Author: Pack, Kathy

PAYSMART NPW Edition 2017

In This Issue

NPW Photos	2
NPW Photos	3
Tax Updates	4-5
One Day Seminar	6-7
Events Schedule	8
GNC Officers	9
Sept. Birthdays	10

NPW 2017 GNC Rocked
Lisa Odom, FPC, ADP-CPS

Congrats to Kay Stauffer and Jerri Wyont! They won the final NPW Online Survey gift cards for the month of August today. You can check the www.nationalpayrollweek.com website to see who won the overall prize and the results of the survey. Sadly it was not anyone from Tennessee that won!
Our luncheon was great today & everyone walked away with a NPW Tote Bag, roughly $1300.00 in gift cards, swag and new books!
Thanks to the following people for helping make our NPW Luncheon a GREAT one!
Charla Daily – donations from Eco-Energy
Jan Taylor – Cool light up pens from Sesac for our NPW bags, Stay Calm T-Shirt & helping with Setup/clean-up!
Janet McReynolds for helping with Setup/clean-up!
Theresa Patch – Great new updated ARTWORK on our NPW banner & tire gauges from TransCor America
Theresa Patch – Donated 2 Art Party Certificates valued at $75. Dianne Baker & Lisa Wachter won those.
Lisa Wachter – NPW Photographer!
Thanks to the GNC board who approves the NPW budget yearly, which enables us to give back to our members.
Eric Manchir & Donnie Sutton from Paycor: Donated a $50.00 Amazon Gift card (Congrats Jerri Wyont on that win as well!)
Adam Newton from Paylocity: Donation of 2 tickets to An American in Paris Opening Night at TPAC (congrats to Michelle Bacher on winning the TPAC tickets)
Leigh-Ann Mosley from Inova Payroll: Donated the notepads for our NPW bags.
Antoinette Morgan: Hachette Publishing Company – Brand new book donations for our group
American Paper & Twine: Large Ice Cooler
Sorry if I left anyone off! Thanks to everyone for coming & helping if you did!
Client Learning Specialist III, ADP
Director NPW
Lisa.m.odom@adp.com

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Greater Nashville Chapter Celebrates National Payroll Week

NPW Luncheon Sept. 21st 2017

Officers Amy Duffer, Bonetta Bond

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NPW Photos

GNC Members celebrates NPW at the Sounds game.

Left to right: Ken Bason, Debbie Bason, Laura McCarty, Alan Grice, Robert (Bo) Harris

Everyone in the section received a NPW fan.

NPW Luncheon Attendees

NPW Luncheon Attendees

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TAX UPDATES— Jan Taylor, CPP - Government Liaison

The Internal Revenue Service announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2017. The rates will be:
four (4) percent for overpayments [three (3) percent in the case of a corporation];
1 and one-half (1.5) percent for the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000;
four (4) percent for underpayments; and
six (6) percent for large corporate underpayments.
California and the Virgin Islands have applied to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for a Benefit Cost Rate (BCR; sometimes referred to as Benefit Cost Ratio) add-on waiver by the, deadline. California and the Virgin Islands are on the DOL’s updated list of potential Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) credit reduction states for 2017 [DOL, Potential 2017 Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) Credit Reductions, rev. July 2017]. States had until July 1, 2017, to apply for a waiver.
On July 5, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed paid family and medical leave insurance legislation [S.B. 5975, L. 2017]. Effective January 1, 2020, eligible employees will be entitled to paid leave to care for a new child or sick family member. Effective January 1, 2019, employers and employees will begin making contributions to fund the program. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries will administer the program.
On July 17, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released revised versions of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, and its instructions [USCIS, What’s New, Revised Form I-9 Now Available, 7-17-17]. Up until September 17, employers may use the revised version or continue using the previous Form I-9 (Rev. 11/14/16 N). On September 18, employers must use the revised form (Rev. 07/17/17 N). The revised form and instructions are available on USCIS’s website.
Phase 2 of Same-Day ACH Transactions Begins September 15. Beginning September 15, ACH debit entries will be available for same-day ACH settlement
Federal Per Diem Rates Updated for Fiscal Year 2018. The General Services Administration has announced the per diem travel reimbursement rates for FY 2018 – effective for travel on or after October 1, 2017. Per Diem Bulletin 18-1 is available on the APA website.
EEO-1 Pay Data Collection Blocked. On August 29, the Office of Management and Budget sent a memo to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stopping the revisions to the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) that would have required certain employers to provide summary pay data.
USCIS Redesigns E-Verify Participation Poster. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a redesigned E-Verify participation poster that employers must display if they participate in the program.
IRS Reminds Employers to Print Forms in 'Actual Size.' Employers that print out and send PDFs of certain forms to the IRS should print them to "actual size," rather than "shrink to fit.".
Vermont Starts Participating in Lump Sum Reporting. The Office of Child Support Enforcement has updated its map on its website to reflect that Vermont is now participating in lump sum reporting.
State and Local News.
• Guam – child support state disbursement unit address changed • Illinois – additional villages opt out of Cook County minimum wage, PSL ordinances • Maine – withholding tables revised, supplemental wage tax rate unchanged • New Hampshire – tip pool sharing permitted • New Jersey – UI, TDI, and FLI taxable wage base increased • New York – paid family leave rules began • North Carolina – worker classification commission duties established • Oregon – IRC references updated; predictive scheduling requirements established • Rhode Island – minimum wage, tip credit increased • Texas – overtime and compensatory pay for public safety officers increased; wage deduction rules for temporary workers updated • Washington – paid family and medical leave insurance defined
The IRS is looking for community volunteers to provide free tax preparation and help to their neighbors and other area residents in 2018.
Taxpayers who volunteer are joining a program that has helped millions of people file tax returns at no cost for more than 40 years. Taxpayers who volunteer make a difference. This is people helping people and it's that simple.
To become a VITA or TCE tax volunteer, visit IRS.gov and type "tax volunteer" in the search box.

