Speaker Profile
DAYNA RUEM
Dayna is currently the Payroll Tax & Garnishment Manager at PetSmart Inc. Dayna has been heavily involved in the payroll field for over 17 years. Starting as a payroll clerk at a small Tucson company, Dayna moved on to be a Payroll Team Leader at Honeywell Inc. During Dayna’s time at Honeywell she obtained her FPC (Fundamental Payroll Certification) through the American Payroll Association. She also received several merit awards for Customer Service and Acquisitions and Divestitures. Dayna is no stranger to teaching she has taught at the Metro Phoenix American Payroll Association meetings and at the Arizona State Payroll Conference. Topics including Payroll Basics, Global/Cultural Awareness, Immigration Basics for the Payroll Professional, Multi-State and Local Taxation, and Quality Control for Payroll, International, and Canadian payroll. Dayna has her CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) through the APA. She also serves on the National American Payroll Association on the National Strategic Leadership Task Force, Government Affairs Task Force (PA Local tax subcommittee). Dayna has received a Citation of Merit for her service along with being a Gold Pin member of the APA. Besides her payroll accomplishments, Dayna is certified in HR hiring and firing practices and is a Six-Sigma Greenbelt.
New Overtime Regulations
Overtime and minimum wage have been a hot topic for the last several years, legislation almost went into in effect in 2017 but was stopped by several states coming forward with legal action. But new legislation was put into effect as of 1/1/2020, are you aware of the changes and are you in compliance with the new exempt requirements? In Aug of 2023, there was new proposed legislation that has not ..
Employee Expense Reimbursements
Will give best practices on how to handle employee expense reimbursements. Discuss and review the different IRS-approved methods from Per Diem to Accountable and non-accountable plans. Discuss details of electronic-based reimbursement programs and the requirements the IRS has for them. Review of special travel situations such as spousal travel & frequent flyer miles.Areas CoveredIRS expense reimbursemen..
Requirements for State Mandated Sick Pay
Legislation is changing rapidly in regard to employers being required to provide employees with accrued sick time. In 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic states and the federal have updated legislation on paying sick pay. It began with city legislation and has now moved to states such as California which employers must comply with.Review different types of ways companies can choose to handle third-party..
Garnishments and Proper Processing
Garnishments are a requirement of doing business and having employees but juggling the requirements of different types of garnishments and federal and state laws can be exhausting. This webinar will give you tips and tools to know how to stay compliant and process garnishments Will talk about all the recent updates to Garnishment legislation due to the COVID-19 pandemic including what garnishments should be..
2024 Payroll Tax Update: New Forms and Requirements Explained
This webinar is designed to help the participant to know updates for 2023 necessary to stay in compliance with the IRS. Did you know that penalties for information returns have been updated and can cost your company money if W-2s and the required ACA forms are still required? Or that the IRS has implemented the requirement that employers report the Sick and Family leave wages paid to employees and..
Fundamentals of Form W-2 and W-4
Dec of 2017 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed and it was one of the most significant tax changes in some time. This webinar will review the payroll professional to understand the changes to the form W-4 for 2020 and beyond and to review. Before changes, the Form W-4 was a critical form that all companies had to obtain from employees and had special processing requirements. A review of the IRS-speci..
Form 941 Compliance
This webinar will give you the tools to better be able to understand line by line of Form 941.Details around 2024 updates to the form 941 and review of common errors as reported by the IRS.Review of Schedule B and the importance of completing it correctly.Review of who should sign the Form 94.Filing the Form 941 when taking the COVID-19 and is it still applicable?Areas Covered 941 Basic Requirements- Report..
BEST SELLER - Principles of a Shadow Payroll
US companies are becoming more global each day, and many employers are faced with many challenges when a U.S. employee is working abroad or when a foreign national is working in the U.S. Many countries have changed tax laws in the last several years that make companies look for different ways to maintain international assignments. Since tax equalizations are not enough anymore to mitigate the risks that emp..
Everything About the W-4 Form You Need to Know
On May 31, 2019, the IRS released a draft of the 2020 W-4 form for the payroll and tax community to review. This webinar will prepare the payroll professional to understand the changes to the Form W-4 for 2020 and to review the recently released final of the 2020 W-4 Form. Before changes, the Form W-4 was a critical form that all companies have to obtain from employees and has had special processing require..
Expat And Inpat Payroll Processing
Details of payroll tax policies for international assignments from understanding details of tax equalization and tax protection to understanding how to calculate hypothetical tax. Review of accounting concepts and best practices. Will also have a review of international visas and the payroll requirements over each Visa.Areas Covered Concepts on how to handle tax for international assignme..
Fringe Benefits Taxation
Participants with walk away with a better understanding of the IRS view on fringe benefits taxation. The details of the IRC exceptions allowed by the IRS will be detailed and explained to participants. Participants v/s Companies are providing more fringe benefits to employers more than ever before, thus reduces company costs but raises employee morale. Because of this, the IRS has more to say on what Fringe..
Fundamentals of Form W-2 Processing and Preparation
Form W-2 is the baseline payroll tax forms that as payroll professions we are constantly dealing with. Everyday changes are occurring that effect how we handle these forms. It is critical to stay on top of current rules and regulations regarding these critical forms.Areas Covered Employer notification requirements and important deadlines Form W-2Lock in letters from the IRS and how to handleCurrent changes ..
Dayna Ruem
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Handling Payroll Overpayments
As much as payroll professionals complete audits and validations each payroll, unfortunately, mistakes happen and employees get overpaid. Once an employee has been overpaid getting the money back is only one challenge, payroll professionals are faced with how to untangle the tax and compliance requirements when getting money back from employees. This webinar will give participants the tools to analyze all t..
Dayna Ruem
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
International Payroll
Details of payroll tax policies for international assignments from understanding details of tax equalization and tax protection to understanding how to calculate hypothetical tax. Review of accounting concepts and best practices. Will also have a review of international visa’s and the payroll requirements over each Visa.Areas Covered Concepts on how to handle tax for international assignments - Tax Equ..
Dayna Ruem
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Non-Resident State Payroll Withholding Requirements
With the market shifts since the COVID-19 pandemic more and more employers are finding the need to hire remote staff which brings with it challenges for non-resident and resident tax withholding. This webinar will give the tools if what is the employers responsibility and what isn’t so employer's can be compliant.Areas CoveredMulti-State withholding rules - What is a residency and how to determine the ..