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- Using the Internet for Payroll Research Isaac Dallago Symmetry
Software 480-214-1522 Email: isaac@symmetry.comisaac@symmetry.com
California Payroll Conference September 11 and 12, 2014
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- Using the Internet for Payroll Research
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- Lets thank the Conference Committee for all the hard work in
planning for this event.
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- Win ! ! ! Put your card in the bag to win Goddess Dollars to
spend in the Payroll Goddess store.
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- www.askcpasam.com/fall14.htm URLS available
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- Presentation Topics Research Basics Starter Sites Social Media
Scenarios
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- Pieces of Payroll Employer/Employee Relationship Federal/State
Wage-Hour Laws Taxable/Non-taxable Compensation Benefits Paying an
Employee Withholding Taxes Unemployment Insurance Depositing and
Reporting Withholdings Garnishments Recordkeeping Accounting
Technology Management International Issues Certification!!! The
Payroll Source Table of Contents, APA 2013
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- Two Sayings... All meanings, we know, depend on the key of
interpretation." George Elliot Its better to have a fence at the
top of the cliff than an ambulance at the bottom."
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- The Internet is a Tool Its great when used correctly !
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- Can You Trust the Information? Time stamp? Is it old data? 1885
19432001 2013 2007
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- Who publishes the content? Grandma Guy in the basement (blogs)
Subject Matter Expert Company trying to sell you something Can You
Trust the Information?
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- How did you find this site? Can You Trust the Information?
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- Is It Real? Form W-8BEN? - Certificate of Foreign Status of
Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding if US Citizen,
directs to W-9095 Fax in only, not online or email. IRS warning
Form W-9095? Application Form for Certificate Status/Ownership for
Withholding Tax. The form requests personal data frequently used to
prove identity, including passport number and mothers maiden name.
It also asks for sensitive financial data such as bank account
numbers, passwords and PIN numbers that can be used to gain access
to the accounts. Form W-4T ? W-4T W-4T Tax Protestors and
Phishing
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- Is It Real? The Moral is: Just because it is on the Internet
does not mean it is legitimate.
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- Hearsay and Fables wading through the stories.. Snopes.com
research myths, forwarded emails, employee stories... Quatloos.com
free site detailing scams, frauds and tax protester arguments
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- Search Engines 1.Google.com 2.Dogpile.com search Google, Bing,
Yahoo at the same time 3.WorldCat.org searches libraries and
reference resources 4.Duck Duck Go anonymous searching 5.Now
Relevant New in the last 2 weeks
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- Proprietary vs. Public Proprietary: Owned and copyrighted by a
company, usually paid access Public: Copyright free, government
site, collaborative site
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- Primary vs. Secondary Primary: The source, the originator, the
repository, i.e., IRS.gov Secondary: Republisher, starting point,
often commercial source
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- Primary Research Sites Federal Government Department of Labor
(DOL) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) Social Security Administration (SSA)
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Federal Law, Regs, and
Court Cases State and Local Government State agencies that handle
tax/revenue, unemployment insurance, labor, child support, new hire
reporting, unclaimed wages State Law, Regs, and Court Cases
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- Secondary Research Sites AmericanPayroll.org Payroll-Taxes.com
FindLaw.com PaycheckCity.com PayrollTalk.com PaperlessPay.org
StateW4.com Taxsites.com Quatloos.com and Snopes.com
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- 23 U.S. Department of Labor
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- 24 U.S. Department of Labor
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- 25 Internal Revenue Service
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- 26 Internal Revenue Service
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- 27 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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- 28 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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- 29 Social Security Administration
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- 30 Office of Child Support Enforcement
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- 33 U. S. Code
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- 36 State Websites Tax or Revenue Employers (not PIT),
withholding, forms (employee exemption certificates), pubs, news
Unemployment Insurance Tax (not benefits), quarterly wage
reporting, SDI, FLI Labor Minimum wage, overtime, payment of wages
Child support, new hire reporting Withholding orders, SDUs, lump
sum, e-payments
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- 37 APA Website Public
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- 39 Local Resources
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- 41 Local Tax Authorities Kentucky Occupational License Taxes
New York Ohio Pennsylvania
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- 42 Local Tax Authorities
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- 43 Local Tax Authorities
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- 44 Local Tax Authorities
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- 46 APA Website Public News Updates (home page) Hot topics Web
Links Federal links (IRS, SSA, DOL, USCIS, etc.) U.S. map with
state, local, chapter links State child support, labor, new hire,
tax, UI, WC Local tax authorities Paycard Portal - Resources for
fed & state paycard info
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- 47 APA Membership Payroll Currently Forms, Pubs, Info Commonly
used forms (e.g., fill-in Form W-2c) Government Resources Fed &
state contacts SUI taxable wage bases Government Relations APA
ListServ
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- PaperlessPay.org
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- International Research Canadian Payroll Association The
Association for Payroll Specialists (Australia) Chartered Institute
of Payroll Professionals (UK) South African Payroll
Association
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- 53 Secondary State/Local Resources State/City home pages
(www.state.ny.us) Governor/Mayor home pages State Attorney General
Chamber of Commerce (state/city/industry) Newspaper websites Census
Bureau
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- Other Resources Taxsites.com Findlaw.com Quatloos.com
Snopes.com
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- Social Media? Linked In groups - APA, Payroll, Purely Payroll,
Payroll Professionals, HRIS & Payroll Professionals Network,
AICPA, Identity Theft, NFIB Facebook/Twitter really? Blogs/Forums
AskCPASam, LaborLawTalk, PayrollTalk
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- Research Scenarios Employee Classification (FT, PT, Temp,
Non-Ex, Ex) 53/27 Pay Periods 401(k) taxability in Wilmington, DE
NYC MCTMT tax (unconstitutional, still pay; request refund;
appealed; higher court says it is OK) Freeport, OH withholding
(rate change/collector/calls) Non-Resident Alien tax
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- Review Critically analyze your sources. Try different search
engines to help you find resources. Primary/Secondary &
Commercial/Public Social Media can be an effective starting
point.
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- www.askcpasam.com/fall14.htm URLS available
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- Turn over your Notes Sheet
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- And the Grand Prize Winner is..
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- THANK YOU! Isaac Dallago Symmetry Software 480-214-1522
isaac@symmetry.comisaac@symmetry.com
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- Thank you for your attention Isaac Dallago Symmetry Software
480-214-1522 isaac@symmetry.comisaac@symmetry.com