Tell your A/P staff to be ready. Starting this November, the Service is planning the first of the 6,000 random employment tax audits that it will perform over the next three years. (more…)
Payroll
Payroll processing costs eating away at your budget? Take a look at what top-performing payroll departments are doing differently -- and make any necessary adjustments. (more…)
More employers are using total comp statements to show their staffers that they're getting much more than their salaries. But this can easily backfire. (more…)
You probably get pretty aggravated when you spot an error on your company’s bank statement. But we bet whatever you found wasn’t this big. (more…)
Our next president will have to deal with the economic crisis immediately. Here’s what his proposed stimulus plan would mean for your company — if it gets approved by Congress. President-elect Obama’s proposed stimulus package has several benefits in store…
File it under "seemed like a good idea at the time" -- in an attempt to save money a company reclassifies existing workers as independent contractors or starts hiring more ICs. Could save you a bundle ... or cost you…
The aim of the stimulus package was to find more work for people. You probably didn't think that meant more work for your own staffers! (more…)
Negotiation is a tactic every Finance chief employs. But renegotiation may be the key to real savings. (more…)
Convincing the holdouts isn't easy. Here are a few road-tested ideas you might not have tried. (more…)
Better huddle together with HR to make sure you've got all bases covered when it comes to the recently passed Ledbetter Act. (more…)
One of the critiques of third party payroll providers: not enough detail in reports. But don't bring everything in-house just yet. (more…)
As if your departments didn't have enough to do before Dec. 31, IRS has issued a slew of updates for the new year. No worries -- you'll find them all here. (more…)
