Using the Internet for Payroll

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Using the Internet for Payroll Tax Research
Presented by Julie Berbena, CPP Oregon Statewide
Payroll Services
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Presentation Topics

• Primary Research Sites
• Secondary Sites
• Search Engines

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The Internet is a Tool

• No magic answers
• No Personal Guides
• No road signs

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Can You Trust The Information?

• Check update time stamp.
• Email the webmaster for problems
• Evaluate the data. Is it old data?
• How did you find this site?

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Primary Sites

• OSPS Website
• www.oregon.gov/das/scd/osps
• Use Search feature
• Reference Manual (right navigation menu)
• Resources (left navigation menu)
• Help Center (left navigation menu)
• Entry Guides (i.e. PEBB protected leave)
• IRS
• www.irs.gov
• W-2 forms, etc.

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Primary Sites, Cont.

• Department of Revenue
• www.oregon.gov/DOR
• Bureau of Labor and Industries
• www.oregon.gov/BOLI
• FAQs and Fact Sheets (left navigation bar)
• Final Paychecks
• Deductions
• Deduction Statute

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Primary Sites, Cont.

• Department of Labor
• www.DOL.gov
• Wage Hour Division
• http//www.dol.gov/esa/whd/
• FLSA Advisor
• http//www.dol.gov/elaws/flsa.htm
• State Requirements
• http//www.dol.gov/esa/whd/state/state.htm

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Secondary Sites

• APA Website Public
• www.americanpayroll.org
• http//www.americanpayroll.org/paytechonline/websi
  te-news/
• Federal links (IRS, SSA, DOL, USCIS, etc.)
• U.S. map with state, local, chapter links
• State child support, labor, new hire, tax, UI, WC
• Local tax authorities

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Secondary Sites

• Google
• www.google.com
• Deceased Employee?
• Type in deceased Oregon employee pay

• Ask
• www.ask.com
• Preview of website binoculars

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Payroll-Taxes.com

• Payroll Articles (left navigation bar)
• Federal Tax info
• State Tax By State Link
• Payroll Calculator (paycheck city.com)
• Tied to payroll discussion forum
• http//www.payroll-taxes.com/Payroll-List.html
  reader be alert to conflict with Oregon state law
• Free Payroll Discussion Forum
• Organized by General Topic
• Just For Fun Areas to Lighten the Mood
• Interact With Payroll Peers
• Board Guru replies

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PaycheckCity.com

• Payroll Info (upper right button)
• Glossary (basic)
• http//askcpasam.com/blog/Payroll

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Know Your Forms?
Is it real?

• Form W-4

• Form W-4T

NO, it is marked Public Domain W-4T. Just
because it is on the Internet does not mean it is
legitimate.
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Hearsay and Fables
wading through the stories..
www.Snopes.com site for researching myths,
forwarded emails, employee stores...
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Review

• Government sites are the primary source.
• Be careful to verify federal info against Oregon
  State info (i.e. minimum wage requirements)
• Commercial sites offer unique and helpful tools
  but are secondary in authority.
• Critically analyze your sources
• Not everything you find is legitimate