Damian Karjane

Damian Karjane is a Virginia-based tax attorney and co-founder of PayME, Payroll-filing Made Easy, which was founded in 2018 to help small businesses digitally file (or “e-file”) their payroll tax returns, with special emphasis on Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, and Form 940: Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return. To learn more about PayME’s services or to contact an employment tax expert, please visit the company website. You can email Damian at info@paymellc.com. Damian is also licensed in New York and Massachusetts, and has earned degrees and diplomas from Lafayette College, Rutgers - Camden Law School, Boston University School of Law, and the University of Limerick in Ireland.

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IRS Fact Sheet Causes Reporting Confusion

Congress created pandemic-related sick and family leave refundable credits for eligible employers. The rules apply slightly differently for leave taken 1) before April 1, 2021 (“Initial Period”) and 2) from April 1, 2021 through September…

Employers: IRS Changes Payroll Tax Form 941 For Q1 of 2022

The IRS changed Form 941 for the first quarter of 2022 and warns taxpayers not to use an earlier version of the form. The IRS also indicated there is going to be a different Form…

Employers: What is Form 940 and Do I Need to FiLe it?

Did you employ workers at your small business this year? If yes, you need to deal with employment taxes, like federal unemployment (“FUTA”) taxes.  For each employee, you must pay a percentage of his or…

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IRS Changes Payroll Form 941 for 2nd Quarter 2021

Recent legislation, designed to help small businesses harmed by COVID-19, has dramatically altered Form 941.  The June 2021 changes add over ten new lines and five new worksheets to an already complicated form. In general,…

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Employers: IRS Changes Payroll Tax Form 941 for Q1 2021

In 2020, to combat the economic effects on small businesses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, new legislation/executive actions drastically changed the format of Form 941, expanding it from two to three pages, and adding 58…

Employers Beware–Payroll Tax Form Has Changed Yet Again

On September 30, 2020, the IRS updated Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, for the second time in as many quarters to accommodate President Trump’s executive order. Recall, employers use Form 941 to report…

Small Business Update: Trump’s Executive Order to Defer Payroll Taxes

On August 8, 2020, to provide temporary assistance to workers who are facing financial burdens due to the pandemic, President Trump issued an executive order to defer the withholding, deposit and payment of certain payroll…

10 Facts Employers Need to Know About Payroll Tax Incentives

Recent Covid-19 legislation creates new payroll tax incentives for employers, which fall into two main categories: Payroll Credits and Tax Deferral.  All these relief measures were established by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Families…

Important: IRS Finalizes Changes to Payroll Tax Return Form 941

On June 20, 2020, the IRS finalized tax Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return, to collect information about the new COVID-19 tax incentives, expanding the form from two to three pages, and adding 58 new…

8 Important e-File Tips for Form 941

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