Empagio Offers Webcast Highlighting Outsourcing as a Strategic Tool for Strategic Risk Reduction in Payroll Tax Compliance.ATLANTA -- Empagio, Inc., a leading provider of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. outsourcing (HRO HRO Housing Referral Office HRO Rostock (Germany, auto license plate) HRO Human Resources Outsourcing HRO Hogeschool Rotterdam (The Netherlands) HRO Human Resources Office HRO Ham Radio Outlet ) services and a unit of HALO Technology Holdings Halo Technology Holdings is a parent company of several long established technology sector companies. Halo changed its name and ticker symbol from Warp Technologies Holdings (WARP.OB) in 2006. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : HALO), today announced it will offer an educational Webcast designed to help companies understand how outsourcing can be used as a strategic tool to reduce risks associated with payroll tax Payroll Tax Tax an employer withholds and/or pays on behalf of their employees based on the wage or salary of the employee. In most countries, including the U.S., both state and federal authorities collect some form of payroll tax. compliance. The Webcast, broadcast at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 6, will examine the risks of payroll non-compliance, evaluate the pros and cons pros and cons Noun, pl the advantages and disadvantages of a situation [Latin pro for + con(tra) against] of the three most common methods of filing payroll taxes, and discuss how companies can use outsourcing as a strategic tool to dramatically reduce payroll tax filing compliance risks. Key findings from Empagio's 2006 Executive Survey on Payroll and Payroll Tax Filing will also be discussed. For more information about this Webcast, visit www.empagio.com/webinar. Carna Blau, Empagio's manager of Payroll Tax Operations, will host the one-hour Webcast. Blau has more than 11 years experience in payroll and payroll tax operations, and is a Certified Payroll Professional (CPP cpp - C preprocessor. ) and a certified trainer for the CPP certification program. Trained in several leading customer service methodologies, Blau is a certified trainer in the Achieving Stellar Service[R] system, and has more than 10 years experience practicing customer-first service. Presenting with Blau will be Jerri Langer, founding Government Relations Chair for the National Association of Tax Reporting and Payroll Management (NATRPM) and currently serving on the NATRPM Board. Langer is a past member of the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. Commissioner's Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC IRPAC Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee IRPAC Industriales Regiomontanos del Poniente AC (Monterrey, Mexico) ) and served IRPAC as its Subcommittee Chair on Legislation and Regulatory Matters. She served ProBusiness Services Inc. as their chief tax compliance officer and prior to that was a Director in Deloitte & Touche, "Our 2006 Executive Survey on Payroll and Payroll Tax Filing uncovered strong evidence pointing to outsourcing's ability to lower both the incidence and the financial impact of payroll tax compliance penalties," said Randy Cooper, Empagio CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "This is mission critical information for payroll executives dealing with the burden of Sarbanes-Oxley and ever-shifting federal, state and local regulations." Content of the Webcast should be of particular interest to VPs of Finance, CFOs, Payroll Directors, Payroll Managers, VPs of Human Resources and Human Resource Managers. During the Webcast, Blau and Langer will help participants answer and understand the following concepts: 1. Why compliance risk is a top concern of executives today 2. The risks and penalties of payroll tax non-compliance, including IRS penalties The fraudulent return penalty is set out in IRC Section 6663.[3] This penalty is "75% of the portion of the underpayment [of tax] which is attributable to fraud." The fraudulent failure to file return penalty is set out in IRC Section 6651(f). , interest and prosecution 3. A review of the three main payroll tax options in the market today and their associated risk profiles 4. How payroll tax outsourcing can be used to reduce compliance risk 5. Tips on selecting a payroll tax outsourcing partner About Empagio, Inc. Atlanta-based Empagio provides human resources outsourcing (HRO) services to enable a faster transformation of human resources (HR) from mostly tactical to a greater level of strategic execution. Empagio focuses on companies in all industries, from financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , manufacturing and transportation, to retail and the public sector. The company's solutions range from an on-demand HR management platform to the full spectrum of HRO, including HR, benefits, payroll administration and human capital management, as well as stand-alone services such as payroll tax filing. Empagio provides full administrative processing and customer support via U.S.-based service centers. Owned and operated by HALO Technology Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: HALO), visit www.empagio.com for more information. About HALO Technology Holdings HALO Technology Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of a diversified range of standards-based enterprise software applications and on-demand solutions. HALO's strategy is to acquire and operate enterprise software companies with a commitment to sustainable growth. HALO portfolio companies focus on customer service, product quality and profitability to build long term customer relationships and ensure customer satisfaction today and into the future. Everyday, thousands of corporations and institutions from across the globe rely on our portfolio companies to deliver high quality, enterprise class software and services. For more information, please see our website at www.haloholdings.com. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion