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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/22/irs-security-summit-to-offer-cybersecurity-guidance
The IRS’s Security Summit is preparing cybersecurity scenarios for the payroll industry that includes guidance on data protection and authentication. The summit is a coalition of the IRS and...
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/21/compliance-tv-irs-announces-business-standard-mileage-rate-releases-publication-15-t
In this January 2020 edition of Compliance TV: the IRS announces business standard mileage rate and releases Publication 15-T; more states react to the new Form W-4; and APA unveils its 2020...
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/17/irs-creates-gig-economy-tax-center-resource
The IRS created a new webpage, the Gig Economy Tax Center, to help workers and businesses find information on the gig economy.
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/16/california-launches-new-employment-status-portal
California A.B. 5 has made big changes to the state’s worker classification requirements. The state has launched the Employment Status Portal to provide information for workers and employers on the...
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/14/payroll-currently-provides-payroll-professionals-with-knowledge
2020 launches a new year of Payroll Currently, a monthly electronic newsletter exclusively for APA members. Now in its 28th year of publication, Payroll Currently contains timely and accurate...
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/09/state-electronic-magnetic-media-w-2-reporting-deadlines-are-approaching
Most states require Forms W-2 to be filed with their tax departments electronically or on magnetic media by January 31, 2020 – 36 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The due dates are in...
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/02/irs-releases-2020-publication-15-t
The IRS released the 2020 Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods, which describes how to figure withholding.
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/02/business-standard-mileage-rate-decreases-to-57.5-cents-in-2020
The IRS announced that the business standard mileage rate for transportation expenses paid or incurred beginning January 1, 2020, will be 57.5 cents per mile.
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2020/01/02/national-payroll-week-chapter-contest-winners-announced
See the list of winners from the 2019 National Payroll Week Contests!
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https://www.americanpayroll.org/news-resources/apa-news/news-detail/2019/12/24/congress-repeals-transportation-fringe-benefit-ubit-on-tax-exempt-employers
In the December 2019 spending package, Congress repealed Internal Revenue Code §512(a)(7) striking the unrelated business income tax (UBIT) that tax-exempt employers, like APA, pay on certain...
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