Tuesday, December 20, 2011

PA Unemployement Confirms Late Rate Letters

The Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Department has confirmed that compensation rate notices which are normally mailed at the end of December will be delayed into 2012. They say they will be mailed prior to April 1, 2012.

This obviously creates problems for employers trying to accrue the proper amount of tax to pay in the first quarter. It will also require changes to rates in software, and adjustments for incorrect accruals.



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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

PA to Stop Mailing Corporate Tax Coupons

The PA Department of Revenue will no longer mail REV-857-I coupon packets or specialty taxes coupons, forms and instructions to taxpayers effective 01/01/2012. The forms and instructions will be available on their website. Of course, they encourage everyone to file on e-TIDES if possible.
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Monday, December 5, 2011

2011 Tax Year Publication 17 Posted


Publication 17 was posted yesterday, and is available for download at

If past years are any guide, there may be revisions, so keep the web address handy. Even if you order a paper copy (which if you tell them you are a tax preparer they will charge you for) the PDF is useful since you can search the document by any word, and there are hyperlinks in the documents to other sections.

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IRS Releases 2012 W-4 and W-4P

The updated forms are available at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf and http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4p.pdf
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