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		<title>New W-2 Reporting Requirement for Health Coverage Cost</title>
		<link>http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2012/01/new-w-2-reporting-requirement-for-health-coverage-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tax Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance costs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confused about reporting the cost of health insurance coverage for employees? Starting in tax year 2011, the Affordable Care Act requires employers to report the cost of coverage under an employer-sponsored group health plan. 
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<li><a href='http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2010/02/what-you-need-to-know-about-tip-reporting/' rel='bookmark' title='What You Need to Know About Tip Reporting'>What You Need to Know About Tip Reporting</a> <small>The IRS is working hard to find lost revenue. Non-reported...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2010/03/the-federal-hire-act-economic-stimulus-updates-and-healthcare-reform/' rel='bookmark' title='The Federal HIRE Act, Economic Stimulus Updates, and Healthcare Reform'>The Federal HIRE Act, Economic Stimulus Updates, and Healthcare Reform</a> <small>Recent federal legislation can mean tax savings for employers and...</small></li>
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		<title>Form 1099-Misc or 1099K?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bookkeeping Tips & Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business Tips & Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be sure to review payments subject to be reported on Form 1099-Misc. Beginning with the 2011 tax year, the IRS requires you to exclude from Form 1099-MISC any payments you made by credit card, debit card, gift card, or third-party payment network such as PayPal. (These payments are being reported by the card issuers and third-party payment networks on Form 1099-K.)
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<li><a href='http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2010/02/credit-card-receipts-to-be-reported-to-irs/' rel='bookmark' title='Credit Card Receipts to be Reported to IRS'>Credit Card Receipts to be Reported to IRS</a> <small>Proposed IRS regulations address reporting requirements for credit card and...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2011/04/president-expected-to-sign-bill-repealing-expanded-1099-requirements/' rel='bookmark' title='President Expected to Sign Bill Repealing Expanded 1099 Requirements'>President Expected to Sign Bill Repealing Expanded 1099 Requirements</a> <small>On April 5, the Senate approved H.R. 4 by a...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2010/02/170/' rel='bookmark' title='New 1099 Requirements  Coming'>New 1099 Requirements  Coming</a> <small>To narrow the federal deficit, the IRS plans to add...</small></li>
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		<title>Employee Rights Notice Posting Required from NLRB</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business Tips & Tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a final rule requiring nearly all U.S. businesses to post a notice telling employees their union rights. This is a new federal requirement. As of January 31, 2012, most private sector employers are required to post a notice advising employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The notice should be posted in a conspicuous place, where other notifications of workplace rights and employer rules and policies are posted. Employers also should publish a link to the notice on an internal or external website if other personnel policies or workplace notices are posted there.
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<li><a href='http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2011/11/receive-an-irs-wage-levy-for-an-employee/' rel='bookmark' title='Receive an IRS Wage Levy for an Employee?'>Receive an IRS Wage Levy for an Employee?</a> <small>It is important not to disregard a wage levy from...</small></li>
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		<title>Receive an IRS Wage Levy for an Employee?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business Finances]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is important not to disregard a wage levy from the IRS or you may find your company liable for the employee's delinquent taxes. Recently, a corporation that failed to obey an IRS wage levy on one of its employees was liable for the employee's delinquent taxes and for a penalty under Code Sec. 6332(c)(2). The government complied with the notice requirements of Code Sec. 6331(a) by sending notices of levy to the corporation's correct address and also served the final demand for payment on the corporation. 
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		<title>How To Figure Overtime Pay When a Worker Has Two Rates of Pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Overtime pay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally, for nonexempt employees, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires overtime pay at a rate of not less than one and one-half times an employee's regular rate of pay after 40 hours of work in a workweek.  This is pretty easy to calculate when a worker receives the same rate of pay for all work, but what do you do when a worker has two rates of pay?  Or is paid a portion of pay is hourly per hours worked and a portion of pay is piece work?

Keep in mind, the overtime requirement is based on the workweek as is the overtime premium calculation and will likely change each pay period.  Also remember that straight time pay can not be less than minimum wage.
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		<title>Know the Law for Tipped Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2011/05/know-the-law-for-tipped-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 23:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business Tips & Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tip credit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently upheld a lower court's ruling denying summary judgment to a restaurant that claimed a tip credit against all of the wages earned by its servers and bartenders, even though the employees spent considerable time performing tasks for which they did not receive tips [Fast v. Applebee's International, Inc., CA8, Dkt. No. 10-1725/10-1726, 4/21/11].
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		<title>Texas Comptroller&#8217;s WebFile System No Longer Available</title>
		<link>http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2011/05/comptrollers-webfile-system-no-longer-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 16:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business Tips & Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Comptroller's Office has transitioned from its original WebFile Sales Tax System to the new MyCPA WebFile system for sales tax.  The "CPA" in MyCPA stands for Comptroller of Public Accounts, not Certified Public Accountant.  It is for use by all taxpayers, not just Certified Public Accountants.

MyCPA is a secure login portal that allows an individual or authorized representative to set up one user account with access to multiple taxpayer IDs and their related taxes and business accounts.
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		<title>Travel, Meal and Entertainment Expenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 00:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confused about when these expenses are considered to be legitimate, when a meal is classified as "travel" and when it is classified as "meals and entertainment," whether meal and entertainment expenses are reimbursable to your employees?  Here are some guidelines in order to substantiate the expenses and make sure that reimbursements are nontaxable to employees—excluded from gross income and exempt from FIT, FICA and FUTA:
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		<title>Texas Franchise Tax Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 22:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Comptroller's Office has new information for 2011 franchise tax filing, including the Franchise Tax Web Service, passive entity reporting, apportionment, temporary credit election, extensions and mandatory electronic funds transfer (EFT), and combined group extensions. (Texas Tax Policy News 4, 04/01/2011.)  WebFile is still a free service.
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		<title>Changes in 941 and W-2 Forms</title>
		<link>http://www.vistaprofessionalservices.com/2011/04/irs-will-stop-mailing-tax-forms-instructions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Silva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To reflect changes in the employee rate for social security and the elimination of advance payment of the Earned Income Credit*, there have been big changes to form 941, Employer’s QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return.  Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, now includes a new code for reporting designated Roth contributions under a governmental section 457(b) plan.

But the IRS will no longer send you forms or instructions in the mail.
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