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TAX UPDATES Continued — Jan Taylor, CPP—Government Liaison

Fall Forum 2017 is coming up soon! Participants can earn up to 19.5 RCHs during the conference. This conference is designed to help understand industry changes and prepare attendees to be better leaders. There will also be two specialized tracks offered: Advanced Payroll Concepts and the Global Payroll Management Certificate Program: Advanced. Also you will hear about hot issues such as Cyber Security and the Uniform Wage Garnishments. Check out the latest issue of Paytech for more detailed information on the forum and review the APA website link for additional registration information.

The Local Income Tax Compliance classes are available on www.americanpayroll.org website. Although the one day class will not be offered in Nashville, TN this year, there are still in-person classes offered throughout the US. Also you can still register for the Live Webinar or the Webinar on demand and participate in the class in the convenience of your own office without having to travel.

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Greater Nashville Hosts One Day Seminar
By: Lisa Wachter, CPP
President Elect

During the early spring a survey was sent out, and the responses were overwhelming that members would like to attend a full day seminar, in the airport area, discussing security and fraud, managing multiple generations, and planning/goal setting. On Thursday, September 28th the GNC Board and Committee Members hosted a one-day seminar packed with useful information at One Century Place Conference Center off Elm Hill Pike.
The meeting began with FBI Agent Dean Kinsman speaking about “Why the Payroll Industry in Under Cyber Attack from Transnational Criminal Enterprises?” During the discussion we learned that cybercrime has entered the United States from loosely organized individuals working in the “Dark Market”. Our computer systems can become infected with viruses, bugs, malware and ransomware while we are surfing the internet, using social media sites, or opening email from unknown sources that pose as friends or company executives. We were advised to never log into your PC as an administrator but log in as a standard user so that unintended software will not be able to load. We also learned to keep backups of important files and never store passwords, banking information, or any personal information on a computer that you will use to access websites and general internet material. Those important files or pictures should be stored on an external storage device and backed up so that if your computer becomes infected the cyber-criminal will not be able to gain access to sensitive information. Multi Factor authentication is the best way to protect your information as well as using at least 10 characters in your password. The more characters in your password the harder it will be for password guessing software to figure out the information within a reasonable timeframe; therefore, increasing the changes the cyber criminals may just move on to the next easy target. There were numerous handouts with tips for protecting your company information as well as your personal information. This was one of the most informative security and fraud protection sessions that I have ever attended!
Next Dale Carnegie speaker, Mark Roberts spoke to us on “Planning to Achieve Goals” During this session we heard that “One hour spent planning is worth four hours of execution” – Crawford Greenwalt DuPont. We must describe our vision in clear and specific terms while applying the necessary steps to transform our visions into reality. Our plans must also include clearly defined communication goals. We learned an eight step process to help improve and achieve goals. 1) Identify the Desired Outcome; 2) access the current situation; 3) set SMART goals; 4) define the action steps; 5) set time frames; 6) identify and secure necessary resources; 7) plan for obstacles and contingencies; and finally 8) be able to track and measure your success and present to management.
After lunch, Mark spoke on “Managing across Generations”. Both of these courses were highly interactive and engaging. Mark presented the topic and key points and then the participants broke up into small groups for a few minutes to discuss and share ideas. We learned from each other as the day progressed. Diverse generations can create power within your team by delivering constructive feedback in which each generation can identify. We must always remember that our approach to coaching may need to be different based on the generation we are dealing with in order for each team member to reach full potential. Each generation brings about knowledge, skills and attitudes that can help your organization grow and leverage technology and innovations. We left the seminar with tips for managing the 4 generations (Veterans, Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials) as well as how to target and deliver constructive feedback to each generation. These resources will be excellent references for effective management of our teams, and will help foster outstanding communication between managers and co-workers who fall within different generations.
The GNC couldn’t have pulled off such an excellent event without our vendors who co-sponsored our Dale Carnegie speaker, Netspend and Bloomberg BNA. At strategic intervals during the day each vendor spent a 15 minute segment explaining how their products and resources can assist payroll professionals in every organization through the utilization of Paycard technology and the expansive research capabilities of the BNA products. Vendors are extremely important to helping chapters provide quality education at affordable prices, and we greatly appreciate our vendor partners.
We wrapped up the day with amazing door prizes sponsored by APA National, the Greater Nashville Chapter Board, and the vendors including: $150 off the 2018 Congress Registration fee, a free registration for a 2017 APA Webinar, the History of Payroll Book, $50 VISA gift card, $50 Macy’s Gift Card, $100 Paycard from NetSpend and cool umbrella’s and water bottles from BNA. Each attendee also received a certificate for $5 off the cost of lunch during October, November, or December’s monthly GNC meeting. This was a fantastic learning event providing brilliant ideas and great door prizes! The GNC Board and seminar committee is proud to see so many companies represented by the attendees.

