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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
January 2024: Employer’s business tax calendar
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

Payroll Today
Friday wrap: 2024 withholding tables, three key draft forms and pubs, fixing SECURE 2.0’s mistakes, boosting the 401(k) lost and found, and more
Withholding tables, draft payroll forms, SECURE 2.0 corrections and more in a stuffed Friday wrap.

Payroll Mailbag
In the Payroll Mailbag: December ’23
How do we account for payments to salespersons? ... Should we 1099 an employee if we buy materials from him?

Benefits Law
Lawsuits question use of 401(k) plan forfeitures
Earlier this year, the IRS issued proposed regulations giving 401(k) plan administrators discretion to determine how the plan uses forfeited contributions. The regs didn’t go out on a limb; plan administrators have been using this discretion for years. But maybe not for much longer, if plaintiffs in two lawsuits have their way.