Somewhere in your payroll records right now, there is probably a check that shouldn’t count and a payment that was never counted. A void that got processed in your bank...Read More
Every January, somewhere in America, a controller closes the December books, a payroll manager finalizes the W-2s, and the two sets of numbers disagree about what December...Read More
The IRS usually announces the new retirement plan limits in late October or early November — and the moment it does, a clock starts. Between that announcement and January 1...Read More
There’s a particular phone call payroll consultants get every year in the first week of January. It starts with “our December bonuses didn’t pay out until January 2” and it...Read More
Every payroll you’ve run this year had a safety net: the next payroll. Missed a deduction? Catch it up next cycle. Overpaid someone? Adjust it on the following check. Forgot...Read More
The Social Security Administration made it official in October: the2027 Social Security wage base is $192,300. The OASDI tax rate itself isn’t changing — it stays at 6.2% for...Read More
Mark the date: 2026 W-2s are due to employees and must be filed by February 1, 2027, because January 31 falls on a Sunday. That extra day is the only grace you should count...Read More
Every January, payroll teams across the country discover the same hard truth: year-end was already decided weeks ago. The W-2s that go out wrong, the amended returns, the...Read More
Every payroll manager knows the shape of year-end. The regular payroll calendar does not pause, but on top of it lands everything else:W-2 preparation, final adjustments,...Read More
