Robert W Ditmer Financial Support

Articles Index

 

The following is an Index of all of the articles listed in the various categories. The links in the Index below direct you to the Category page where the link to the article, or series of articles, is located.

 

 

awards

• The Ins and Outs of Supplemental Wages.

• The Most Common Uses of Form 199-MISC for Small Businesses

• Motivate Your Employees and Make Your Workplace More Productive

 

Belo plans

• Salary Alternatives for Non-Exempt Employees

 

bonuses

• Avoiding the Pitfalls of Employee Bonuses and Gifts

• The Ins and Outs of Supplemental Wages

• Motivate Your Employees and Make Your Workplace More Productive

 

child support orders

• The Basis of Child Support Orders

• How Child Support Orders Are Calculated

• New Hire Reporting Requirements for Employers

 

commuting benefits

• Taxing and Reporting the Personal Use of Employer-Provided Vehicles

• Transportation Fringe Benefits - Helping Employees Get to Work

 

compensatory time

• Do You Have to Pay for Every Minute of an Employee's Time? The Issue of Compensatory Time.

 

corporations

• When Is an Employee Not an Employee?

 

deceased employees

• Handling Wages Due a Deceased Employee

 

earned income credit

• The Earned Income Credit (EIC)

 

employees

• Consequences of Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors

• The Legal Basis for Employee Records Retention

• New Hire Reporting Requirements for Employers

• Part-Time or Temporary Workers - Employee or Independent Contractor?

• When Is an Employee Not an Employee?

 

exempt employees

• Vacation and Sick Pay for Exempt Employees

• What Is an Exempt Employee?

 

expenses

• Business Expenses That Are Not Deductible

• Expenses 101. Are Expense Reimbursements Taxable Income?

• Expenses 101. Proper Substantiation of Business Expenses

• Expenses 101. What Are Safe Harbor Employee Expense Allowances?

• Expenses 101. Preparing an Accountable Expense Reimbursement Plan

• Expenses 201: Some Local Lodging Expenses Are Now Deductible

 

fluctuating workweek

• Salary Alternatives for Non-Exempt Employees

 

Form 1099

• Handling Wages Due a Deceased Employee

• The Most Common Uses of Form 199-MISC for Small Businesses

 

Form W-4

• Keep More of Your Money – Don't Loan It to the IRS

• How Part-Time Employees Can Avoid Underwithholding of Taxes

• The Secret of How Payroll Tax Withholdings Are Calculated

 

Form 940

• How to Complete Form 940 for Federal Unemployment Taxes

 

fringe benefits

• Avoiding the Pitfalls of Employee Bonuses and Gifts

• Group-Term Life Insurance As an Employee Benefit

• The Ins and Outs of Fringe Benefits

• Meals for Employees - What Are the Costs?

• Moving Expenses - How to Correctly Treat Reimbursements

• Transportation Fringe Benefits - Helping Employees Get to Work

 

garnishments

• The Basis of Child Support Orders

• How Child Support Orders Are Calculated

• The Effect of State Law on Creditor Garnishments

 

gifts

• Avoiding the Pitfalls of Employee Bonuses and Gifts

 

group-term life insurance

• Group-Term Life Insurance As an Employee Benefit

 

incentive programs

• Meals for Employees - What Are the Costs?

• Motivate Your Employees and Make Your Workplace More Productive

 

independent contractors

• Consequences of Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors

• The Most Common Uses of Form 199-MISC for Small Businesses

• Part-Time or Temporary Workers - Employee or Independent Contractor?

 

Internal Revenue Service

• Essential IRS Publications for Employers

 

meals

• Meals for Employees - What Are the Costs?

 

minimum wage

• Minimum Wage and Overtime for Piecework. How Are They Calculated?

• Minimum Wage and Overtime for Tipped Employees

 

moving expenses

• Moving Expenses - How to Correctly Treat Reimbursements

 

new businesses

• Federal Requirements for Setting Up Payroll in a New Business

 

new hire reporting

• New Hire Reporting Requirements for Employers

 

non-exempt employees

• Salary Alternatives for Non-Exempt Employees

 

overtime pay

• The Basics of Calculating Overtime Pay

• The Ins and Outs of Supplemental Wages.

• Minimum Wage and Overtime for Piecework. How Are They Calculated?

• Minimum Wage and Overtime for Tipped Employees

• Overtime and Multiple Employers

• Overtime Premiums vs. Overtime Pay: What Is the Difference?

• What Is Overtime Pay?

 

owner's draws

• Understanding Owner's Draws

 

part-time employees

• How Part-Time Employees Can Avoid Underwithholding of Taxes

• Part-Time or Temporary Workers - Employee or Independent Contractor?

 

partnerships

• When Is an Employee Not an Employee?

 

paycheck non-tax deductions

• The Basis of Child Support Orders

• How Child Support Orders Are Calculated

 

payroll taxes

• Federal Requirements for Setting Up Payroll in a New Business

• Income Taxes for Multiple States – Who Has Jurisdiction?

 

per diem expenses

• Expenses 101. What Are Safe Harbor Employee Expense Allowances?

 

personal use of business vehicles

• Taxing and Reporting the Personal Use of Employer-Provided Vehicles

 

piecework

• Minimum Wage and Overtime for Piecework. How Are They Calculated?

 

prizes

• The Ins and Outs of Supplemental Wages

• The Most Common Uses of Form 199-MISC for Small Businesses

• Motivate Your Employees and Make Your Workplace More Productive

 

reciprocal agreements

• State Tax Reciprocal Agreements

 

records retention

• The Legal Basis for Employee Records Retention

 

salaries

• Opinion Paper: The Non-Effect of 27 Payrolls in a Year

• Salary Alternatives for Non-Exempt Employees

 

sick pay

• Vacation and Sick Pay for Exempt Employees

 

sole proprietors

• When Is an Employee Not an Employee?

• Understanding Owner's Draws

 

state income tax

• State Tax Reciprocal Agreements

• Income Taxes for Multiple States – Who Has Jurisdiction?

 

supplemental wages

• The Ins and Outs of Supplemental Wages

 

tax credits

• The Earned Income Credit (EIC)

• Tax Deductions versus Tax Credits. What Is the Difference?

 

tax deductions

• Business Expenses That Are Not Deductible

• Tax Deductions versus Tax Credits. What Is the Difference?

 

tax forms

• The Most Common Uses of Form 199-MISC for Small Businesses

 

tax identification numbers

• ITIN, SSN, or EIN - What's the Difference?

 

tax withholding

• Federal Requirements for Setting Up Payroll in a New Business

• How Part-Time Employees Can Avoid Underwithholding of Taxes

• The Secret of How Payroll Tax Withholdings Are Calculated

• State Tax Reciprocal Agreements

• Income Taxes for Multiple States – Who Has Jurisdiction?

 

temporary workers

• Part-Time or Temporary Workers - Employee or Independent Contractor?

 

time worked

• Do You Have to Pay for Every Minute of an Employee's Time? The Issue of Compensatory Time.

 

tipped employees

• Minimum Wage and Overtime for Tipped Employees

 

transportation fringe benefits

• Transportation Fringe Benefits - Helping Employees Get to Work

 

unemployment taxes

• How the Federal Unemployment Tax Is Calculated

• How to Complete Form 940 for Federal Unemployment Taxes

 

vacation pay

• Vacation and Sick Pay for Exempt Employees

 

vehicles

• Taxing and Reporting the Personal Use of Employer-Provided Vehicles

 

workers' compensation insurance

• A Workers' Compensation Insurance Primer