The U.S. Department of Labor released inflation adjustments to the civil penalties for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The IRS released the 2020 Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods, which describes how to figure withholding.

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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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See the list of winners from the 2019 National Payroll Week Contests!

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