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Emerging State Employment and Withholding Tax Issues



Monday, April 4, 2011
Product Code - PYAU01
Speaker(s): Debera Salam, Director of Payroll Information and Process Services, Ernst & Young, LLP
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Employers are often confused by the demands placed upon them by state governments in the areas of state income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, and nonresident taxation.

Please join Debera Salam, with Ernst & Young, LLP, for a discussion of emerging state employment and withholding tax issues, and how your organization may be impacted in the coming year.
Topics to be covered include:

  • Federal and state income tax withholding decoupling issues for multiple fringe benefits
  • Unemployment tax increases as a result of federal loans and interest on those loans
  • Emerging trends in the acceleration of tax filings and payments
  • Emerging trends in nonresident taxation
  • Emerging trends in the withholding of income tax on contractors

Debera Salam, Director of Payroll Information and Process Services, Ernst & Young, LLP

Debera Salam is the Director of Payroll Information and Process Services for Ernst & Young LLP, where her experience in payroll research, process and audit, publishing and advocacy were applied in the development of Ernst & Youngs Employment Tax Advisory Services strategic consulting approach. As a payroll compliance and process professional, Debera also functions as a subject matter leader on those projects that have a compliance and payroll audit focus, including systems implementations, process improvement, accounts payable interface evaluation for business, relocation and irregular compensation, and internal and external payroll audits. Her broad-based knowledge of all payroll compliance areas, including garnishments and wage-hour, coupled with her experience in federal and state lobbying initiatives, give her a unique ability to coordinate a diverse range of payroll consulting projects.

Debera is a certified payroll professional (CPP). She was named the 2004 Texas Payroll Professional of the Year and was selected for listing in the 2004 Whos Who in America. She was also listed in the American Payroll Associations Hall of Fame, Whos Who of American Women, Whos Who in Finance and Industry, and Whos Who of Emerging American Leaders.