It’s one of the most basic tax forms a worker will ever have to fill out. The Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate, known as the W-4, tells the IRS how much money should be withheld from each employee’s paycheck. Every time payroll is processed, a piece of their earnings are sent to the government as tax.…
Filling Out The W-4: What You Need To Know Read More
The ability to turn your phone or tablet into a time clock is a cost-effective time solution for any business. However, while GPS tracking can confirm the location of an employee, there’s still the question of truly confirming their identity. Enter: Cloud-based face recognition (CBFR). Fingercheck’s popular Time Clock app (available for the Apple and
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by Vartika Kashyap Let’s face it—handling a team and helping them to achieve their goals is a tough row to hoe. Why should you care? Well, when your team doesn’t feel supported in their goals or doesn’t see opportunities for advancement within the organization, they become disengaged. Not only that, but they also become less productive
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With so many high profile firings making headlines on both the political and media fronts, we thought it might be a good time to offer up some best practices on how to go about terminating an employee. Let’s face it, firing a worker is never an easy situation…but there are certainly ways to make it
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An increasing number of states and localities, such as NYS, California, and Chicago is implementing new laws to ban employers from asking job applicants about their salary histories. These laws are aimed at ending pay discrimination, by preventing prospective employees from getting pigeonholed with the “legacy” salaries of their previous jobs (especially in cases of
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This might be the first time you are happy about a new tax! This one is the Employer Compensation Expense Tax (ECET), an optional tax that New York employers can pay on employee income earned in excess of $40,000 a calendar year. Interested employers have until December 1, 2018, to opt-in for 2019. The payroll
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At Fingercheck, we are always hard at work innovating our UI to make sure our clients have the easiest, most intuitive experience possible with our products. Case in point: the redesign of our tablet app, which is available now. Original App The original app debuted in July 2015 and allowed employers to essentially transform their Apple
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As a business owner, it’s important to know where every penny of your money is going. To ensure you have the latest key performance indicators (KPIs) for your company, it’s essential to break down expenses by the job, department, location, and other factors. Luckily, Fingercheck is here to help with this! Our Cost Center Levels
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The saga of New York State’s paycard regulations continues. On May 23, New York’s Supreme Court issued a decision to annul an earlier revocation by the New York Industrial Board of Appeals of the New York Department Of Labor’s (DOL) regulations on payment by direct deposit and paycards. DOL Regulations While the DOL’s regulations are still
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Fingercheck’s Free Tax Calculator is a handy resource for both business owners and their employees, demystifying the intricacies of payroll taxes. This free, simple, and self-explanatory tool allows you to get an accurate estimate of just how much federal and state taxes might impact your bottom line. If you are an employer, the calculator reveals
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