The Houston Chapter Chatter is our monthly newsletter that features an article summarizing the previous months speaker, legislative updates, and regulation changes. It also includes the Houston Chapter's upcoming events and future meeting dates.
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| 2008 |
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August
IRS LeviesChapter Meeting Schedule IRS Historical Highlights News Bits Board Contacts August Birthdays |
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July
Lump Sum Payment Notifications....Easy as 1,2,3
Check out the SSA's new home page
Beware of Sharing Salary Details!
How to Deliver Unpleasant News at Work |
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June
Financial Planning in Today's Market
Overcoming Public Speaking Fears
SSA Will Not Send 2007 "No Match" Letters
Wireless Working |
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May
Foreign National Payroll & No Match Letters
5 Things to Do If You Get a Bad Review
News Bits |
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April
Unemployment Taxes: Trends & Strategy
Hidden Fees on Gift Cards
2008 Membership Drive
Help Your Recruiter |
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March
FLSA Collection Costs - What Costs Employers Most?
Lump Sum Payments (Bonuses, Commissions, etc.)
Labor Dept Publishes Proposed FMLA Rule Changes
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February
Seven Career Killers
Accounting and Finance Salaries on the Rise
IRS Warns of New E-mail and Telephone Scams |
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January
Should you switch jobs in 2008?
2007 Award Winners
Employers can cut benefits for retirees at 65 |
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| 2007 |
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December
Gift-Giving Guidelines for Colleagues, Clients
I-9 Update
Wolunteer in 2008 |
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November
What's New at SSA?
How to Interview
Year-End Workshop |
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October
HCAPA Celebrates National Payroll Week
Workplace "English-only" Policies Risky Business
HCAPA Board Candidate Profiles |
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September
Want to Be An HCAPA Hero?
DHS Unveils Worksite Enforcement Plan
NPW Celebration Benefiting the Houston Food Bank
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August
Conducting a Payroll Audit
Can't Take a Vacation. Try a Short Break.
House Advances SSN Privacy Bill |
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July
Disaster Recovery
Today's Eight Deadly Workplace Legal Risks
Troubleshoot Bad Boss Behavior |
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June
Tackling Life's Curve Balls
The Five Things You Need to Succeed
Understanding the Perils of E-Mail |
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May
Texas AG's Office - Employer Reporting
Soft Skills You Need to Succeed
Sizzlin' Summer Seminar |
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April
Planning Your Retirement Paycheck
IRS Offers Last-Minute Tips for Taxpayers
More Companies Eliminate Executive Perks |
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March
Managing Your Work-Life Balance
Letter from Treasurer
Telephone Tax Refunds |
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February
HCAPA Class of 2007
10 Biggest Interview Killers
Smoking in the Workplace |
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January
CPP/FPC Workshop
Minmum Wage Ripple
January Check List |
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| 2006 |
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December
Time to Go?
Compliance Priorities
Chapter Needs Volunteers |
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November
What's New at SSA?
Tips to Tune Up Your Career
Pension Plan Limitations for 2007 |
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October
HCAPA and TPC highlights
How to Make your Work Day Shorter
Do You Hate Your Job? |
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September
Processing International Payrolls
Pension Bill Allows Automatic 401(k) Enrollment
Senate Rejects Minimum Wage Increase
Final Rule on HSA Excise Tax |
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August
How to Better Understand and Manage Your Team
Online Meeting Registration
Volunteer of the Month
Improper SS Payments |
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July
Court Orders, Child Supports and Liens
IRS Reminds Employers About Worker Classification
Update on Senate's Immigration Bill
Walk for Diabetes |
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June
Identity Theft
"Money Matters" National Education Day
Special Data Coding Assigned to Social Security Numbers is Proposed |
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May
Customer Service in Payroll
How to Prepare for Success on the CPP and FPC Exams
FMLA Claims |
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April
Unemployment Claims
Pension System Needs Fundamental Reform
SSA Offers W-2c Online |
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March
What is your Moral Compass?
IRS Releases 2006 'Dirty Dozen' Tax Scams
Membership Renewal Due April 1st |
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February
2006 HCAPA - Survey
Possible EIC refund
Mimimum Wage Hikes |
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January
Payroll Professional of the Year - Amy
Jankowski, CPP
Unsung Hero - Evie Covino, CPP
Top 10 New Year's Resolutions |
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| 2005 |
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December
Recent SSA Developments
Key to Career Success
Compensable Time |
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November
Legislative Update
2006 Pension Plan Limits
Jury Duty Scam |
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October
W-2 News
Were You Offered an Early Retirement Buyout?