Dale Carnige Speaker

Dean Kinsmand, FBI Speaker

Annette Kockli, Lacey Deniel, Vendor Reps NetSpend

Jason Rappaport, Courtney Kowalske, Vendor Reps from Bloomberg BNA

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Events Schedule Virtual Congress Free to APA members 15 RCH credits
Visit www.onlinecongress.org for complete event details.

October GNC Chapter Meeting
Topic: Garnishments
Speakers: Ronald Moser
GNC One Day Seminar
September 28, 2017
One Century Place
Nashville, TN
2017 Monthly GNC Chapter Meetings
Millennium Maxwell House Hotel
February 16 August—statewide only
March 16 September 21 NPW Celebration
April 20 October 19
May 11 November 16
June 15 December 14
July 20 January—no meeting

TN Statewide Payroll Conference
August 8-10, 2018 - Murfreesboro, TN
Theme: “Payroll..and All That Jazz”
What’s behind the mask of payroll

APA - 36th Annual Congress
May 15 - 19, 2018
Gaylord National Resort on the Potomac
National Harbor, MD

Links (you can copy and paste links to your internet browser)

TSWB TN Statewide Board National APA
http://www.tspcapa.org http://www.americanpayroll.org
Greater Nashville Chapter TSWB MULTI YEAR Sponsor
http://www.apanashvilletn.org https://thomas-and-company.com

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Greater Nashville Chapter Officer’s

Title Name
President: Amy Duffer
President Elect: Lisa Wachter, CPP
Treasurer: Bonetta Bond, FPC
Secretary: Janet McReynolds, CPP
Director Of Membership: Valerie Phillips, CPP
Director Of Education: Charla Dailey, CPP
Director Of Public Relations: Melinda Stewart, CPP
APA Liaison: Kathy Pack, CPP
Government Liaison: Jan Taylor, CPP
Director of NPW: Lisa Odom, FPC, ADP-CPS
Director of Fundraising /Community Service: Ekaterina Manning, CPP
Website Administrator: Amy Duffer
Help Desk Administrator: Valerie Phillips, CPP
News Letter Editor: Kathy D. Pack, CPP

Chapter Mission Statement:
To PROVIDE economical, quality education and networking opportunities to Middle Tennessee Payroll Professionals. PROMOTE excellence within our profession. MOTIVATE and EMPOWER our members by providing the tools to be knowledgeable concerning the constantly changing and complex federal, state, and local regulatory issues.

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Greater Nashville Chapter of The American Payroll Association
P. O. Box 292937
Nashville, TN 37227-2937

Newsletter Published by Kathy D. Pack, CPP
Cell: 615-294-8390
E-mail: KDPPayroll@outlook.com

TN APA Chapters Region 7.
Regional Advisor:
Jon Schausten, CPP
jschausten@vertellus.com
317-248-6587

September Birthdays

9/1 Darlene Greer CPP
9/2 Brenda Goins
9/2 Debbie Bason CPP
9/4 Ann Marie Fleck CPP
9/4 Melanie Watson
9/5 Tammy Thompson CPP
9/5 Ruth Claud
9/8 Julie Corts
9/10 Lisa Odom FPC, ADP-CPS
9/12 Gretchen O'Brien CPP
9/16 Kay Sanders
9/17 Loetta Sturgill CPP
9/21 Susan Burden
9/24 Ekaterina Manning CPP
9/25 Vicki Whitely
9/27 Lisa Mathis CPP
9/30 Theresa Patch