Orange County Chapter, American Payroll Association
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A long-time employee turns in his resignation and mentions the 200 hours of unused vacation time he has coming. How much, if any, of that vacation time are you required to pay? Another employee is fired a day after the annual bonuses are announced.
“America Works Because We’re Working for America.®” The money that payroll professionals collect from employees’ paychecks through the payroll withholding system is vital to the funding of important government programs that keep America working smoothly such as Medicare, the building of federal highways, social security, the U.S. military, and much more.
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The IRS is allowing employers to extend the claim period for flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) and dependent care assistance programs and also allowing employees to make mid-year changes to §125 cafeteria plans [IR-2020-95, 5-12-20]. The changes may be applied retroactively to January 1, 2020. This guidance is due to COVID-19.
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The IRS released guidance on how employers must report the amount of emergency sick leave wages and expanded family leave wages (together, qualified leave) paid to employees under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) between April 1 and December 31, 2020 [Notice 2020-54, 7-8-20].
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-54, which requires employers to separately report Qualified Sick Leave Wages and Qualified Family Leave Wages paid under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act[1](FFCRA) on 2020 Forms W-2, Box 14, or on a separate statement.
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The IRS released a revised Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, and its instructions to be used beginning with the second quarter of 2020 (due July 31, 2020). The form has been updated to accommodate reporting of COVID-19-related employment tax credits and other relief.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a temporary rule to implement the emergency paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave requirements included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) [85 F.R. 19326, 4-6-20]. The rule is effective April 1, 2020, until December 31, 2020.
Read more » On April 3, the IRS added a note to the Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, and its instructions to provide guidance to employers that will claim the employee retention credit.
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The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) issued a Dear Colleague Letter stating that noncustodial parents who receive stimulus payments under the CARES Act may have the checks offset by past due child support payments [DCL-20-02, 4-13-20].
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The Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund reports each year on the financial condition of the social security program. The 2020 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, issued on April 22, includes both short- and long-term projections about the social security system.
Read more » At the end of April, the IRS issued drafts of the 2020 Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, and its instructions to be used beginning with the second quarter return (April 1 to June 30) that must be filed by July 31.
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On March 27, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law [Pub. L. 116-136]. The economic stimulus legislation contains many payroll provisions.
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