Annual Election of Officers |
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September
National Payroll Week
Rising Health Care Costs
Retirement Planning |
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August
DOL White Collar Exemptions
Texas Child Support Legal and Procedural Changes
Confirm SSN's Online
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July
Regulations for DOL White Collar Exemptions
Texas Child Support Updates
Confirm Employee Names and SSN Online |
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May
Pay Cards
SSA 2005 Summary Report
Unions strategize to meet needs of high-tech
workers, other professionals |
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June
Child Support Updates
Revenge of the CPA's
FSA Rules Modified |
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April
Controlling Unemployment Costs
Proposed Changes to Child Support
Free Workforce Recruitment Program |
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March
I-9 Enforcement
Violence in the Workplace
Social Security in the News |
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February
Tax Changes and SS/Medicare Benefits
Child Support and Employers
APA Capital Summit |
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January
Taunya Fritzsching- HCAPA Payroll Professional of the Year
Withholding on Student Loans
W-2 News |
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| 2004 |
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December
Board Election Results
Payroll Compliance
2005 IRS Limits |
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November
Form W-2 Reporting and Updates
Electronic Income Reporting Orders
Social Security Increases |
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October
History of Payroll
Revised Income Withholding Order/Notice |
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September
941 Draft
941 B Draft
941 D Draft
FLSA |
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August
Record Retention
Electronic W-2 Guidelines
UI Tax Evasions |
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July
What's Your DiSC?
Depression in the Workplace
Bits & Bytes on Disability Benefits |
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June
Conflict and Resolution
New Rules for Overtime
Bits and Bytes Government Information |
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May
Best Practices for Capturing Payroll-based Incentives
Final "White Collar" Overtime Exemption Rules
Words of advice from Will Rogers |
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April
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
GOP Plans Big Tax Reform Push
IRS Finalizes Regulations on
Electronic Statements |
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March
401(k) Reporting Plans
Overtime Award
FLSA Update |
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February
Identity Fraud
IRS Enforcements
Meeting Schedules |
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January
Jane Mc Donald - HCAPA Payroll Professional of the Year
By-Laws Changes
News from SSA |
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| 2003 |
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December
Senate passes Medicare Reform
Looking for a New Job
2004 Election Results |
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November
2004 Officer Nominations and Elections
Social Security Changes
2004 Pension Plan Limitations |
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October
Looking for a Job
OTC Drugs and Your FSA
FLSA Overtime Update |
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September
Planning Ahead with Ed
DOL Guidance on Medical Child Support
Texas Amends Treatment of Unclaimed Wages |
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August
Federal and State Child Support Update
Jerry Lewis Telethon
2003 Summer Workshop |
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July
Effects of JGTRRA
National Medical Support Notice
Information on New Tax Tables |
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June
Payroll Audits and Controls - Managing Risk
Debit Cards and FSA's
Child Support |
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May
Paperless Payroll
HIPPA Privacy Issues
Spousal Support |
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April
Is There a Debit Card in Your Future
Military Pay and Benefits
FLSA Proposed Changes |
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March
Government Update
News from the US Dept of Labor
Internal Controls |
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February
Things To Do for W-2's
Happy Payroll New Year 2003
Committee Chairs and Volunteers Needed
HCAPA MDA Discovery Walk |
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January
2003 Milage Rates
Annual Awards Banquets
Tax Disaster for Future Generations |
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| 2002 |
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December
Identify Theft
Dress for Success When Interviewing |
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November
Food Pantry
SSA Wage Base Goes Up in 2003
Federal Tax Calendars Released for 2003 |
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October
Milage Information for 2003
10 Interviewing Rules |
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September
Unclaimed Wages - Who Gets Them?
September 11's Impact on The Workplace |
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August
Health Reimbursement Announcments
EGTRRA |
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July
FLSA
The Government Connection |
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June
Texas Child Support Issues
IRS to Impose Penalties for SSN Mismatches |
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May
Telemarketers Driving You Crazy?
Tax and Information Updates |
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April
Payroll Q&A - government liaison report
IRS consolidates combined annual wage reporting program |
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March
Payroll Q&A - government liaison report
President's 2003 budget proposal contains payroll-related items |
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February
New forms and reports – government liaison report
Significance of social security numbers |
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January
January
IRS unveils address / EIN changes for 2002
Web resources
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