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Payroll management, processing, and compliance for businesses of all sizes
Signing bonuses are IRS supplemental wages: withhold 22%, apply FICA in full, and sign the clawback before you pay — same-year repayments unwind cleanly.
IRS Section 7503 moves any tax deadline landing on a weekend or D.C. holiday to the next business day — but state dates and EFTPS cutoffs don't always follow.
Farm crew suppliers need a DOL Certificate of Registration before recruiting workers — plus housing and transport authorizations most new FLCs miss.
IRS Notice 2026-60 lifts high-low per diem to $329 high-cost and $230 elsewhere from Oct 1, 2026; meal rates stay $86/$74. Update your accountable plan now.
Paying a foreign contractor for U.S.-performed work means 30% IRS withholding unless a treaty applies; fully remote work needs only a W-8BEN on file.
IRS SIFL rules value personal flights on company jets at cents per mile, not charter cost — H2 2026 rates, control-employee multiples, W-2 reporting.
A tubing hill earns its year in about 70 days. Track revenue per session-slot, hold a weather reserve, and book deposits and gift cards as liabilities.
Under the FLSA, day-rate and piece-rate workers still earn overtime: divide weekly pay by hours worked, then add a half-time premium for each hour over 40.
Form 4180 is the IRS interview deciding whether unpaid payroll taxes become your personal debt under Section 6672 — bring records, answer briefly, get counsel.
The IRS allows a flat 22% withholding on separately paid bonuses, but FICA adds 7.65% and cash gifts are always wages. Gross-up math and a year-end checklist.
Home care agencies pay caregivers weekly but wait 30–90 days on Medicaid claims. Close the gap: DSO under 50, a 13-week forecast, 2–3 months' payroll reserve.
US termination checklist: meet your state's final-pay deadline, send COBRA notices within 44 days, get OWBPA releases right and collect property same day.
