On June 6, 2024, NPRC offered recommendations to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation and House Energy and Commerce committees and explained specific concerns related to industry product offerings designed to assist with recruiting or hiring. The APRA provisions apply...
As of March 12, 2024, at least nine states proposed legislation to exempt overtime pay from income tax, following similar 2023 Alabama legislation that took effect January 1. The concept of a tax exemption for overtime pay would be surprisingly...
In January 2021, the IRS quietly announced a major change to employer W-2 reporting related to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260). A FAQ explained that employers must report the total FFCRA sick and family leave wages paid in...
NPRC responded to a NACHA request for comment on an evolving practice: Some financial institutions are crediting employees with payroll direct deposits one to three days earlier than the intended settlement date. This is obviously helpful for the employees, but...
NPRC is concerned that sufficient time is not available to implement an option to defer employee Social Security tax by September 1. IRS still needs to issue guidance on how such deferrals will work and any related reporting and other...
On August 14th, the NPRC and American Payroll Association, whose members will be directly responsible for implementing and administering the employee Social Security tax deferral, offered a joint letter with brief recommendations to assist with guidance. We offered to discuss...
Proposed legislation (S. 4318, the Safe and Healthy Workplace Tax Credit) would provide a refundable payroll tax credit of 50% of an employer’s qualified employee protection expenses, including modifications to workspaces to limit physical contact between customers and employees. NPRC...
NPRC has been asked for recommendations and analysis as to the implications of a Social Security Tax suspension, with various effective dates, wage limits and other variables. Our recommendations and assessment of the various approaches are attached and have been...
Service providers occasionally ask whether they can use the Multistate Employer Option for New Hire Reporting. From the service provider’s perspective, this would simplify their reporting obligations; in some cases making it unnecessary to collect additional data required by certain...
The New York Senate approved payroll industry legislation on January 28th. The National Payroll Reporting Consortium greatly appreciates the willingness of the Senate Democratic Majority and relevant bill sponsors to engage our industry following the recent incidents involving MyPayrollHR and...
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