Payroll Update The employee fica rate of 4.2% has been extended for the rest of the year. Since the rate was changed to 4.2% permanently for the January to February period you will not need any pro [...]
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Read moreThe Congress and Senate have passed the payroll tax cut bill and it is headed for the President's signature. With this bill, the employee fica tax rate would remain at 4.2% until the end of the year. [...]
Read moreOn Sunday February 19th after the month end back up, we have scheduled the Financial application (formerly Daprex) upgrade. The upgrade will start at 9:00AM Sunday morning and will take 6-8 hours. [...]
Read moreWe have replaced the old template with the First Option template used on all our websites. Go to https://www.1stoption.com/About/newsEvents.htm and click on Webcheck new template Demo.   [...]
Read moreOn January 25th First Option had a webinar regarding the roll out of our new Help Desk Software. The recorded webinar is now available at the following link https://www.1stoption.com/About/newsEvent [...]
Read morePlease click the link below to register for our webinar on January 25th at 1:00 EST. The purpose of the webinar is to roll out the new First Option Help Desk Software. Agenda * How to Log in * View [...]
Read moreUnder the terms negotiated by Congress, the law also includes a new “recapture” provision, which applies only to those employees who receive more than $18,350 in wages during the two-month perio [...]
Read moreAs of today 12/23/11, the payroll tax holiday was extended for two months. The Fica rate will be 4.2% for January and February 2012 and then increase to 6.2% in March. [...]
Read moreThe maximum contribution employees can make under a traditional, safe harbor or automatic enrollment 401(k) plan has increased from $16,500 to $17,000 for 2012. Traditional, safe harbor and automa [...]
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