--- title: Receive Expert Advice on Preparing for Year-End and 2021 description: "Join the American Payroll Association (APA) for our upcoming virtual #PayNews chat as we discuss preparing for year-end and 2021 on Thursday, October 8 at 3 p.m. ET." image: https://www.americanpayroll.org/images/default-source/default-album/twitterchat.jpg?sfvrsn=ed931eb5_0 --- [![soc-fb](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_fb.svg "soc-fb")](https://www.facebook.com/American-Payroll-Associations-Chapter-Relations-877434285724525/) [![soc-in](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_li.svg "soc-in")](http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1051077&trk=anet_ug_grppro) [![soc-tw](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_tw.svg "soc-tw")](https://twitter.com/APAChapters?lang=en) - [Home](https://blogs.payroll.org/chapter-leaders) - [About](https://blogs.payroll.org/about) - [Connect](https://blogs.payroll.org/connect) - [Resources](https://blogs.payroll.org/resources) ![23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo.png?width=1300&name=23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo.png "23-PayNewsNow-Horiz-Logo") [![26 PayrollOrg®RGB-NoTag long](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/26%20PayrollOrg%C2%AERGB-NoTag%20long.jpg?width=1300&name=26%20PayrollOrg%C2%AERGB-NoTag%20long.jpg "26 PayrollOrg®RGB-NoTag long")](https://payroll.org/) Custom URL No Widget: By [Cynthia Crise](https://blogs.payroll.org/pay-news-now/author/cynthia-crise) on Oct 5, 2020 9:00:00 AM # Receive Expert Advice on Preparing for Year-End and 2021 Join the American Payroll Association (APA) for our upcoming virtual #PayNews chat as we discuss preparing for year-end and 2021 on Thursday, **October 8** at **3 p.m. ET.** The hour-long discussion will be hosted by Jim Medlock, CPP, and Karen Salemi, CPP. They will share their insights with you on the following questions: 1. What will be the most significant change to your 2020 year-end checklist from 2019 and why? 2. When and how do you kick-off your year-end process? 3. What other departments are you including as part of the year-end process? 4. What changes will the COVID-19 legislation and Presidential Memorandum on employee social security tax deferral caused to your year-end plan? 5. How has your reconciliations changed due to the COVID-19 legislation and Presidential Memorandum? 6. What types of questions, if any, have you received from your employees concerning the new Form W-4? 7. What is the game plan for handling the questions on how to complete the Form W-4 in 2020? 8. How will working from home change your year-end work? What have you done do encourage employees to consent to receive their W-2 forms electronically? 9. What do you see as the most important aspect of the year-end process? 10. What are some suggestions for payroll professionals performing year-end for the first time? Be a part of the online discussion by using our online portal ****[Twchat](http://twchat.com/hashtag/PayNews) ****or participate directly on Twitter by following along with [**#PayNews**](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23paynews&src=typed_query) and including the hashtag in your tweets. --- *Cynthia Crise is Public Relations and Social Media Coordinator for the APA.* ### Search ![payroll-logo-white](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/payroll-logo-white.png?width=200&name=payroll-logo-white.png "payroll-logo-white") [Privacy Policy](http://www.americanpayroll.org/privacy/)     |     Acceptable Use ©[PayrollOrg](http://payroll.org) [![soc-fb](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_fb.svg "soc-fb")](https://www.facebook.com/PayrollOrg) [![soc-in](https://blogs.payroll.org/hubfs/ct-23-assets/footer-icon_li.svg "soc-in")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/payroll-org/mycompany/) [![Twitter-X-White-Logo-PNG](https://blogs.payroll.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Twitter-X-White-Logo-PNG.png?width=20&height=19&name=Twitter-X-White-Logo-PNG.png)](https://twitter.com/PayNews)