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Where Do Your Payroll Taxes Go?

Zenefits

Today marks the start of National Payroll Week! To do our best to honor one of our favorite topics around, we want to dedicate this week to answering common payroll questions. To kick us off– have you ever wondered how the payroll taxes you deduct and match from employee’s salaries are allocated? What does it fund?

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PEO vs HRO vs ASO: Outsourcing Human Resources for Your Business

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What is HR outsourcing and how does it work? What is a PEO? PEOs provide a wide range of HR-related services, namely benefits, payroll, safety, and risk management. Here some of the benefits of a PEO model: Better State Unemployment Tax or SUTA rates. What is an ASO? What is an HRO? Image: Pexels.

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Your Unemployment Claims Questions Answered

Tandem HR

It is essential to know what your responsibilities are when validating and responding to a claim. Failing to respond to an unemployment claim promptly could result in penalties in the form of increased SUTA rates. Here’s the skinny: What is unemployment insurance? What is the claims process?

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4 Myths About HR Outsourcing

Tandem HR

Myth #4: I’ll never know what I’m paying for. Items on this statement will include the employer’s portion of insurance premiums for elected benefits, FICA, FUTA, SUTA, EPLI , and Workers’ Compensation. These fees may be calculated as a percentage of your payroll or may be a flat, per-employee fee. GET STARTED TODAY!

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Flex Benefits: Letting Your People Choose Their Perks

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Just like the name suggests, these plans allow employers and employees more flexibility than standard benefits packages– to pick and choose what they want! What’s a “Cafeteria Plan” of Benefits? What Is the Difference Between a Flex Plan and a Traditional Employee Benefits Package? There are some important differences.

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A Reference Guide to Employer Payroll Taxes for Small Businesses

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For business, payroll taxes are a constant , regardless of how your revenue ebbs and flows. Here’s what you need to know. Calculating Payroll Taxes Due. The amount of taxes withheld and due are based on payroll period and status of the employee (married or single). Form 941: Quarterly Tax Report. Federal Taxes.

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SR: 2 Pay Questions and an Unemployment Problem

Evil HR Lady

What is my next step? During the hearing, I could request by way of subpoena that they provide my time sheets and other documentation to prove that I was an employee and not an independent contractor, but I have a strong suspicion (after seeing what they have done in the past) that they will destroy those documents. Come to HR.

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