Orange County Chapter, American Payroll Association
The CPP is an advanced credential for those with payroll knowledge and experience.
Certification Exam Application
A Certified Payroll Professional candidate must complete an application to take the CPP exam. The APA’s Certification Department must approve the application before the candidate can register for the exam. The APA’s CPP Committee reserves the right to audit applications to verify applicant eligibility.
Unfortunately we do not have a speaker for our October Chapter meeting. Our November meeting will be held Thursday, November 15 @ 3:00 pm– 5:00 pm at Care Ambulance. Please check back again to see our Events Page and Calendar.
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Speaker: Attorney Nikki Jacobson – Workers’ Compensation & Immigration Lawyers
Details: Immigration Law Update: What Every Employer Should Know – I9s, Prevailing Wages, H1b Visa
Registration is now open for the California Payroll Conference – Falling for Payroll. Join us October 24th through 26th at the Hyatt Regency Spa and Golf Course, in picturesque Monterey, CA. This year’s three-day conference will have exciting new topics covering critical payroll statutory updates, hot new trends in payroll best practices, and the ever evolving world of global payroll.
APA’s Preparing for Year-End and 2019, will address the complex compliance issues of year-end, as well as the latest Tax Reform changes that will affect the closing of 2018 and the beginning of 2019.
• Learn how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will impact your organization
• Find out how the 2019 Form W-4 will impact payroll professionals
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Speaker: Leisa Reid is a Professional Speaker & Author who presents to thousands of people. After 20+ years of Management, Sales and Executive Leadership, Leisa joined Productive Learning, a personal development company specializing in helping people close the gap between what they have and what they truly desire.
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Speaker: Jim Hart, Littler
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Employers in the California counties of Lake, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Shasta, and Siskiyou directly affected by recent fires and those in San Bernardino County directly affected by a recent storm may request up to a 60-day extension of time from the California Employment Development Department (EDD) to file state payroll reports and/or deposit state payroll taxes without penalty or interest.
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On April 26, the IRS announced transition relief for employers that sponsored Health Savings Account (HSA) qualified plans for their employees in 2018. The maximum HSA contribution limit for individuals with a family high-deductible health plan (HDHP) remains at the original 2018 level of $6,900 instead of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) level of $6,850 [Rev. Proc. 2018-27].
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On July 5, during the IRS’s payroll industry call, Scott Pederson, a Program Analyst in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of Electronic Services and Technology, provided an overview of some of the changes that SSA has made to its Business Services Online (BSO) suite of services for the 2019 filing season.
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As of August 31, 2018, employers should be using only the revised version of the standard child support withholding order, Income Withholding for Support(IWO), with an expiration date of August 31, 2020. The form is required to be used in all child support cases.
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APA’s July 2018 edition of Compliance TV covers the IRS’s release of a draft of the 2019 Form W-4, news on a potential increase on E-filing returns, and the announcement that New Jersey will now require paid sick leave.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has updated its list of potential FUTA credit reduction states for 2018. While California and the Virgin Islands are both listed, the Virgin Islands might be the only state/territory subject to a FUTA credit reduction for 2018.
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Employees who travel outside of their states of residence for business purposes are potentially subject to filing an income tax return in every other state into which they traveled, even if they were there for only one day.
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The CaliforniaSupreme Court determined that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) de minimisdoctrine does not apply to claims for unpaid wages under California’s wage and hour statutes or regulations, including Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders.
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On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed H.R. 1, also known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), into law (Pub. L. 115-97). The TJCA, which marks the most sweeping tax changes in 30 years, will impact payroll professionals in 2018 and beyond. Most of the changes in the TJCA took effect January 1, 2018, and will remain in effect through 2025.
Read more » The IRS has announced changes to some of the previously announced 2018 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) [Rev. Proc. 2018-18, 2018-10 IRB 392]. The new COLA amounts reflect tax law changes created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs.
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The OCCAPA is an Autonomous and Independent Chapter of the American Payroll Association.
