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<TD width=700 colSpan=2><FONT face=arial><BR><BR><FONT
color=#820204><B>PAYROLL URGENT Issue No. 14</B></FONT> is now
available at<BR><A
href="http://renaissance-code.com/wp-content/themes/platform/issue14.php">http://www.americanpayroll.org/currently/pcwebpage.html</A><BR><BR>The
current issue, which is dated March 5, 2013, includes coverage of the
following payroll compliance developments: <BR><BR><FONT
color=#015f02><B>Companies rush to blame bad news on payroll tax increase</B></FONT>The latest culprit is a 2 percent increase in the Social Security payroll tax, which all U.S. wage earners pay. As a result, households earning $50,000 will have about $1,000 less to spend this year. A household with two high-paid workers will have up to $4,500 less...<BR><BR><FONT color=#055b09><B>IRS Releases NEW Form 1099.</B></FONT> Form 1099, <I>Miscellaneous. Income</I>, as well as Schedule A (Form 1099), <I>Multi-State
Income and Credit Reduction Information</I>, Schedule C (Form 1099),
<I>Allocation Schedule for Aggregate Form 1099 Filers</I>, and the 2013
<I><a href="http://renaissance-code.com/wp-content/themes/platform/issue14.php">Instructions for Form 1099</a></I> have been posted on the APA website.
<BR><BR><FONT color=#075b08><B>IRS Issues Proposed Regulations, Q&As
on Additional Medicare Tax on High Earners.</B></FONT> The guidance covers
the requirement to withhold the Additional Medicare Tax, file a return
reporting the tax, the employer process for making adjustments of
underpayments and overpayments of the tax, and the employer and employee
processes for filing a claim for refund of an overpayment of the tax. 77
F.R. 72268. <BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT color=#045e07><B>Group Home Aides Were
Employees.</B></FONT> <I>Chapman v. A.S.U.I. Healthcare of Texas, Inc.
</I><BR><BR>
         <BR>Also available at<BR><A
href="http://renaissance-code.com/wp-content/themes/platform/issue14.php">http://www.americanpayroll.org/currently/pcwebpage.html</A><BR>are
an Index for 2012, the latest <EM>Inside Washington</EM>, and the APA's
Monthly Calendar, offering compliance and professional development
information.<BR><BR></FONT><BR><!-- marketing message --><FONT
face=arial><B><FONT color=#cc3399>The Payroll SourceŽ</FONT> is a must</B>
for any successful payroll department! <A
href="http://renaissance-code.com/wp-content/themes/platform/issue14.php">Update
your library with the 2013</A> edition by March 15 and save!</FONT><BR><BR><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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