If you owe the money they have every right to collect it. Some states limit how much they can take at once but yes, they can do it.
No, there are laws which govern how and when paychecks can be attached, an employer cannot simply withhold them.
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The fewer allowances an employee declares, the more money the federal government will withhold from a paycheck.
It is legal to withhold paying for accrued personal time off called PTO if an employee has been terminated. Termination of employment will cause an employee to lose vacation time and PTO time.
Indiana does not have a reciprocal tax agreement with Illinois. If these employees are working in Illinois, they are not exempt from Illinois income tax or Illinois withholding. You must withhold Illinois tax from them just the same as you would from an Illinois resident. If you have have employees who are working in Indiana for you, you must withhold Indiana tax. You may also withhold Indiana tax as a service for your Indiana-resident employees working in Illinois (in addition to the Illinois tax) if they request. You must register with the Indiana DOR as a withholding agent using Form BT-1. See: http://www.in.gov/dor/3988.htm
If the employee was responsible for the loss (this includes equipment under their care which went missing, unless otherwise shown to be another person's fault) then yes, it is entirely reasonable for them to withhold some pay to replace the equipment.
A taxpayer only needs to withhold payroll taxes on employees. A vendor would not typically be an employee of the company buying the goods or services.
Although PAYG (Pay As You Go) is called a "withholding tax," it is not a tax but a procedure for withholding projected income tax liabilities as money is earned. Under that plan, the taxpayer prepays taxes in installments, usually paycheck-by-paycheck. In the U.S., prepaying federal income taxes began in 1943, when tax legislation created the first federal requirements for the payroll withholding "tax" and for estimated tax payments. The term is the common one in Australia for the employers responsibility to employees.Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding is a legal requirement to withhold amounts for income tax purposes. If you have employees, you're required to withhold tax from payments you make to them. You may have to withhold tax from payments to other workers, such as contract workers. As a new employer, you must register with the Tax Office before you withhold from payments to your employees. You may also need to withhold an amount from payments to other businesses if they don't quote their ABN to you on an invoice or other document if required.
No, but there may disagreements onver what reasons are legitimate.
They cannot charge any fee for performing the required payroll functions of an employer. They are required to withhold. The amount they must withhold is also defined.
If your employee mails you a check and you lose it, or if the post office loses it, and your employee is making a fuss and wants you to pay for the replacement, tell the employee to just skip mailing the check and withhold whatever the fee was from the employee's next paycheck.