Payroll Compliance Update: New Laws and Required Changes in 2019
This 60-minute payroll compliance update reviews the payroll changes that applied for 2019. It covers the 2019 deferred compensation limits and other IRS limits, the Form W-2 updates for 2018 and changes to Form 941 for 2018.
You'll also look at FUTA updates, including the final 2018 credit reduction states and FUTA credit reduction states for 2019, state and local tax updates, and unemployment issues and state unemployment changes for 2019.
The session discusses the legal case against the FLSA overtime changes and the proposed overtime regulations then in abeyance, which regulations were deferred and which went forward, information return penalties, pretax rules, deadlines and other year-end topics.
- Apply the 2019 deferred compensation and other IRS limits
- Identify FUTA credit reduction states and their effect on employer tax
- Update year-end processes for Form W-2 and Form 941 changes
- Track state and local tax and unemployment changes
- Understand the status of the proposed FLSA overtime regulations at the time
- Updates to Form W-2 for 2018
- FUTA updates for 2019, including the final 2018 credit reduction states
- State and local tax updates and state unemployment updates for 2019
- 2019 deferred compensation and other IRS limits
- Which regulations were deferred and which went forward
- The proposed FLSA overtime changes and the related legal case
- Changes to Form 941 for 2018
- Information return penalties and other year-end topics
Payroll rules from the IRS and other agencies change quickly, and payroll teams need to track limits, deadlines and pretax regulations to close the year correctly.
This session suits payroll professionals, HR teams with payroll responsibilities and anyone who closes out payroll for the calendar year and prepares year-end forms.
- Payroll professionals
- Human Resources teams – especially those with payroll responsibilities
- Any other teams who must handle closing out payroll for the calendar year and preparing Year-End Forms
Merle Capello is an experienced Payroll Professional who can manage, train and elevate team members, enhancing their skills so that they can be leveraged to benefit clients. Merle is a professional who works to improve processes, by additional knowledge and conforming to rules of compliance. She is also an experienced procedure and policy developer who works to leave a better team behind than the one she finds. Merle is a subject matter expert on compliance, payroll taxes, work rules and payroll best practices. Merle, offers consulting services for those who need a professional's advice and counsel. In her more than 25 years of experience spearheading the development, enhancement, and transfer of payroll and HRIS operations, Merle has learned to provide team members with the guidance and motivation to exceed objectives. Merle enjoys the challenge of implementation and organizational change, using her analytical skills and her knowledge base to make the most prudent decisions for the team and for her clients. Merle easily adapted to either running a department or advising a client on how best to run their department. She can write step-by-step directions for processes, if needed, or coach a team member to do so. Merle is also a longtime member of her professional organization, the American Payroll Association. She held Advanced Payroll Certification for over 25 years.
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