Learn payroll mistakes you never want to make and the huge IRS penalties you could face if you don't spot and fix payroll administration errors.

One of the most common tasks performed in any company, by any employer at any time, is the seemingly mundane task of running payroll. The steps to getting it right are straightforward, except when they are not.

Tracking hours, pay rates, tax withholding for FICA and Medicare, income and state taxes, deposit requirements, filing requirements and the list goes on and on as to the ways administering payroll can become skewed. And, the IRS loves to make examples of employers who get it wrong, and whether errors are unintentional or born from ignorance, it matters not.

Join us when Elizabeth Bystrom, CPA, will reveal mistakes you don't ever want to make when it comes to payroll administration, how to spot errors, and how to correct them in order to minimize the risks of costly IRS penalties.

You'll learn:

• The easiest ways payroll can get jumbled up, and how to deal with those errors before they become larger problems
  
• Steps you can take to stop mistakes from happening in the first place
  
• The type and scope of penalties you could be on the hook for
  
• Fringe benefits and how other types of pay can trip you up
  
• Withholding and remitting payroll taxes
  
• Reconciling your payroll returns: Putting a bow on your W-2s
  
• Fixing an error, throwing yourself upon the mercy of the IRS, and when to really get help

About Your Presenters:

Elizabeth Bystrom, CPA
Owner, Founder
Elizabeth Bystrom CPA, Ltd.

Elizabeth Bystrom CPA has spent her 17-year career in various roles inside of the field of public accounting. In 2010, her entrepreneur voice finally growing too loud to ignore, so she jumped ship to build from the ground up a boutique firm that specializes in small business and individual tax consulting. Her belief is that the right combination of good information and good advice is the foundation for good decisions. Her collaborative approach to gathering and discerning information provides her clients with the opportunity to be tax-aware and make smarter decisions in all areas of daily life, from business to individual and beyond.

Today, Ms. Bystrom has created a firm that offers services such as business coaching and tax planning, as well as traditional options such as business and individual tax compliance. Her natural approachability, combined with her open and honest approach to day-to-day issues has allowed her to build a practice unlike any other.

Ms. Bystrom is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Minnesota, and spokesperson for the MNCPA.