Payroll Best Practices: Proper Handling of Overpayments - Webinar By TrainHR

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 11, 2011 -- Overview : This webinar addresses all of these issues and helps payroll departments to establish a clear policy on handling overpayments that keep it in compliance with all federal and state requirements and regulations!

Mistakes can be made on an employee's paycheck in the most well managed payroll department. Underpayments of course, are not difficult to resolve. However, correcting errors involving overpayment of wages can be quite different! Multitudes of questions arise regarding what is required of the employer under IRS regulations.

But recouping overpayments are not just governed by IRS tax laws. Wage and hour law compliance must also be honored when dealing with overpayments. Issues such as exempt employee status, minimum wage and overtime rules for nonexempt employees must be considered when recovering overpayments from employees.

And of course, individual states have their own compliance issues involving state tax code and/or wage and hour laws! What do you need to watch out for on the state level when creating a collection of overpayment of wages policy? Are you prepared to handle overpayments compliantly and effectively?

Areas Covered in the Session:

Handling Overpayments under IRS and State Tax Codes

Why a 1990 IRS Private Letter Ruling on handling overpayments applies today
Correcting overpayments in the same calendar tax year

Why asking for the gross is better than the net check for prior year overpayments
Correcting FICA taxes for a prior year overpayment
Correcting FUTA/SUI taxes
Using Form W-2 or Form W-2c to report overpayments

Wage and Hour Laws and Their Impact on Recouping Overpayments

The standards under the FLSA in terms of timeframe for recouping prior year overpayments
Is a written agreement for repayment always required under the FLSA
Collecting overpayments from exempt employees and its effect on salary basis compliance
Recouping overpayments and its effect on minimum wage and overtime requirements

Can employers treat advanced vacation payments as overpayments if an employee terminates

Where do the states stand on recouping overpayments

Who Will Benefit:

Payroll Professionals
Human Resources
Accounting Personnel
Business Owners
Lawmakers
Attorneys, or any individual or entity that must deal with the complexities and technicalities overtime calculation within the payroll process.

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