The IRS announced on December 22, 2017, that it has extended the 2018 due date for Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) to furnish 2017 health coverage information forms to employees. ALEs now have until March 2, 2018, to provide Forms 1095-C to individuals, which is a 30-day extension from the ...

H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act), was passed by both the House and Senate on December 20, 2017, and signed into law on December 22. H.R. 1 includes several significant changes that are relevant to employers for payroll, employment tax and employee benefits purposes, and are generally ...

ADP would like to remind you that New Year's Day, Monday, January 1, 2018 is a bank holiday.  The Federal Reserve will be closed as will ADP's offices.  To ensure timely employee direct deposits we recommend you accept and approve your payroll 72 hours prior to pay date.  ...

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) IRS Notification Requirement.  Employers will need to notify employees about the IRS Earned Income Credit.  IRS Notice 1015, Have You Told Your Employees About the Earned Income Credit (EIC)? explains which employees must be notified and when and how ...

Paid sick leave laws pose a compliance challenge to employers. While the legislative framework for sick leave laws tends to be similar (they generally define eligible employees, an accrual formula, reasons for leave, carry-over requirements, employee and employer notice and documentation ...

Each year by December 1, the IRS requires all employers to distribute an information memo to their employees to review their federal Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate information for the next calendar year. If employees know that their federal filing status, exemption ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reminds employers to report Health Care Coverage Values on Form W-2.  This is mandatory for certain employers effective with tax years beginning in 2012. IRS Notice 2012-9, Interim Guidance on Informational Reporting to Employees of the Cost of Their Group ...

California Employer Challenges in 2018 The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of some of the major laws that may impact your operations and to help you plan and prepare for these new compliance challenges.   It is part of our broader commitment to helping clients meet ...

On November 6, 2017, the Maine House of Representative upheld Governor Paul R. LePage’s veto of a bill to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana. The 74-62 vote fell 17 votes short of the two-thirds margin required to override the Governor’s veto.  The bill had been ...

As a reminder, the wage and hour Center of Excellence (COE) is still fully operational to assist you with you wage and hour questions (Including FLSA) or credentialing into Navigator OT (Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Analysis tool). The COE can be reached by email ...