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President’s Message - I am honored to welcome our new and returning members as your 2024-2025 Orange County Chapter of the American Payroll Association (OCCAPA) President. As I enter my first year as… Read More

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May 15, 2025

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.

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Jun 19, 2025

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.

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What's New

Jul 23, 2022

IRS Announces HSA Limits for 2023

The IRS announced the 2023 maximum contribution levels for health savings accounts (HSAs) and out-of-pocket spending limits and deductible minimums for high deductible health plans (HDHPs) that must be used in conjunction with HSAs [Rev. Proc. 2022-24].

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Nov 07, 2021

2022 Pension COLAs -401(k), 403(b), 457(b) Pre-Tax Contribution Limit Increases to $20,500 for 2022

The IRS has announced the cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to the dollar limits on benefits and contributions under qualified retirement plans, as well as other items, for tax year 2022.

  • The limitation on the exclusion for elective deferrals under §402(g)(1) (e.g., §401(k) and §403(b) plans) increases to $20,500 (from $19,500).
  • The limit on annual additions to defined contribution plans under §415(c)(1)(A) increases to $61,000 (from $58,000).
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Nov 07, 2021

Social Security Wage Base Increases to $147,000 for 2022

The Social Security Administration announced that the 2022 social security wage base will be $147,000, which is an increase of $4,200 from $142,800 in 2021.

The maximum social security tax employees and employers will each pay in 2022 is $9,114, an increase of $260.40 from $8,853.60 in 2021.

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