AboutShirley McAllister, CPP, PHR Expertise I can answer payroll questions, payroll tax questions, 401K questions. No stock option questions please and I have some knowledge of other pensions but am most familiar with the 401K pension.
I can answer U.S.and Canada payroll questions proficiently and have a good general knowledge of UK and South Africa and some knowledge of Australia and New Zealand Payroll procedures.
Please do not ask me homework questions I do not have time to answer them.
Experience 25 years with an international company in the Human Resources, Payroll and Payroll Tax areas.
Organizations SHRM, APA, I.O.M.A.
Publications I.O.M.A. and BNA
Education/Credentials P.H.R., C.P.P., Canadian Payroll Administrator, Successfully passed APA class on UK Payroll Administration.
Boise State University Human Resource Certification
Awards and Honors APA Hotline Citation of Merit for last 8 years.
Question what is the length of time an employee has to be away from home to determine if withholding in another state needs to be applied?
Answer Withholding is not determined by the amount of time the employee is away from home.
State withholding is determined by where the work is performed. Whichever state the work is performed that is where the withholding needs to take place. There are some states that have reciprocal agreements with other states so you would need to look at that. What a reciprocal agreement means is that if two states have a reciprocal agreement, an employee is only subject to the income tax in the state where he lives.
For example : There is a reciprocal agreement between Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
If you live in Illinois and work in Iowa you file in Illinois because there is a reciprocal agreement.
If you live in Illinois and work in Missouri you file taxes in Illinois and you file a non resident form for Missouri because there is no reciprocal agreement.
If you want to know if your state has a reciprocal agreement with another state let me know in which state you live and I will let you know.
