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WELCOME TO THE GREATER BOSTON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN PAYROLL ASSOCIATION!
DON'T MISS NEPC!: New England Payroll Conference is June 9, 10, 11, 2010, in Nashua NH, Radisson. Please learn more on the web: www.newenglandpayrollconference.org. Jam packed with great speakers, opportunities to learn and to have fun! SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Very Own ROSEMARIE FRAUMENI was recently selected as the PAYROLL WOMAN OF THE YEAR! May 26, 2010, Outstanding professional achievement and intense dedication should never go unnoticed. Each year, at National Congress, APA recognizes two distinguished members with the Payroll Woman of the Year and the Payroll Man of the Year awards, APA’s highest honor. With years of experience and multiple accolades, this year’s recipients, Rosemarie Fraumeni, CPP, and Billy Meyerkorth, CPP, exemplify what APA is all about. Rosemarie, the Payroll and Benefits Specialist for Insulet of Bedford, MA, has been an APA member since 1996 and received her CPP designation in 2000. As a member of the Government Affairs Task Force, Rosemarie serves on two subcommittees, SSA Wage Reporting Redesign and Federal Tax Forms and Publications. She also chairs the Nominating and Elections Committee, and serves on the Certification Board’s FPC Committee. In addition, Rosemarie is a frequent Congress speaker and has served on the National Speakers Bureau since 2002. “This organization has given me more than I ever could have imagined: friends, career, a profession,” said Fraumeni, who was cheered on by her peers as she walked down the long aisle to the stage from her lunch table in the back of the room. “If I’d known about this award I never would have sat so far away,” she joked. On the local level, Rosemarie is an active member of the Greater Boston Chapter and a Past Vice President. The APA honored Rosemarie with a Meritorious Service Award in 2005, and a Special Recognition Award in 2008. (From article by Summer Blackwell and Jillian Badanes)
UPCOMING MEETINGS: Our NEXT CHAPTER MEETING will be held in September, 2010, Our Topic is still "To Be Determined!" But the topic likely will come from our Membership's suggested topics. Keep checking back, besides learning a ton, meeting with your friends in payroll you can also earn valuable RCH's! For detailed information on upcoming meetings, please refer to the "Calendar link" to the left side of this site, or at the very bottom of this "Home page." CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN PAYROLL: New job postings!! Please click the Job Openings link. If you are looking for a job, please refer to Job Openings link. If you are an employer, please contact michael.boyd@ajilonfinance.com to learn the process to post with The Chapter and to submit your posting. CPP STUDY CLASS, AT CURRY COLLEGE, enroll TODAY!: Registration is now open for the upcoming Certified Payroll Professional Payroll Class, which will be at Curry College, with classes at either Milton, MA and Plymouth, MA! This ~5-week class begins October, 2010. Registration info and weblink: www.curry.edu/cpp. Sign up today!! WEBINARS: none scheduled, stay tuned! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newly Expanded Work Opportunity Tax Credit Guidance Available! For Businesses hiring Unemployed Veterans and Certain Youth. For more information, click on "newsletters" tab on left of your screen! Form available: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8850.pdf Need help claiming COBRA medical coverage credit? IRS provides information to help! For more information, click on "newsletters" tab on left of your screen! IRS Announces Withholding Adjustment Option for Pension Plans and Provides Taxpayer Education! For more information click on "newsletters" tab on left of your screen! Form available: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n1036p.pdf Keep apprised of the Massachusetts' Health Care initiative! Please refer to the following link: http://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/site/connector/ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT for Labor Day Week 2009: Mayor Thomas Menino and Governor Deval Patrick have declared the First week in September National Payroll Week for the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Please join us in celebrating this important occasion!!! GOVERNMENT LOBBYING BY APA: Want to find out about the APA's lobbying and communication efforts with the federal government? Please contact:
Scott Mezistrano, CPP Senior Manager of Government Relations American Payroll Association Prior NEW ENGLAND PAYROLL CONFERENCE JUNE 2010: If you missed NEPC in 2009, look for more info for 2010, and stay tuned for registration information. For now, write in on your calendar: June 9,10,11, 2010 For more information go to: http://www.newenglandpayrollconference.org/ at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua NH. Hope to see you there! CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN PAYROLL: New job postings!! Please click the Job Openings link. If you are looking for a job, please refer to Job Openings link. If you are an employer, please contact michael.boyd@ajilonfinance.com to learn the process to post with The Chapter and to submit your posting. JOB POSTING POLICY: Members: Job postings are free for all members of the Boston Chapter APA. Non-Members: Job postings will cost $25.00 per posting. Please mail payment to PO Box 381929, Cambridge, MA 02238-1929. Job will be posted after receipt of your payment. Procedure: Simply submit an email along with a job description in Word format to Mike Boyd at Michael.Boyd@ajilonfinance.com. Job postings will be posted to the site within 3 days and will automatically expire after 60 days. CHAPTER HISTORY: Check out the history of Chapter Leadership in the "About the Chapter" link! Assembled diligently by Paul Rogers and Sue Baptista and Ruth Chobit, it is a fascinating step back in time. Furthermore it is an inspiration to all of us enjoying the benefits of the Chapter today looking back on the achievements of others! "Members Only": The Members Only section of the site is not yet operational, please stay tuned for changes in fall 2010.
