Deciding if Flex Accounts Are Right for You

by | Jun 27, 2017 | Business Tips, General News, Payroll, Taxes

Deciding if Flex Accounts Are Right for You With our health care plans today, think Flex Accounts to help.  It’s always annoying to have a doctor or dentist visit and then have to lay out a certain amount of money for a co-pay. Not only that, but most times...

Managing Household Help

by | May 22, 2017 | Business Tips, General News, Payroll

Even if you just have someone to take care of your children, you are an employer. You don’t need a Downton Abbey-size staff to fall under IRS rules. Even if you have just one part-time employee, you should check IRS Publication 926, which explains your...

Is This Your Situation: Deciding Whether Someone Is an Employee or a Contractor

by | May 8, 2017 | Business Tips, General News, Payroll

Many companies use both employees and freelancers, and this is fine, but the IRS doesn’t treat them as interchangeable — there’s no mixing and matching. Anyone you pay is either one or the other and subject to the proper tax treatment. So which is which?...

Understanding Overtime

by | May 1, 2017 | Business Tips, General News, Payroll

In most circumstances, employers must pay overtime to nonexempt employees who work more than 40 hours a week. (In some states, overtime is more than 8 hours a day.) But not everyone qualifies for overtime pay. In most cases, the line is drawn between hourly and...