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Your Guide to Take-home Pay

Patriot Software

As an employer, you are responsible for withholding various taxes from employees’ wages. After you subtract all of the taxes and other deductions, money left over is considered take-home pay. Read on to learn more about what is take-home pay and how to calculate it. What is take home pay?

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Can Payroll Services Handle Direct Deposit?

Patriot Software

Payroll services calculate employees’ wages, taxes and deductions, and take-home pay. […] Read More Direct deposit is a convenient payment method for employees, who receive their paycheck quickly and securely on payday. Most employers handle direct deposit through their payroll software.

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Fiscal drag: how can employers offset the challenges of a difficult economy?

Employee Benefits

The frozen tax thresholds could see some employees ‘dragged’ into paying more tax and have less disposable income as a result. In his Autumn Statement last November, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt extended the freeze on national insurance (NI) and income tax rate thresholds until April 2028.

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Having a Baby? Use Your Pre-Tax Funds to Save

Benefit Resource Inc.

Benefit Resource (BRI) is here to help you use your pre-tax funds to combat some of the costs that come with welcoming your new addition. This allows you to save on monthly premiums while putting tax-free money aside in your HSA. As a bonus, all of your gains will come out pre-tax! Let’s Start from the Beginning.

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Your choice: To ditch Social Security tax withholding or not

Business Management Daily

President Trump’s executive order suspending the employee portion of Social Security taxes, issued two weeks ago, left many employers wondering what to do. Then, the Treasury Department offered some clarity on the payroll tax. We’ve spent the better part of this week reading other tax lawyers’ opinions about this.

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What Are Payroll Deductions?

Patriot Software

You know there are deductions to take out of your employees’ paychecks. But, are they pre-tax vs. post-tax deductions? What do you withhold from an employee’s take-home pay? Read on to learn the different deductions you have to take out of each employee’s paycheck. What are payroll deductions?

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5 ways to alleviate your employees' hesitations with choosing in an FSA

WEX Inc.

Some individuals may be wary of reducing their take-home pay, especially if they are already on a tight budget. Illustrate how pre-tax contributions lead to significant savings over time, effectively reducing the impact on take-home pay. It is not legal, financial, or tax advice. Download now!