Payroll Primer: The Must-Know Rules of Payroll Compliance

WEBINAR

Payroll Primer:
The Must-Know Rules of Payroll Compliance

Wednesday, May 27 • 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Paying Employees Correctly Is Your Most Important—and Legally Riskiest—Responsibility

Employees don’t think much about their pay, but you need to. In between employees’ gross pay and net pay, many things can go wrong, resulting in the ultimate catastrophe: having to explain to employees why their pay is wrong.

How much do payroll errors cost? According to a recent white paper, almost 80% of employees would feel significant financial strain if $500 was missing from their paycheck. A little over half said they’d feel the same if $100 was missing.

What makes payroll so difficult? Simply put, there are no straight lines. Getting from gross to net pay is an adventure in applying sometimes conflicting federal and state tax laws, federal and state wage-and-hour laws, and federal and state paid leave laws.

And wait, there’s more…

With payroll, there is always more. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for example, heaps new W-2 reporting responsibilities on employers with tipped employees or employees who earn overtime. But not every tip or overtime payment qualifies, naturally.

This new webinar is dedicated to helping you understand the key compliance rules payroll pros face every day, how to avoid pain points and, if you can’t avoid them, how to correct them as expeditiously and painlessly as possible.

WEBINAR AGENDA:

Figuring employees’ gross pay—what’s included and excluded from employees’ pay.
What’s working time and what isn’t. Do you have to pay employees for their computer boot time in the morning? Two courts say yes.
How to calculate the regular rate and overtime rate, and what’s reportable on employees’ W-2s.
Getting from gross to net pay. W-4s are the key, but so are pay codes and pay profiles.
Faulty benefits administration can lead to surprise taxable wages. Does your cafeteria plan hit all the right regulatory notes?
Employees get married or divorced. Know when you can allow them to make midyear changes to their benefits.
Payroll fraud: How to spot it and how to build defenses against it. Your employees’ self-service platform doesn’t have to be easy pickings for hackers.

✔ Avoid surprise tax liabilities that arise from others’ pay/benefit decisions.

✔ Learn to read the Internal Revenue Code like a pro (it’s easier than you think).

✔ Discover how to apply conflicting federal and state tax and labor laws.

PRESENTED BY:

Alice Gilman, Esq., is an expert in payroll and tax compliance who has covered payroll issues for more than 40 years. She’s written and edited several leading payroll publications, including Payroll Legal Alert, the Research Institute of America’s Payroll Guide, the American Payroll Association’s Basic Guide to Payroll and the Payroll Manager’s Letter.

REGISTRATION BONUS:

Everyone who signs up will receive a copy of Payroll Checklist, a step-by-step compliance guide detailing every deadline and action item required for every pay period, month and calendar quarter of the year. Use the checklist as a guide to total payroll compliance for the rest of the year.

RECERTIFICATION CREDITS:

Business Management Daily is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

This Program has been pre-approved for 1.25 HR (General) credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

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