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.
OCCAPA tracks memberships on a calendar year basis. Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2019
Individual: $70 Non National APA Member $60 National APA Member
$150 Corporate – National Non Member**
$40 per each additional Corporate Member – National Non Member**
$140 Corporate – National Member with Member ID #*
$30 per each additional Corporate Member – National Member with Member ID #*
When sending employees abroad on foreign assignments, employers must deal with certain logistical complexities such as reporting of housing or cost of living allowances, payrolls operating in two jurisdictions, net pay in multiple currencies, expatriate-specific tax laws, and employer-provided tax payments.
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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.
Read more » California Labor Law AB-168, which prohibits employers and its agents from inquiring salary history including benefits info from applicants went into effect January 1, 2018. Please see link below.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa…/billTextClient.xhtml…
Read more » On March 5, 2018, in a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court in Alvarado v. Dart Container Corporation of California clarified how employers must calculate the regular rate of pay for purposes of compensating an employee for overtime when the employee earns a flat sum bonus in a single pay period.
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On January 29, the IRS released Publication 15, (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide.
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The OCCAPA is an Autonomous and Independent Chapter of the American Payroll Association.
