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Your Guide to Take-home Pay

Patriot Software

After you subtract all of the taxes and other deductions, money left over is considered take-home pay. Read on to learn more about what is take-home pay and how to calculate it. What is take home pay? Take-home pay consists of the […] READ MORE.

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Your Guide to Take-home Pay

Patriot Software

After you subtract all of the taxes and other deductions, money left over is considered take-home pay. Read on to learn more about what is take-home pay and how to calculate it. What is take home pay? Take-home pay may also be called net pay.

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Savings Soundbites for ASW 2022

Money Talk

This is typically done in employer retirement savings plans with an auto-escalation feature that automatically increases an employee’s contribution amount by a specific percentage of pay. It also uses inertia positively because most workers do not opt out.

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How Section 125 cafeteria plans work

PeopleKeep

Many working Americans have access to a Section 125 Cafeteria Plan at some point during their working career, yet many do not take full advantage of them. When utilized correctly, a cafeteria plan can increase take-home-pay without any change in expenditures.

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How to Calculate Net Pay for Payroll

Patriot Software

Between taxes and benefit deductions, the employee’s take-home pay could be far from the $50,000 sticker price (cue the sad violin). To find their take-home pay, you need to know how to calculate net pay. Employee salary: $50,000 a year. But you know that’s not what they’re walking away with.

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What Are Payroll Deductions?

Patriot Software

You know there are deductions to take out of your employees’ paychecks. What do you withhold from an employee’s take-home pay? Read on to learn the different deductions you have to take out of each employee’s paycheck. But, are they pre-tax vs. post-tax deductions? What are payroll deductions?

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Can Payroll Services Handle Direct Deposit?

Patriot Software

Payroll services calculate employees’ wages, taxes and deductions, and take-home pay. […] Read More Direct deposit is a convenient payment method for employees, who receive their paycheck quickly and securely on payday. Most employers handle direct deposit through their payroll software.