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FFCRA and Coronavirus Paid Sick Leave: Q & A for Employers

Patriot Software

One thing small businesses must legally do is offer paid sick leave to employees impacted by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed into law on March 18, 2020, requires that qualifying businesses provide this […].

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New Federal Law Mandates Paid Sick Leave & Enhanced Unemployment for Workers Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

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IRS’ tips from the top at 2020 APA Virtual Congress

Business Management Daily

The American Payroll Association’s annual Congress, held during the week of June 2, was anything but typical. At Tuesday’s first workshop, Payroll Changes for 2020 and Beyond , Andrew Garboden, CPP, Director of Payroll Training at the American Payroll Association and Curtis Tatum, Esq.,

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Your COVID-19 payroll questions, our answers

Business Management Daily

However, it’s also apparent that lots of the day-to-day questions Payroll pros have are going unanswered. The first rule of payroll administration—cash is always taxable—is beatable by having employees substantiate their costs by turning in receipts. EFMLA for employees on emergency paid FMLA leave. And they are helpful.

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IRS releases draft coronavirus payroll tax credit forms

Business Management Daily

Quick as jackrabbit, the IRS has released a new draft form and draft instructions for employers that elect to take any of the payroll tax credits contained in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. It’s meant to implement the CARES Act’s advanceable payroll credit.

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2020 W-2s: Failing to plan is planning to fail

Business Management Daily

We wrote about reporting employees’ pandemic-related paid sick leave in Box 14 back in July. Payroll departments working remotely may not have access to printers to print employees’ W-2s. The post 2020 W-2s: Failing to plan is planning to fail appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA): What you need to know

Insperity

which was passed by Congress and signed by the President on March 18, 2020 – went into effect on April 1, 2020, and sunsets on December 31, 2020. Federally mandated paid sick leave. And note that this paid sick leave can be applied to the 10-day elimination period for emergency FMLA leave.