Webinars

  January 21, 2009 at 02:00PM ET

AP and payroll need to work hand-in-hand throughout the year.

That’s because employees are given payments for expenses or are provided benefits that may be impractical to process through payroll, so they are processed through AP.

These can include such disbursements as business expense reimbursements, educational assistance, auto allowances, relocation or moving expenses, club dues, medical expenses, dependent care, employee referral awards, and suggestion awards.

To make it more complex, some benefits do not involve direct payment to employees but may be taxable nonetheless.

These include personal use of a company vehicle, in-kind dependent care, health club memberships, employer-provided meals, length-of-service and safety awards, free use of company-provided services, cell phones, Christmas or other holiday gift certificates, and employee recognition awards.

Join IOMA and resident payroll expert Vicki Lambert, CPP for a special interactive webinar and learn how payroll and AP can work together to make sure tax reporting rules are followed to avoid unpleasant surprises down the road.

In just 90-minutes, you’ll learn:

• How sharing information all year long instead of only at year-end ensures greater compliance
• Why payroll should make the call when deciding what is or is not taxable and reportable under the IRS rules and who gets the personal penalties if there is an error
• Why payroll should come to AP for the information and not vice versa and why AP should make sure they do
• What is the only payment off the table when it comes to taxing and reporting through payroll and why it that may not apply in all cases
• When De Minimis applies and when it does not when it comes to taxation
• When are moving expenses taxable and reportable and when only taxable or only reportable
• How auto allowances may be taxable one month and not the next
• When employee achievement awards are taxable and when they are not
• When cell phone bills must be scrutinized for taxable wages
• When employee achievement awards must be reported
• How gifts certificates must be handled to comply with IRS regulations
• And much more!

Plus, get answers to all of your toughest questions in the Q&A session following the presentation.

FEATURED SPEAKER:

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP
President, Lambert & Associates and Editor, IOMA's Payroll Manager's Report and Payroll Compliance Guide

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, is President and Academic Director of Vicki M. Lambert, LLC a firm specializing in payroll education and training. Ms. Lambert has a Bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude in Business Administration and is a Certified Payroll Professional with over 30 years of multi-state payroll experience.

Ms. Lambert has lectured extensively throughout the United States on payroll administration and compliance issues for clients that include ADP, CCH Incorporated, Ceridian Employer Services, Fox Studios, County of Riverside, Sun Microsystems and others.

Ms. Lambert has authored, co-authored or edited numerous payroll publications, newsletters and articles that include IOMA’s Complete Guide to Federal and State Payroll Compliance, Federal & State Wage/Hour Compliance Guide 2007, Complete Guide to California Payroll Compliance, and John Wiley and Sons’ Payroll: A Guide to Running an Efficient Department. Ms. Lambert is currently the Editor for IOMA’s Payroll Manager’s Report and contributing editor for the Payroll Practitioner’s Monthly.