Expert Provides Guidance on PA Act 32 While Deadline Looms

Arlington, Va. (December 2, 2011) — Act 32 challenges Pennsylvania employers to quickly respond to what is perhaps the largest local income tax restructuring in decades. Some of the most significant steps required for compliance – effective January 1, 2012 – will fall on employers and they may not be able to rely on their payroll service or software provider.

Join Debera Salam, Director of Payroll Information and Process Services for Ernst & Young LLP, on December 8, 2011 for Changes in Pennsylvania's Local Earned Income Tax Under Act 32.

“Pennsylvania has for many years had a complex local income tax withholding system. Under the current Earned Income Tax (EIT) collection system, Pennsylvania businesses are required to withhold taxes for more than 2,900 local taxing authorities and remit those taxes to more than 500 Pennsylvania municipalities and school districts … After four years of diligent analysis and input from Pennsylvania’s tax administrators, legislators and businesses, legislation was enacted in 2008 under Act 32 to streamline the EIT tax collection process by reducing the number of local tax collectors to less than 100, resulting in increased uniformity in both tax collection and reporting, and improving tax collection enforcement efforts through more detailed employer reporting of employees living and (or) working in Pennsylvania. (Governor’s Center for Local Government Services, Earned Income Tax Consolidation System Best Practices Report, Dec. 31 2009.)" 

This timely and important webinar will provide insights on current Pennsylvania local withholding requirements, changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit under PA Act 32, PA Act 32 employer transition planning, and more.

Attendees to this webinar will also receive 1.0 CPE or 1.5 APA RCH credits.

About the Speakers:

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 & Young’s Employment Tax Advisory Services strategic consulting approach. As a payroll compliance and process professional, Debera also acts 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.

Changes in Pennsylvania's Local Earned Income Tax Under Act 32 takes place December 8, 2011, from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, ET. To register for this webinar and obtain further information about CPE or APA RCH credits, go to http://www.bna.com/Pennsylvania-Act-32-17001/?utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=PR&utm_content=HR&utm_campaign=act32 or call 1.800.372.1033, Option 6, then Option 1.

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