Payroll Basics on February 29th, 2024 (Zoom) 6-8 PM Pacific

We did a thing! We sent a survey to clients, friends, and farmers about how we could help them function better as a business.



The loud and clear winning topic was, and now is “Payroll Requirements and Taxes!”
(Boring titles abound in this field, unfortunately. 😄)
Thursday, Feb 29th 6:00 PM -8:00 PM PST

This will have a farm focus with the latest about farm overtime, and that pesky IRS payroll tax form that is different for farmers (Form 943 instead of Form 941), plus we’ll quickly review volunteers and/or work-trade help.

If you are brand new to payroll, however, you don’t have to be a farm business, because we will also cover basics such as:
- federal payroll taxes
- Washington State (USA) payroll taxes
- contractors versus employees
- payroll software issues and options, plus more.

There will be time for questions and answers, of course!

We’ve chosen an accessible price ($20) for this webinar and have an easy sign up here:
https://calendly.com/jocebooks/payroll-requirements-and-taxes-for-farms/2024-02-29T18:00:00-08:00?month=2024-02&date=2024-02-29

If you can’t make this one, or want a different topic, we will offer more classes soon!

We welcome your questions and comments here.

Annnnd, we have one of those listserv thingies for future announcements, here: http://eepurl.com/iJ2tsE

HUGE thanks to Theresa Gilbert, project manager extraordinaire(!), for making this happen during the busiest time of year for my business, Alchemilla Services, but the best time of year for farms and small businesses.

Sometimes (a lot of times?) new business owners don't know what they don't know.

Down the road, what I really want to help with is better use of QuickBooks Online (QBO). I see so much duplicated income from errors being made in QBO.

Plus, I'd love to hear more about what folks need help with the most.

At my neighborhood meeting the other night, I learned about an initiative that would change the laws around one of our Washington State payroll taxes, WA Cares-2124[/i]. The signatures were verified last month and I-2124 will be put to a vote in November. This is big news.

I explain more about it here:  https://jocelyncampbell.com/2024/02/21/payroll-and-what-else-plus-wa-cares-in-the-news-again/

Two Oregon farmers just signed up for the class, so I will give a brief overview of what is unique to Washington State for payroll taxes, and what to look for in other states.

There is still room for more to sign up!

Your class sounds amazing! I've learned a lot from you over the years about filing as a small business, and your Permaculture Money and Finance presentation was packed full of great info.

I hope a lot of people can take your class!

Nicole Alderman wrote:Your class sounds amazing! I've learned a lot from you over the years about filing as a small business, and your Permaculture Money and Finance presentation was packed full of great info.

I hope a lot of people can take your class!

You are a dear one to say so, Nicole! I've learned so much more, and worked with even more businesses since I gave that presentation. So I hope I've improved a lot!

My niche expertise is really with the small microbusinesses or solopreneurs and not many classes are geared at that level.

The class was awesome last night. The participants asked great questions which truly made it a better experience.

We made a video recording of the class, so if you missed the class, but want to purchase the video link, I could send you more details in a PM.

I only just saw this!  I would like to purchase the recording.  Jocelyn, do you have recordings of other classes?  I have a small business and need help.

Thank you!  Tina

The class sounds great. To add to an earlier observation, there are always laws and regulations one has never heard of.

Tina Wolf wrote:I only just saw this!  I would like to purchase the recording.  Jocelyn, do you have recordings of other classes?  I have a small business and need help.

Thank you!  Tina

Hi Tina - thank you!! So far, I do not have recordings of other classes, but I hope to have more soon. I'll send you a PM about how to purchase.

I will watch for your classes from now on.  I didn't realize you gave them.  

Slow and steady gets across the finish line, too, right?

We have the 2-hour payroll recording with PDF slide deck for $20 - more info here: WSU Cultivating Success + Payroll Workshop Video. Plus, there are links to a mailing list and a survey about future workshops. My current client work comes first, which is why I'm plodding gradually at getting more workshop information out there.

The blog post above is also a big shout-out to the Cultivating Success program through the WSU (Washington State University) Extension. That class took place right next to WSU's Bread Lab which is featured in The Third Plate by Dan Barber. I felt like I was in sustainable foodie heaven district just being near it!

These are the bread ovens that were in front of the Bread Lab: