Updated FFCRA Regulations Now in Effect

By Erica Kasper Content Marketing Manager   On September 11, the Department of Labor issued some revised regulations for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). You may recall that the FFCRA mandates that employers with fewer than 500 employees offer paid...

Four Things to Look for in an HR and Payroll Software Provider

By Erica Kasper Content Marketing Manager   Let’s do a little word association. What comes to mind when you see the following terms? Payroll. Taxation. Employee retention credit. Compliance. Form 941. If this list is confusing, or worse, makes you want to curl up into...

Release Notes – Payroll Tax Service – 9/16/2020

Anticipated Release – 09/16/2020 Additional Kentucky Locals Additional 20 KY Locals have been added to the Greenshades tax return offerings Clark County, Clarkson City, Clinton City, Cythiana City, Fulton City, Graves County, Grayson County, Harrison County, Hickman...

To Defer or Not to Defer

By Laura Detsch Compliance Officer   On August 8, 2020, the President signed a memorandum with the subject line of: Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster.  This memorandum’s intent was to provide temporary relief to support...

1099-NEC – Prepping for Year-End in the Middle of the Year

By Erica Kasper Content Marketing Manager   Form 1099-NEC is new for the 2020 tax year. This form is used to report non-employee compensation and takes the place of box 7 on the previous Form 1099-MISC. While Form 1099-NEC may seem unfamiliar at first, it has a long...

941 and the W-2

By Laura Detsch Compliance Officer   For payroll folks out there, we know that employees like to get those W-2s on January 1st, even though they technically can’t file their individual returns yet. If we pause to do a reconciliation first, it may save some work and...

Release Notes – Pay History – 9/01/2020

Anticipated Release – 09/01/2020 Greenshades Online Pay History Navigation: Greenshadesonline.com > Pay History > Wage Breakdown Report Enhanced Feature Users are now able to add columns and filters to the Wage Breakdown Report. The report—which displays a...

Release Notes – Pay History – 9/1/2020

Anticipated Release – 09/01/2020 Greenshades Online Pay History Navigation: Greenshadesonline.com > Pay History > Wage Breakdown Report Enhanced Feature Users are now able to add columns and filters to the Wage Breakdown Report. The report—which displays a...

Onboarding in the time of COVID-19

By Erica Kasper Content Marketing Manager   I started a new job this week: Content Marketing Manager at Greenshades Software. Usually, the first day of a new job is spent touring the building, meeting the other employees, and filling out paperwork. For me, the first...

To Contract or Not to Contract: Proper Classification of Workers

By Bethany Knittel Channel Marketing Manager    More than 10 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor according to numerous state-level studies. Unlike strong quarterly financial reports, misclassifying a worker is never good...