Posts Tagged ‘Payroll’
Hiring Family Members – What You Need to Know!
Many business owners hire their children, their spouse, or other family members to work in their business. Sometimes this works out well. Other times it causes problems. Here are some the key pros and cons of putting family members on your payroll. Hiring your children Hiring your kids for a part-time job usually has more…
Read MoreManage Your Business’s Unemployment Taxes
As a business owner, you’re required to pay three different types of payroll taxes. 1. FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) is the tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare programs. 2. FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act). Employers pay this federal tax to provide unemployment benefits to laid-off workers. 3. SUTA (State Unemployment Tax…
Read MorePayroll Responsibilities Go Beyond Writing Paychecks
As an employee, you may not have thought much about the procedures behind the issuance of your paycheck. But as a new business owner, you’ll need to understand how federal employment taxes work because you’ll have to withhold these payroll taxes from your employees’ paychecks. Here’s an overview of four types of payroll tax. Social…
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