**YOUR INPUT MATTERS!**: We welcome your ideas for meeting topics. To make suggestions, go to Officers or Contact Us. Suggest speakers and/or topics for future meetings. We want your ideas and input! We envision our chapter website will be a great service to the payroll community of Greater Boston. We hope that if you find it beneficial you will join us at our quarterly chapter meetings and as a member. Our volunteer board will strive to keep this website as updated as possible. THANK YOU! PRIOR WEBINARS FOR YOUR INFORMATION: New England/New York Phone Forum: Federal Tax Lien Relief. September 22, 2009; FREE For more information, click on "calendar" tab on left of your screen! IRS Stakeholder Liaison/ SBA presents this webinar/phone forum. Register at SL.Northeast@irs.gov. Reservations are limited and recommended but you can dial in on 9/22/09. Dial in: 1-866- 740 -1260; Access code: 3015603 Everyone’s at Risk – Combating the Increasing Threat of Online Fraud and Identity Theft. August 19, 2009. For more information, click on "newsletters" tab on left of your screen! IRS Stakeholder Liaison presents this webinar/phone forum. Register at www.attevent.com. IRS Webinar for Tax professionals, June 17, 2009: For more information, click on "newsletters" tab on left of your screen! Register and attend: http://cs.sbtv.com/irswebinarreg/ PRIOR MEETING SUMMARIES: May 13, 2010 Topic "Auditing Your Payroll Records for Compliance," Sounds less exciting, doesn't it?!... however, with our Chapter's own panel of experts, this topic came alive like an abundantly-growing garden of payroll Eden. The speakers, using the theme of gardening to entertain us, shared key insights into all aspects of payroll operations including compliance, tax, processing and advanced tricks of the trade! February 25, 2010 at Suffolk University (Sargent Law School), our Topic was “Evolution of Payroll Cards” and we learned about the benefits of PayCard programs for Employers and for Employees. December 3, 2009. “Protecting Personal Information From Data Breaches and Identity Theft” by Scott D. Schafer, Chief, Consumer Protection Division, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. A few takeaways: identify your breach risks, develop a plan to mitigate them and plans to address issues if they arise. And if a personal data breach affects Massachusetts residents that you employ, you must notify the Attorney General’s Office! September 17, 2009. “Unemployment Insurance Issues for 2009” with Peter Berard, Ernst and Young's National Tax Dep't, discussed the effect of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Feb 26, 2009 “Time & Attendance: Moving from Automate To Optimize.” Payroll is not just about producing paychecks. More than the biggest company expense, it is the biggest investment. Payroll has a critical role in Best Practices that touch nearly every critical part of the business, including employee satisfaction, managing profitability, compensation planning, employee leave, and labor forecasting. May 2009 "Managing during stress!" November 20th 2008 at the Radisson Boston our year-end meeting featured representatives from the Massachusetts Fair Labor Division and the U. S. Department of Labor. There was a lively discussion with many great questions from the large crowd of attendees. Never a dull moment with these speakers! September 25, 2008 saw our Chapter meeting at the Mathews arena, we enjoyed a topic as fast paced as Northeastern's hockey pucks on the ice! The topic was “The Next Generation of Web Technology" and presented by Jon Bohnert, Executive Vice President, Symmetry Software. The Breakfast meeting on April 17, 2008 at Boston College. Our presenter will be Bruce Brumberg, editor-in-chief and co-founder of www.myStockOptions.com, and his presentation was titled "Restricted Stock & Trends in Equity Compensation: What You Need to Know About the Fastest Growing Forms of Stock Compensation." This was an information packed seminar and included prizes for answering technical questions correctly!! February 14, we had a dual presentation: Wendy Campbell from IRS speaking on "Employment Tax Update" and Regina Bachini from SSA speaking on "What's New at SSA". Wendy Campbell presented information about the tax gap as it relates to employment tax and information return reporting; the Automated Underreporting Program; the Withholding Compliance Program and lock-in letters, etc; Regina Bachini presented information on how employers can now easily file W2s electronically with SSA. We were informed of the changes to the paper W2 and the new features of the Social Security Card, as well as how the Social Security Number Verification Service can help employers provide the correct SSN on the W2. In November 07, we had a great meeting led by Pete Berard of Ernst and Young with a large turnout. He discussed a multitude of payroll compliance issues. He raised awareness on Cellular Phone use and how employers should be treating it from a tax perspective. And in September, a successful presentation on Compliance and a Washington DC update was enthusiastically received by a large turnout in the beautiful Flag room in the Massachusetts State House! Attendees learned about legislative approaches to address the aptly nicknamed PDD, Pension Deficit Disorder, among many other things.
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