flat.

Employment in the private sector rose by 93,000 from October to November on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to ADP’s National Employment Report, released Wednesday.

Paychex, a provider of payroll, human resources and benefits outsourcing services for the small and midsized business markets, elevated company veteran Neil Rohrer to the post of vice president of core payroll services in the Eastern U.S.

ADP has acquired MasterTax LLC and MasterTax Services, expanding the payroll giant’s array of payroll tax and compliance services.

The growth rate for small business employment continued rising in September, but at a slower rate than in August.

IBM and ADP have joined forces to expand the availability of ADP TaxServices tax and compliance software to more types of businesses.

The Senate debated a bill on Monday that would give companies a two-year holiday from their share of Social Security payroll withholding for each employee they hire to replace a worker at a foreign-based facility.

Upticks in payroll and human resources revenue helped payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc., post a 7 percent rise in first-quarter profits to $132 million, versus the results of last year’s first quarter for the period ended August 31.

Depending on their point of view, payroll is either the best thing to happen to a CPA firm or the bane of their existence. But no matter what side of the fence CPAs are on, they have plenty of options to use or refer a payroll service.

The National Federation of Independent Business has selected CompuPay as its preferred payroll provider.

The Labor Department reported Friday that non-farm payroll employment fell by 54,000 in August, largely because of government layoffs, including 114,000 temporary workers hired for the census being laid off, along with state and local government workers.