On March 15, 2012 the Georgia Department of Labor issued a Notice of Tax Rate Recalculations. Your business should have received this notice from the GDOL either late last week or early this week. Please fax a copy to (704) 921-2718 or email a copy to payroll@directpaypayroll.com as soon as you possible. We will need this updated information no later than March 30th in order to include the rate increase with 1st quarter. Please note, the rate increases are not significant, but must be reflected in your first quarter reporting. In 2009 Georgia's Unemployment fund had become too depleted to [...]

We are looking for Sales people in the Charlotte area. Please send resume via email only to beth@directpaypayroll.com Our objective is to provide full service payroll and tax filing services for small to medium size businesses in and around the Southeast. What makes our company an industry leader in the Charlotte area is our focus on excellence and our passion for impeccable customer service. Our sales team is the face of our company and needs to demonstrate these traits. Ideally, our candidate will have an established network along with payroll sales experience. However, sales professionals with an excellent work ethic [...]

April 17th is right around the corner, and with the business tax-filing deadline fast approaching, the IRS is urging small businesses offering health insurance to their employees to check out the small business health care tax credit and then claim it if they qualify. For information on the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, please visit the IRS.gov page Small Business Health Care Tax Credit If your small business qualifies for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, you may be eligible for up to a maximum of a 35% credit. Let's say you contribute $45,000 per year towards your [...]

Payroll outsourcing has turned into big business, and why not? Not only is it cost effective, it also has been proven to increase productivity, accuracy, and especially accountability. With most payroll services you can even submit your payroll data online at 2am if you so please. Not to mention the comfort of knowing that your tax payments are going to be made correctly and on time. Quarterly and Annual reporting will always be taken care of for you, and the proof is in those nifty electronic copies you receive each quarter. However, not all payroll services are created equal. Many [...]

Wouldn’t it be nice if your employees were proactively notified by e-mail when their check stubs were ready to be viewed? Better yet, wouldn’t it be convenient if these pay stubs could be securely viewed and accessed from any device (PC, Mac, or Mobile)? Now they can thanks to FileGuardian’s Electronic Check Stub Delivery. How does it work? On check date, employees will receive an e-mail notification that their pay stub is ready for viewing on their PC, Mac or Mobile device.  No matter which device they use, the process is the same -- a simple two-step, secure download process. [...]

News Release ETA News Release: [03/14/2012] Contact Name: Dave Roberts or Jason Kuruvilla Phone Number: (202) 693-5945 or x6587 Release Number: 12-0208-NAT US Labor Department announces new tools to help states reduce improper Unemployment Insurance payments Resources promote claimant and employer compliance with state UI laws WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of new tools to support state agencies in detecting, preventing and recovering improper Unemployment Insurance payments as well as combating UI fraud. The Fraud Tips and Leads Gateway, a new online tool, provides the public with a portal to report fraud. It will [...]