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  • PLEASE NOTE OF THE MEETING ADDRESS CHANGE AND THE HAPPY HOUR CHANGE – EWA is here to Stay!

    Get Ready for our Annual "Rapid " Sponsor Meeting. This Meeting is open to the public and a "Live" event.  Meeting Location is now at: WeWork, 2211 Michelson Dr, Floor 9 Irvine
    3pm – 5pm.

    Happy Hour afterwards is now at El Torito, 18512 MacArthur Blvd, Irvine. With complimentary drinks! Sponsored by rapid!

    Sponsor: 

    https://www.rapidpaycard.com

    Speaker:  Burke Rice brings to his role more than 30 years of sales, sales management, operational oversight, and entrepreneurial experience. In his early career, Burke worked in banking and public accounting with Bank of America, USBank, and Grant Thornton LLP.

     

  • Taxation of Equity & Deferred Compensation 

    Speaker: Peter Berard is the national leader of RSM’s SALT employment tax practice. Pete practices in the areas of federal, state, and local employment tax matters. Peter has more than 20 years of payroll and employment tax advisory experience, focusing on multistate income tax withholding issues, merger/acquisition integration, refund studies, statutory election analysis, risk management services, process reviews, information reporting, and compliance issues.

    Speaker: Erica Stohler provides employment tax consulting and compliance assistance to clients across all industries and sectors. She has provided employment tax services at public accounting firms for more than 12 years.  Erica’s experience includes federal, state, and local employment tax compliance, wage and benefit taxability, loaned project management services, and various aspects of worker classification.

  • Life of an Employee (This was for the CA payroll conference)

    Speaker: Gerald Whittmore currently holds the position as the US Payroll Director for Conduent Business Services. Gerald started his career in St. Louis, MO as a Payroll Technical Support. He has 35+ years of diverse experience in multiple payroll processing systems, multi-state tax filing, system implementation and accounting to name only a few of his business acumen.

  • No July 2025 Chapter Zoom Meeting

    No July 2025 Chapter Zoom Meeting. Our next webinar meeting will be on Thursday 8/21/2025 3pm – 5pm.

    Topic: Using Gross Ups Effectively
    Speaker:  Julie Levier,  Senior Manager, Payroll.

  • Using Gross Ups Effectively

    Speaker:  Julie Levier,  Senior Manager, Payroll.  Julie has worked in the payroll field for 25 years, and has been at Paul Hastings LLP for 14 years. She received her CPP in 2008. She's a proud ADP'er who has served on the Client Tax Advisory Board and Vantage User Group.

  • National Payroll Week is September 1-5, 2025!

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    CELEBRATE THAT PAYDAY FEELING

    Celebrate the joyful “we just got paid” feeling during National Payroll Week! This special celebration honors the achievements of employees and the dedicated payroll professionals who ensure timely and accurate payments every time. National Payroll Week also promotes financial responsibility for all workers.

  • National Payroll Week Topic: Federal Agency Update 2025

    ATTENTION - Our National Payroll Week Meeting is now a Zoom Meeting

    Speaker: Rebecca Harshberger (retired 01.12.2024) was the VP & Practice Leader, Payroll Tax at Entertainment Partners (EP) in Burbank, California for 20 years.  Considered an expert in State and Federal Payroll Taxation, Becky provided Tax guidance for US employees working on productions in both the US and around the globe.

  • Payroll Impact: One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    PLEASE NOTE:  OUR PREVIOUS MEETING - VISAS AND ILLEGAL EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN CHANGED OR REPLACED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES WITH OUR SPEAKER. OUR NEW TOPIC PRESENTED IS: PAYROLL IMPACT: ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT

    Speaker:  Pete Meza Lopez is a CPP with over 20 years of experience in payroll in the agriculture industry, currently serving as Sr. Payroll Manager, US & Canada at Driscolls, Inc. He also holds the role of VP for the Central Coast Chapter of PayrollOrg, helping connect and educate payroll pros in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley areas.