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Prepping for a PPP Loan

With additional funding added to the Paycheck Protection Program, contractors and business owners in need should take steps to learn more about what these loans are and how they can be used to help their businesses. What is the Payroll...
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2020 Federal Tax Deadline Extended to July 15, 2020

2020 Federal Tax Deadline Extended to July 15, 2020 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS has postponed the April 15 federal tax filing and payment deadline to July 15, 2020. This extension is automatic and applies to all...
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Payroll Tip: Get Ready for Back to School

Get Ready for Back to School With the summer winding down, it means one thing — it’s back-to-school season! While you might not be signed up to take any classes this fall, it’s possible that a portion of your part-time...
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Case Study: A Union Sheet Metal Company Experiments . . .

. . . With Finding the Right Payroll Processor For Maranatha Sheet Metal Company, Inc., getting the work done on time for one of their jobs was never an issue — but finishing their complex union payroll and certified payroll...
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Minnesota First to Establish New Felony Wage-Theft Legislation

Ahead of other states, Minnesota enacted a new law substantially amending current labor statutes, including wage and hour requirements, protections, and sanctions, as of July 1, 2019. Provisions amending criminal wage theft and sanctions take effect August 1, 2019. While...
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Case Study: Desperately Seeking Service (for Multi-Rate Payroll Processing)

“We’re all construction with multi-state and union, so it’s a complex payroll,” says Tammy Evans, CFO of industrial painter Certified Coatings Co. — a Fairfield, CA division of Germany-based The Muehlhan Group. Tammy explains just how complicated it can get...
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Performing a Busy-Season Reassessment

With summer’s busy project season in full swing, this midpoint provides an opportunity to reassess your processes and make this season a success. Chances are, a lot of the finer details that were uncertain at the start of the year...
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Will Multi-State Taxes Get Simpler for Contractors?

In 2019, a bill is advancing to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance that could significantly change how construction employers who work in multiple states handle their payroll taxes. The proposed S. 604, currently known as the Mobile Workforce State...
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A Construction Pay Stub Explained

If you do construction payroll, you know that it’s not always simple. Whether you’re dealing with Davis-Bacon requirements, prevailing wage rates, union benefits, taxes for multiple states and localities, or even just overtime pay, there’s a lot that goes into...
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DOL Proposes to Clarify Eligible Pay for Overtime

Though a different proposed overtime rule made headlines this spring, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published a more modest proposal for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on March 28, 2019. According to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regular...
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