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2023 Key Tax Fact Sheet
Download our 2023 Key Tax Fact Sheet to ensure you’re up to date. Rates included: Social Security, Medicare and Federal ...

2022 Key Tax Fact Sheet
Download our 2022 Key Tax Fact Sheet to ensure you’re up to date. Updated to include 7-1 mileage rate. Rates ...

New Legislation Expands CARES Act Employee Retention Credit
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 signed into law on December 27, 2020, provides new relief to businesses and ...

Setting Up Vendors for 1099 Reporting in QuickBooks Desktop
New for 2020: The IRS has separated nonemployee compensation onto a new form called the 1099-NEC. If you need to ...

Year-End Reconciling: W-2, W-3 and 941 Returns
With all the payroll changes in 2020, do not forget to reconcile Form W-3 to your quarterly Forms 941. To ...

Numerous Payroll Benefits to Employers with Recent Legislation
There are several provisions from the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...

Podcast: Payroll Complexities
If you do payroll for your company or you are a payroll professional, January is always a little more stressful ...

A New Form for 2020: 1099-NEC
Beginning with the tax year 2020, a 1099-NEC must be used to report nonemployee compensation. Prior to 2020, this information ...

QuickBooks Update: December 2020
View and sign up for our latest QuickBooks Update newsletter. Headlines in this edition include the following: A New Form ...

2021 Key Tax Fact Sheet
Download our 2021 Key Tax Fact Sheet to ensure you’re up to date. Rates included: Social Security, Medicare and Federal ...