Payroll taxes don’t run on a calendar year they run on a quarter, plus a web of deposit deadlines in between. For a busy owner, that’s four separate scrambles a year, each with its own forms and its own penalties for being late. Here’s the whole...
Doing your own payroll makes sense in the beginning. One or two employees, a spreadsheet, a little help from software it works. Until it doesn’t. The problem is that the moment DIY stops working usually isn’t obvious until something breaks. So here are the...
Making your first hire is a milestone. It’s also the moment a pile of federal and state paperwork lands on your desk, most of it with deadlines you didn’t know existed. Miss one and the penalties are real. Here’s the clean, current checklist for...
This is one of the first questions a new Florida employer should ask, and one of the last they usually get around to. Workers’ compensation isn’t optional here it’s state law but when it kicks in depends entirely on your industry and headcount. Get...
Every year I get the same call from a new S-corp owner, usually right after their accountant scared them: “Wait — I have to put myself on payroll?” Yes. And how much you pay yourself is one of the few payroll decisions that can trigger an IRS audit if you...
