Payroll Taxes and Your Small Business

September 24, 2017 Michelle Mire

Most businesses in the United States are small businesses and most employers are also small businesses. But what does this mean?

In the United States, employers are required to apply payroll taxes to their employees' paychecks — things, like Medicare, social security and unemployment.

Learn about the implications for the employer and the employee in our guest post for the Fundera Ledger — How Payroll Taxes Affect Your Small Business.

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Blogmaster, content creator and inbound marketing guru at Wagepoint, Michelle enjoys simplifying complex payroll topics and generating articles with actionable advice for small businesses and startups. When not at the keyboard, she enjoys chocolate, running and quality television (not always in that order).
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