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This massive, searchable resource—updated regularly—will give you answers to your pressing payroll questions, help you plan and execute your payroll procedures accurately, and keep your policies legal.
Zero in on your state's specific laws; each month brings you a new update so you don't find yourself following old guidelines.
Here are daily-use resources to help you crunch the numbers, get the paperwork right the first time, and plan ahead according to government guidelines.
This document answers dozens of questions about the finer points of what you do every day. From dealing with meal reimbursements to name changes to loans against a retirement plan, there are solutions here to common—and even highly unusual—problems.
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Payroll Calendar
December 2025: Employer’s business tax calendar
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.
Payroll Today
Pre-Thanksgiving wrap: Timely mailing rule, a heads-up for tax pros and more
Read this while the turkey cooks: Timely mailing rule, PTINs for tax pros and dessert.
Payroll Mailbag
In the Payroll Mailbag: December ’25
December is the beginning of the end for 2025 W-2 reporting, and the end can’t come soon enough.
Benefits Law
Marriage, remarriage, death and the effect on 401(k) distributions
It’s common enough: An employee marries and names their spouse and children as the beneficiaries of their 401(k) account. The employee’s spouse dies and the employee remarries but fails to update their beneficiary designations. Then the employee dies. To whom do you distribute their 401(k) assets?
