Entries by admin-wxc

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Returning to the Office? The Remote Work Reckoning

The list of companies requiring their employees to return to the office at least a few days per week keeps growing, and it includes many well-known names. Some have been met with a strong response from their employees — and not an enthusiastic one. How these back-to-the-office mandates impact retention and recruiting at these companies remains […]

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Jobs Report Shows Pay Increased by 6.5% Over Last Year

Private sector employment increased by 278,000 jobs in May and annual pay was up 6.5 percent year-over-year, according to the May ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (“Stanford Lab”). The jobs report and pay insights use ADP’s fine-grained anonymized and aggregated payroll data of over […]

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IRS: Going green could help taxpayers qualify for expanded home energy tax credits

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers that making certain energy efficient updates to their homes could qualify them for home energy tax credits. The credit amounts and types of qualifying expenses were expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Taxpayers who make energy improvements to a residence may be eligible for expanded […]

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Interest rates remain the same for the third quarter of 2023

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2023. For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 7% per year, compounded daily. Here is a complete list of the new rates: 7% for overpayments (payments made in excess of […]

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IRS reminds tax-exempt organizations of annual May filing deadline

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded thousands of tax-exempt organizations of their May 15, 2023, filing deadline. The annual filing due date for certain returns filed by tax-exempt organizations is normally by the 15th day of the 5th month after the end of an organization’s accounting period. Those operating on a calendar-year (CY) basis must […]

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Make sure withholding is right on 2023 paychecks

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today suggested taxpayers who filed or are about to file their 2022 tax return use the IRS Tax Withholding Estimator to help update the amount of tax to have taken out of their 2023 pay. The IRS says now is a good time to use this online tool. The Tax Withholding […]