Templates, checklists, and reference guides drawn from active advisory engagements. No registration, no email gate. Calibrated to the standards used in retained practice.
A structured readiness framework for organizations anticipating or undergoing IRS employment tax examination. Covers documentation requirements, response posture, and the records examiners request in the first 30 days.
A 40-point checklist for the records DOL investigators examine in a wage-and-hour investigation. Organized by 29 CFR sections 541, 778, and 785. Includes the documentation standard for each item.
A spreadsheet template for mapping employee residence and work states to withholding obligations, nexus triggers, and reciprocity agreement status. Pre-populated with the 50-state matrix.
The gross-versus-net distinction most organizations get wrong. A structured methodology for calculating recoverable overpayments, employee consent requirements, and the W-2c filing obligations triggered by recovery.
A consolidated reference for the 14 most common employer-provided benefits, their IRC exclusion thresholds, imputed income calculation methods, and withholding treatment under Publication 15-B.
A draft AI governance policy framework for payroll organizations deploying AI tools. Aligned to NIST AI RMF GOVERN function. Includes liability assignment matrix, incident response procedure, and audit trail requirements.
A practitioner's guide to applying the NIST AI Risk Management Framework specifically to payroll operations. Maps each GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE, and MANAGE function to concrete payroll controls.
A 60-question due diligence questionnaire for evaluating AI vendors seeking to integrate with payroll systems. Covers model governance, data handling, audit trail, liability allocation, and SLA requirements.
A technical reference for the compliance controls embedded in PeopleSoft HCM v9.2 Payroll for North America. Covers table-layer controls, effective-date enforcement, and retro pay architecture that govern audit defensibility.
Architecture patterns for the PeopleSoft Approval Workflow Engine applied to payroll approval chains. Covers role separation, self-approval prevention, delegation controls, and audit trail requirements for compensation change approvals.
A structured documentation template for maintaining an ongoing payroll compliance audit trail. Designed to withstand IRS and DOL examination. Includes change log structure, authorization fields, and retention schedule guidance.
Draft response letters for the six most common IRS employment tax notices. Each template includes the regulatory basis for contesting the assertion, required enclosures list, and a documentation checklist. Attorney review required before submission.
These materials surface real exposure. When the checklist finds gaps or the methodology reveals an unrecovered overpayment, the next step is a conversation.