Orange County Chapter, American Payroll Association
OCCAPA tracks memberships on a calendar year basis. Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2020
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
The Chapter will hold elections of Officers and Board Members in November/December every other year to be effective January 1st of the following year.
Voting: December 2, 2019 to December 6, 2019
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Audits should start early November… so that you have enough time to fix before last payroll of the year.
Please note a Wednesday date
Speaker: Lisa Hamilton, IRS. Join Lisa Hamilton, and bring your boss as we enjoy a great meeting with an informative topic and lots of door prizes! Be sure to register early to save your spot!
Speaker: Lisa Hamilton, IRS. Lisa Hamilton is a Stakeholder Liaison in the Communication & Liaison Division Business/Self Employed Division.
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This 2-part webinar will examine the significant changes to the 2020 Form W-4 and will provide answers to your questions. The class is taught by Michael O’Toole, Esq., In-House Counsel and Government Relations/Editorial Advisor for the American Payroll Association, and original author of The Payroll Source®. Courtesy of the APA.
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Please note that the OCCAPA does not hold a January meeting. The first 2020 meeting will be held Thursday, February 20, 2020. Please check back again to see our 2020 Events Page and Calendar. See you in 2020.
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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.
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…
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The OCCAPA is an Autonomous and Independent Chapter of the American Payroll Association.
