Month: December 2023

IRS Issues 2024 Version of Household Employer’s Tax Guide

By Payroll Update Staff The IRS issued the 2024 version of Publication 926, Household Employer’s Tax Guide. Publication 926. Publication 926 helps taxpayers determine whether they have household employees and are liable for federal employment taxes (i.e., Social Security, Medicare, FUTA, and federal income tax withholding). Specifically, the publication contains sections on determining if a taxpayer has a …

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New and Updated Technical Q&As

The AICPA periodically issues (or updates previously issued) Technical Questions and Answers. Recent Q&As address reporting issues and noncompliance with laws and regulations. FASB ASC 105-05-05-3 includes Technical Q&As as nonauthoritative guidance. Reporting Q&A 9165.01. This Q&A, Auditor Reporting When the Entity Issues Its Annual Report Subsequent to Its Financial Statements, addresses a question related to AU-C 720, The …

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Connecticut Governor Announces 2024 Income Tax Changes

by Patricia M. McDermott, Esq. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has announced that three income tax measures will take effect at the start of 2024, including reduced income tax rates, increased Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), and expanded senior pension exemptions. (Press Release, Office of Governor Ned Lamont, 12/20/2023.) Income tax cuts. Beginning on January 1, 2024, …

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Accounting Firm IT Strategy in the Cloud

Is your firm’s IT strategy positioning you for success? Today’s rapidly evolving advancements in artificial intelligence, accounting technology stacks, and remote IT architecture, as well as escalating security concerns, have created a significantly different IT environment than when most of us initially setup our firms’ IT infrastructure. Add to that, the reality that there is …

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Forms 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC and Instructions Updated

By Payroll Update Staff The IRS issued January 2024 versions of Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation, Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and instructions. Form 1099-NEC.  All employers who remit nonemployee compensation of $600 or more must use Form 1099-NEC to report such payments (box 1). These include payments to independent contractors or specific professional fees, including to individuals, partnerships, estates, and …

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