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Take 5 with Olive Chase: Owner, The Casual Gourmet

What is the name of your business? What services and/or goods does it provide? The Casual Gourmet is a full-service catering company. We provide catering, event planning and catering equipment rentals throughout Cape Cod. While weddings comprise much of the catering aspect of our business, we cater private social events and corporate events, as well. […]

Take 5 With Ernestine Montilio of Montilio’s Baking Company

When was your company founded? How many employees did you start out with; how many do you have now? My parents started the company in 1947 in Quincy with family members helping. I was not born yet, so not sure how many employees there were. It was a very small building so I would guess […]

The Solvency Debacle

We have fielded quite a few calls and emails this week about the 2021 unemployment rate increases published on April 6th (three months late), and the announcement last night by the DUA that the deadline to pay Q1 contributions has been extended until June 1st. While this extension is certainly helpful, it does not address the primary […]

Urgent Payroll Alert: Unemployment Rate Increase for Employers

On Tuesday, April 6th, the Mass Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) released 2021 employer unemployment rates almost three months late. Despite the assurances of the governor and legislative leaders that rates would not increase in 2021 and 2022, almost all employers saw increases in their rates. These increases are retroactive to January 1st creating enormous tax burdens for […]

Take 5 with Lisa Guyon, Executive Director of WE CAN

What is the name of your organization? What services does it provide? WE CAN empowers Cape Cod women by providing unique services that inspire hope and bring increased stability, self-sufficiency, and opportunity to their lives. WE CAN annually serves more than 2,500 women across Cape Cod with free and confidential legal services, employment and business […]

Take 5 with Amanda Converse of Love Live Local

What is the name of your business; what services and/or goods does it provide? Love Live Local is a Cape Cod nonprofit organization dedicated to community advocacy and educating consumers on the importance of shopping local. Our mission is to foster an economically sustainable, creative and exciting future for the Cape and help all those […]

March 15, 2021: Important Payroll News

A few important reminders about payroll items that require your attention this month: Paid Family Leave Program Paid Family Medical Leave launched in Massachusetts on January 1st. Many employers have already received requests for information from the state seeking to verify wages and eligibility for an employee. BizChecks Payroll continues to deduct and remit contributions to the […]

Important News about the Employee Retention Credit

On January 26th, the IRS published a press release encouraging employers to take advantage of the newly extended Employee Retention Credit. Passed on December 27th, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 makes it significantly easier for employers to take the Employee Retention Credit. The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable tax credit […]

BizChecks Payroll Updates During COVID-19

March 31, 2020 Update We would like to thank all of our clients who have been patient and supportive of the payroll changes that we have made to respond to the Covid crisis. There is a tremendous amount of information that is changing daily regarding the CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program, the Families First […]

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