With companies hiring and firing and rehiring and employees filing tax returns and needing to change their federal exemptions we have been inundated with requests to “change the employee’s W-4 exemptions to Married and 2.  Sorry folks – no can…

Wikipedia says that a testimonial consists of a person’s written or spoken statement extolling the virtue of a product or service.    But testimonials also demonstrate your credibility and expertise.   I rely heavily on testimonials – you should to!  As a…

The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day or July 4th has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941 – the tradition of Independence Day goes back to the American Revolution. On July 2, 1776, the…

Unfortunately, scams continue to be on the rise and there are no red flashing lights that precede a scam – but if you pay attention, there are clues that you are seeing a scam. To help recognize scams, the IRS…

Effective January 1, 2020, all new employees were required to complete the redesigned W-4 which was intended to be easier for employees to fill out and to accurately tell their employers how much federal income tax they want withheld from…

The Fair Labor Standards Act was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1938.  While there have been some changes since then, the bulk of the Act is still in effect today.  One area that is being debated…

 According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rates in the United States vary from a low in South Dakota and Utah of 3.3% to a high in California of 9.3% and Hawaii of 10.3%.  To put things…

      In the old days, record keeping on behalf of our payroll clients consisted of massive quantities of paper, filed alphabetically by client by year.    We would spend the first weekend in February moving files out of current year files…

Perhaps one of the most talked about self-help topics is a person’s attitude.  How does one see the world – glass half empty or half full?  Do you wake up knowing you can tackle the world, or be tackled by…

All Hallows’ Eve falls on October 31, the day before All Hallows’ Day – also known as All Saints day.  The name comes from Old English “hallowed” meaning holy or sanctified and is now usually the more familiar Halloween,  While…

The idea of daylight savings was that of Benjamin Franklin during his time as an American delegate in Paris in 1784. Some of Franklin ‘s friends, inventors of a new kid of oil lamp, were so taken by the scheme…