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How to Terminate an Employee Properly

How to Terminate an Employee Properly Have you ever wondered what the best practices to terminate an employee properly are? Well, having to terminate an employee is the lowest of...

General Business

Can I take a loan from my 401k?

Can I take a loan from my 401k? Feel like you’re at the corner of “can I take a loan from my 401k?” and “will I hurt my retirement savings...

Payroll Processing

Nonprofit payroll requirements: Best Practices

Nonprofit payroll requirements: Best Practices Easily the biggest challenge of running a nonprofit is trying to do more with less, to make limited resources stretch further. Following all the nonprofit...

Payroll Processing

Best method to pay employees

Best method to pay employees Have you ever wondered which is the best method to pay employees? Well, it’s a typical Thursday afternoon at the office. You’ve reached the last...

Human Resources

Work Life Balance: A New Perspective

Work Life Balance: A New Perspective Reading the comments in the business press, finding the elusive Work Life Balance seems less likely than catching Bigfoot singing Elvis Presley songs at...

General Business

Five reasons to contribute to an IRA today

Five reasons to contribute to an IRA today The clock is ticking. Every year, you have until the tax filing deadline to take contribute to an IRA. Individual retirement accounts...

Payroll Processing

How often should I pay my employees?

How often should I pay my employees? How often should I pay my employees? What kind of schedule is easy and convenient for my employees and myself the employer? There’s a...

General Business

How to find a great bookkeeper for a small business

How to find a great bookkeeper for a small business So you made the decisions to step out into the marketplace and put up a sign that reads “Open for...

General Business

16 top triggers for an IRS audit

16 top triggers for an IRS audit Have you ever wondered what the top triggers for an IRS audit are? Well, now that the season for giving is nearly over,...

Payroll Processing

How much does payroll cost?

How much does payroll cost? During initial conversations with prospective clients this question comes up more often than not: “So, how much does payroll cost?” Many payroll bureaus do not...

General Business

Eight tips on how to talk about money with kids

Eight tips on how to talk about money with kids Successful families talk about finances. Passing traditions, values and beliefs onto the next generation isn’t happenstance. The older generation must...

General Business

Major Tax Breaks for Homeowners Have you ever wondered what the major tax breaks for homeowners are? If you recently bought a house, you might have found yourself paying a...

General Business

11 Tax Deduction Tips that Can Save you Hundreds

11 Tax Deduction Tips that Can Save You Hundreds (Part 2) Are you missing out on some serious tax deductions? It might surprise you that the most overlooked tax deductions can...

News and updates

California Law Updates and California Minimum Wage Updates (2021)

California Law Updates and California Minimum Wage Updates (2021) Several new or amended employment laws take effect in California on January 1, 2021, including mandatory child abuse reporting, expanded crime...

News and updates

Explanation of the Changes to The Employee Retention Tax Credit in The New COVID Relief Bill

Explanation of the Changes to The Employee Retention Tax Credit in The New COVID Relief Bill The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) of 2020 has been extended to 2021. This article...

Payroll Processing

How to read your W-2 Form

How to read your W-2 Form This is a guide on how to read your W-2 form. Preparing W-2 forms for filing with the Social Security Administration can be tricky....

News and updates

Federal Stimulus Package and the New PPP Changes

Federal Stimulus Package and the New PPP Changes News of a Federal Stimulus Package and changes to the PPP is now official, offering some new financial relief tools to business,...

News and updates

FFCRA Sick Leave Rules Changes

Tax Credit Extension for Paid Sick Leave In the new $900B COVID Relief Bill, Tax Credits for Emergency Paid Sick Leave and EFMLA will be extended to March 31, 2021....

News and updates

California Stimulus Package Details

California Stimulus Package Details The California stimulus package to help struggling businesses in the state has been launched by Governor Newsom. It includes the California Rebuilding Fund, California Hiring Credit,...

Payroll Processing

The Major Challenges Facing Cannabis Payroll Tax Reporting

The Major Challenges Facing Cannabis Payroll Tax Reporting And What Business Owners Can Do About It This guide gives an overview of the problems affecting cannabis payroll tax reporting. At...