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Using the Internet for Payroll Research Isaac Dallago Symmetry Software 480-214-1522 Email: [email protected]@symmetry.com California Payroll Conference.

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  • Using the Internet for Payroll Research Isaac Dallago Symmetry Software 480-214-1522 Email: [email protected]@symmetry.com California Payroll Conference September 11 and 12, 2014
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  • Using the Internet for Payroll Research
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  • Lets thank the Conference Committee for all the hard work in planning for this event.
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  • Win ! ! ! Put your card in the bag to win Goddess Dollars to spend in the Payroll Goddess store.
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  • www.askcpasam.com/fall14.htm URLS available
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  • Presentation Topics Research Basics Starter Sites Social Media Scenarios
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  • Pieces of Payroll Employer/Employee Relationship Federal/State Wage-Hour Laws Taxable/Non-taxable Compensation Benefits Paying an Employee Withholding Taxes Unemployment Insurance Depositing and Reporting Withholdings Garnishments Recordkeeping Accounting Technology Management International Issues Certification!!! The Payroll Source Table of Contents, APA 2013
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  • Two Sayings... All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation." George Elliot Its better to have a fence at the top of the cliff than an ambulance at the bottom."
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  • The Internet is a Tool Its great when used correctly !
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  • Can You Trust the Information? Time stamp? Is it old data? 1885 19432001 2013 2007
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  • Who publishes the content? Grandma Guy in the basement (blogs) Subject Matter Expert Company trying to sell you something Can You Trust the Information?
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  • How did you find this site? Can You Trust the Information?
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  • Is It Real? Form W-8BEN? - Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding if US Citizen, directs to W-9095 Fax in only, not online or email. IRS warning Form W-9095? Application Form for Certificate Status/Ownership for Withholding Tax. The form requests personal data frequently used to prove identity, including passport number and mothers maiden name. It also asks for sensitive financial data such as bank account numbers, passwords and PIN numbers that can be used to gain access to the accounts. Form W-4T ? W-4T W-4T Tax Protestors and Phishing
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  • Is It Real? The Moral is: Just because it is on the Internet does not mean it is legitimate.
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  • Hearsay and Fables wading through the stories.. Snopes.com research myths, forwarded emails, employee stories... Quatloos.com free site detailing scams, frauds and tax protester arguments
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  • Search Engines 1.Google.com 2.Dogpile.com search Google, Bing, Yahoo at the same time 3.WorldCat.org searches libraries and reference resources 4.Duck Duck Go anonymous searching 5.Now Relevant New in the last 2 weeks
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  • Proprietary vs. Public Proprietary: Owned and copyrighted by a company, usually paid access Public: Copyright free, government site, collaborative site
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  • Primary vs. Secondary Primary: The source, the originator, the repository, i.e., IRS.gov Secondary: Republisher, starting point, often commercial source
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  • Primary Research Sites Federal Government Department of Labor (DOL) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Federal Law, Regs, and Court Cases State and Local Government State agencies that handle tax/revenue, unemployment insurance, labor, child support, new hire reporting, unclaimed wages State Law, Regs, and Court Cases
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  • Secondary Research Sites AmericanPayroll.org Payroll-Taxes.com FindLaw.com PaycheckCity.com PayrollTalk.com PaperlessPay.org StateW4.com Taxsites.com Quatloos.com and Snopes.com
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  • 23 U.S. Department of Labor
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  • 24 U.S. Department of Labor
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  • 25 Internal Revenue Service
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  • 26 Internal Revenue Service
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  • 27 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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  • 28 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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  • 29 Social Security Administration
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  • 30 Office of Child Support Enforcement
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  • 33 U. S. Code
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  • 36 State Websites Tax or Revenue Employers (not PIT), withholding, forms (employee exemption certificates), pubs, news Unemployment Insurance Tax (not benefits), quarterly wage reporting, SDI, FLI Labor Minimum wage, overtime, payment of wages Child support, new hire reporting Withholding orders, SDUs, lump sum, e-payments
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  • 37 APA Website Public
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  • 39 Local Resources
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  • 41 Local Tax Authorities Kentucky Occupational License Taxes New York Ohio Pennsylvania
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  • 42 Local Tax Authorities
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  • 43 Local Tax Authorities
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  • 44 Local Tax Authorities
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  • 46 APA Website Public News Updates (home page) Hot topics Web Links Federal links (IRS, SSA, DOL, USCIS, etc.) U.S. map with state, local, chapter links State child support, labor, new hire, tax, UI, WC Local tax authorities Paycard Portal - Resources for fed & state paycard info
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  • 47 APA Membership Payroll Currently Forms, Pubs, Info Commonly used forms (e.g., fill-in Form W-2c) Government Resources Fed & state contacts SUI taxable wage bases Government Relations APA ListServ
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  • PaperlessPay.org
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  • International Research Canadian Payroll Association The Association for Payroll Specialists (Australia) Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (UK) South African Payroll Association
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  • 53 Secondary State/Local Resources State/City home pages (www.state.ny.us) Governor/Mayor home pages State Attorney General Chamber of Commerce (state/city/industry) Newspaper websites Census Bureau
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  • Other Resources Taxsites.com Findlaw.com Quatloos.com Snopes.com
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  • Social Media? Linked In groups - APA, Payroll, Purely Payroll, Payroll Professionals, HRIS & Payroll Professionals Network, AICPA, Identity Theft, NFIB Facebook/Twitter really? Blogs/Forums AskCPASam, LaborLawTalk, PayrollTalk
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  • Research Scenarios Employee Classification (FT, PT, Temp, Non-Ex, Ex) 53/27 Pay Periods 401(k) taxability in Wilmington, DE NYC MCTMT tax (unconstitutional, still pay; request refund; appealed; higher court says it is OK) Freeport, OH withholding (rate change/collector/calls) Non-Resident Alien tax
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  • Review Critically analyze your sources. Try different search engines to help you find resources. Primary/Secondary & Commercial/Public Social Media can be an effective starting point.
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  • www.askcpasam.com/fall14.htm URLS available
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  • Turn over your Notes Sheet
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  • And the Grand Prize Winner is..
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  • THANK YOU! Isaac Dallago Symmetry Software 480-214-1522 [email protected]@symmetry.com
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  • Thank you for your attention Isaac Dallago Symmetry Software 480-214-1522 [email protected]@symmetry.com