APA member Martha Pennington, Director of Payroll Operations for PEOPLEASE, will represent APA on a Louisiana task force to detect, investigate, and eliminate employee misclassification in Louisiana.

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The APA is pursuing two approaches to state filing of the new IRS Form 1099-NEC: (1) request that the IRS include the form in the Combined Federal/State Filing Program and (2) ask states about their...

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The APA is requesting that the IRS enhance its electronic communications to create capabilities for the electronic receipt of federal tax levies on employee wages and for employers to remit wage levy...

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The APA asked Congress to consider new measures to provide relief from substantial increases in unemployment insurance taxes forecast to begin in 2021.

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The SSA/IRS Reporter, Fall 2020, contains an article written by APA on the revised version of Form 8809. This form is used to request an extension of time to file some information returns, like Forms...

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The APA Government Relations Task Force offered the IRS comments on the draft 2021 Form W-4P on retirement withholding. The U.S. Department of the Treasury requested feedback from the APA.

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Through grassroots advocacy, APA was successful in impacting Georgia proposed legislation, S.B. 443, signed into law on August 5, 2020, and effective January 1, 2021.

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The APA made changes to two subcommittees within the Government Relations Task Force (GRTF) to better reflect their missions and goals.

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SSA is piloting a new version of the Business Services Online File Upload Process called the Employer Wage Reporting Journey. SSA is seeking 10 to 20 companies to use this pilot for tax year 2020...

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The American Payroll Association is pleased to announce two new participants on the IRS’s Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) representing APA and payroll professionals. They are...

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