Intuit Payroll is making it easy for employers to get President Obama’s economic stimulus tax credit dollars into their own and their employees’ pockets.

The stimulus package, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, includes new tax credits and other assistance that while beneficial, will require changes to how payroll is calculated. It provides up to $400 of tax credits per eligible individual or up to $800 per eligible couple.

Getting the tax credits will require employers using spreadsheets and other manual payroll methods to stay on top of all the new laws and change how they handle payroll tax withholdings to accurately issue credits for each employee.  The IRS asks that employers calculate federal withholding and advance earned income credit payments with the new tables just issued as soon as possible, but no later than April 1st, 2009.

Intuit Payroll is helping ensure that the more than one million businesses using Intuit Payroll Services – and the more than 12 million employees paid with them – can take advantage of the new tax benefits while keeping their payroll in full compliance with the new legislation.

“Our software and services can help everyone get the most out of this new tax benefit,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of Intuit’s Payroll Services Division. “We’re committed to taking the worry out of payday and making it easier for our customers to pass these credits to employees by keeping ahead of payroll tax law changes and updating our software and services accordingly.”

Intuit Payroll Services plans to accommodate the stimulus package in several ways. The company will update federal and state tax tables to reflect the government’s new tax credits pending approval from the IRS. As the IRS releases information and guidance, Intuit will also update required payroll tax forms, such as Form 941 – the Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Form – for reporting new COBRA premium assistance payments.

Intuit Payroll will provide updated tax tables at no additional cost to customers. In fact, up-to-date tax tables are a standard feature and ongoing benefit of an Intuit Payroll subscription.

Why not let Intuit Payroll handle the burden of tracking these changes so you can focus on running your business? Over one million small businesses trust us to do just that already, more than any other payroll service.

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Turbo tax is proud to announce the launch of their new community – Live Community – on November 27, 2007. You can participate anytime through links on most TurboTax screens or through these Help and Support pages.

In Live Community  https://ttlc.intuit.com/app/full_page , you can interact with TurboTax users like yourself, tax experts and TurboTax employees to find answers to your most puzzling product and tax questions. Live Community features include enhanced content search, search results filtering, and a personal user history of your community activities. Log into Live Community with the same user name and password you use for TurboTax Online or other Intuit sites.

You can also find QuickBooks related answers at www.quickbooksgroup.com Online QuickBooks Community site.

Get a powerful payroll solution that makes it easy to do your entire payroll yourself

Enhanced Payroll helps you manage everything yourself

• Automatically calculate payroll taxes and deductions based on the data you enter
• Quickly download the latest state and federal payroll tax tables and forms, and automatically fill them in with QuickBooks data – you just print, sign, and mail
• Electronically file and pay your payroll taxes (requires QuickBooks 2007 or higher)^†
• Track Workers’ Compensation rates and deductions¹
• Calculate net-to-gross amounts for bonuses and commissions in just one step
• Run customized payroll reports from QuickBooks anytime you like

Learn More

You can process your payroll more efficiently

• Run payroll in just a few mouse clicks: simply enter hours and you’re ready to go
• Offer Direct Deposit to your employees and schedule deposits up to 45 days in advance^†
• Manage all your payroll activities from a single screen
• 60-day satisfaction guarantee – or your money back

Learn More

Enhanced Payroll makes the rest easy

• Works within QuickBooks financial software, so there’s nothing new to learn and no double data entry
• Share data easily with your accountant
• Get set up quickly with step-by-step guidance
• Get ongoing help through the included callback phone support available via Web request²

Subscribe and set up your QuickBooks Payroll Subscribing unlocks the payroll features in your QuickBooks software. Once you’ve subscribed, your QuickBooks software will help you with a step-by-step guided approach to setting up your payroll process, including information about your company, your employees’ wages or salaries, their bank account information, and your company’s year-to-date payroll amounts.

Enter information only once, and QuickBooks will remember it each time you run payroll. You can update, add, or delete information or create customizable reports anytime.

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