Tax Regulations Evolve Constantly. We Stay Ahead So You Don’t Have To
At HCM Unlocked, we specialize in tax compliance and payroll system setup that keeps your company accurate, compliant, and confident during every filing. Our team delivers hands-on tax compliance support, managing the details that can otherwise overwhelm busy businesses. We streamline every step, reducing risk and ensuring each filing is clean, accurate, and on time.
Identify Any System Discrepancies (Employees or Company)
Ongoingly Update Employees for Live-in/Work-in Tax
Register State Unemployment and Local Withholding Accounts
Submit payroll Tax Applications (Online or Paper)
Communicate Directly with State Agencies on Updates
Track and Report Unemployment Rate Changes
Resolve Federal, State, and Local Tax Notices
Support PEO Clients with FEIN, State, and SUI Setup
Guide Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructures
Provide Historical Tax Research and Analysis
Tax Compliance Services
Tax Compliance
- Monitor and report state unemployment rate changes
- Interpret and resolve federal, state, and local payroll tax notices
- Provide analysis and support during mergers, acquisitions, and restructures
- Conduct historical tax research and feasibility analysis
Tax Registration
- Prepare and submit payroll tax registration applications
- Handle state unemployment account setup
- Manage local withholding payroll tax accounts
- Communicate directly with state agencies to update or maintain accounts
PEO Exit
- Support reapplication or reactivation of FEIN numbers
- Analyze and confirm organizational structure and taxing locales
- Reapply or reactivate state payroll tax accounts
- Reapply or reactivate SUI account numbers
Forensic Payroll
- After-the-Fact payroll calculations and filing
- Payroll reconstruction from any source to migrate systems
- Wage base restarts and overpayments
- Payroll audits of FLSA overtime, blended/weighted overtime, and Regular Rate of Pay (RROP) to ensure accuracy
- Calculate and create filings for previous quarter adjustments
Tax Assessment
- Review Operating Locations
- Review Payroll System Configuration
- EE Population Audit via Symmetry Tax Platform
- Live-In Taxes
- Work-In Taxes
- Identify Unregistered Entities
- State
- Unemployment
- Local
- Identify Entities for Closure
Tax Monitoring
- Monthly audits of for identifying new or inactive entities
- Monthly audits of employees to identify new or changing tax obligations
- Ongoing review of work and live in locations to confirm tax status
- Perform updates to employee and company tax data within Payroll systems
Tax Assessment & Monitoring
Assessment
- Review Operating Locations
- Review Payroll System Setup
- Audit Employee Population
- Identify Unregistered Entities
Reconciliation
- Tax Registration
- Entity Closures
- Payroll Configuration Updates
- Employee Profile Setup
Monitor & Register
- Company Changes Reviewed
- Discrepancies Identified
- Registrations & Closures
- System Updates Configured
FAQs
Why do businesses need a Tax Assessment?
The tax assessment ensures that your business is registered accordingly and your employees are setup correctly.
How do tax services for businesses improve compliance?
By monitoring regulatory updates and handling notices directly, tax specialists ensure businesses stay compliant across multiple jurisdictions.
Why should a business outsource tax services?
Tax compliance is complicated. As your business scales, especially as a virtual workforce, there are multiple states and jurisdictions that require compliance reviews. We provide the expertise.