(NEW YORK, N.Y., December 20, 2005) - Ensuring full compliance with Pennsylvania's complex payroll laws is a difficult task for employers, who face significant tax, penalty and interest assessments for even minor infractions. Now, Aspen Publishers offers payroll, human resources and financial managers a single new resource, the Pennsylvania Payroll Guide, that puts in one place everything professionals need to know to comply with the state's complicated and ever-changing state and local payroll laws. Aspen is a leading provider of specialty information for payroll, human resources, and financial professionals (www.aspenpublishers.com) and is part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business unit.
Updated annually, this single loose-leaf sourcebook is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide available on Pennsylvania payroll laws, including both tax and non-tax laws. Written so that the laws and requirements can be easily understood by both payroll and non-payroll professionals, the Guide includes numerous explanations, examples, and practical guidance to facilitate compliance. And, the Pennsylvania Payroll Guide is the only Pennsylvania payroll resource covering all local tax laws for 2,600 municipalities and school districts. For these municipalities and school districts, there is even an extensive chart that lists their rates, as well as tax collector information, and the emergency and municipal services tax withholding and reporting requirements, together with tax amounts and tax collector information.
"Pennsylvania's payroll laws are extremely complex and ensuring compliance is a vast undertaking for any employer," said Patrick McKenna, CPA, the author of the Pennsylvania Payroll Guide. "Employers must be familiar with a long list of Pennsylvania state and local income tax laws; earned income and emergency and municipal services tax laws; unemployment compensation laws; and Pennsylvania non-tax laws, such as labor laws, garnishments, and levies. The Pennsylvania Payroll Guide cuts through all of this complexity with plain-English explanations of compliance requirements, and practical tips and tools that can be quickly put to use to ensure compliance and streamline the payroll process."
Single Source, Comprehensive Coverage
The Pennsylvania Payroll Guide's state tax law coverage centers primarily on a Pennsylvania employer's withholding and reporting responsibilities as they relate to employee compensation. Examples are: items specifically included in or excluded from an employee's wages; withholding and deposit requirements; reporting requirements to both the State and the employee; unemployment compensation wages, contributions, and reporting requirements; and noncompliance provisions.
The Guide's local tax law coverage focuses on a Pennsylvania employer's local earned income tax withholding and reporting requirements. All municipality and school district rates, for both residents and nonresidents are included, as well as tax collector information. Emergency and municipal services tax withholding and reporting requirements are also provided, as well as emergency and municipal services tax amounts and tax collector information. Separate sections are presented for Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Scranton, since the tax laws in these cities differ from other localities. The Guide also includes a ZIP code to municipality converter to help determine which local tax rates apply to employees.
The Pennsylvania Payroll Guide's non-tax law coverage includes Pennsylvania laws related to minimum wage and overtime pay, child support orders, and other wage deductions.
Federal payroll law coverage is also provided in many areas to ensure employers fully understand these areas and the extent that Pennsylvania payroll law follows or differs in these areas.
Finally, practical tips are presented throughout the Guide, including planning strategies to minimize a Pennsylvania employer's tax and noncompliance costs. These tips are intended to provide useful guidance or opportunities from which a Pennsylvania employer may directly benefit.
Availability
To order Pennsylvania Payroll Guide call 1-800-638-8437 or order online at www.aspenpublishers.com. The loose-leaf Guide is updated annually and is priced at $189.
About Aspen Publishers
Aspen Publishers (www.aspenpublishers.com), headquartered in New York, is a leading information provider for payroll, human resources, and financial professionals. Aspen, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw are part of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business unit. Wolters Kluwer is a leading multinational publisher and information services company. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2004) of EUR 3.3 billion, employs approximately 18,400 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (www.wolterskluwer.com). Its depositary receipts of shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.