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The 4 Best Retirement Plans for Self-Employed Individuals to Consider

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Saving and planning for retirement as a self-employed person can be more difficult than for others. Company employees often have access to a 401(k) or other retirement savings account that lets them make automatic contributions pulled from every paycheck. How is a self-employed retirement plan different from a 401(k)?

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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According to a 2022 McKinsey report , 36% of American workers earn a living partly or wholly through independent work, which included delivery workers, tutors, writers, freelancers, contracted workers and temporary positions. The same is increasingly true in many fields, whether you’re freelance or on the payroll. Growing independence.

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Ensuring payroll compliance in 2024: What’s new?

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Maintaining payroll compliance is a must for accounting departments, but it’s often easier said than done. That’s especially true whenever new changes come about, and 2023 was a year rife with new payroll regulations, trends, and initiatives. These incentives are fully taxable and are subject to W-2 reporting.

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IRS update: digital communication and payroll

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He also confirmed FIRE’s eventual retirement, in favor of IRIS. It’s more challenging with business and payroll returns, because of the power of attorney; the IRS is beginning a POA initiative, he added. Zoom in for the payroll picture The IRS calls withholding voluntary, although your employees may beg to differ.

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Workforce Participation: Where is Everyone Going?

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Ugly is only way to describe the August job report.  Non-farm payrolls grew by an anemic 93,000.  The Washington Post article says it's a combination of discouraged workers waiting out the recession and retiring baby boomers. But the big problem is 368,000 people gave up looking for work in August.

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Stay on track with this payroll compliance checklist

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Payroll compliance is no small task. Everyone knows that executing payroll accurately and on time is important, after all everyone wants to get paid for their world. However, there is also a lot more that goes into proper payroll processing including a large number of compliance functions and concerns.

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Sorting out taxes and reporting for a deceased employee

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While fortunately a rare circumstance, dealing with payroll for a recently deceased employee can be tricky. Are there special reporting requirements? Hopefully this isn’t an issue that comes up for your payroll department often, but it’s important to know what to do, and get it right, in the event that it does happen.

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