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To tax or not to tax, that is the question. The IRS is pretty clear when it comes to the taxability of car allowances: Taxable. If you provide a car allowance to an employee, the allowance is subject to federal income tax withholding and social security, Medicare, and federal unemployment taxes. It is also subject […]

Need to pay an employee a bonus or another type of one-time pay?  It’s easy with HUB.   If you don’t have HUB, contact a Payroll Specialist to learn more about the benefits of the employee self-serve portal.

PaySmart’s Payroll Import service is an easy way to track payroll in QuickBooks. Deducting payroll from your bank account(s) can gobble up your valuable time faster than Uncle Bob can devour Mimi’s hot wings at the Labor Day picnic. Small businesses usually have at least three transactions per payroll – more if you still issue […]

The HUB Company Directory is an easy way for you and your employees to get to know one another and access contact information quickly. Have you ever missed a coworker’s birthday? Does it help to have an ice breaker to start a conversation? Need an employee’s cell phone number? When you use HUB’s Company Directory, […]

PaySmart provides you with the tools to find an employee’s local tax (EIT) rate. Go to PaySmart’s Helpful Tools. Then, scroll down and click on “Find Your Local Rate.” Enter Employee Address and Employer’s Address. The EIT rate is in the “Total Taxes to be Withheld” box.

Overtime for tipped employees is based on the overtime rate for minimum wage. School’s out for summer, but let’s not let our math skills get too rusty. Calculating overtime (OT) for your tipped employees isn’t too complicated, once you have these two important facts under your belt. The OT differential for minimum wage is $3.63. The […]

Call PaySmart before releasing financial, SSN, and other payroll-related information to an unknown third party. Scammers are everywhere and practically unavoidable, like flies at a picnic. The world of payroll is no exception, with scammers posing as legitimate payroll-related companies to try and steal your money and interrupt your business. It’s common sense, but these […]

  The FLSA allows you to take a tip credit toward your minimum wage obligation for tipped employees. That’s right. You can take a tip credit of $4.42 — the difference between the required cash wage ($2.83 in Pennsylvania) and the federal minimum wage (which is currently $7.25). Here’s another way of looking at it: […]

HUB Flight is an online employee onboarding product that makes it easier than ever to set up a new employee. Hiring an employee is a good thing, but it inevitably creates more work for you. And nobody has time for that. Say hello to HUB Flight, a new online product that streamlines and simplifies the […]

Use the weighted average method to calculate overtime pay for an employee with two rates of pay. When you pay an employee two rates of pay, calculating overtime pay can be a conundrum. You want to calculate OT at the lower rate; the employee thinks you should calculate it at the higher rate. Let’s break […]