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EP Team Audit (EPTA) Program - EPTA Compliance Trends & Tips
Trends are plan mistakes that IRS Employee Plans sees recurring in large case audits and voluntary compliance submissions. It is important to note that the earlier a plan mistake is detected and corrected, the cheaper it is to fix. It also precludes the mistake from affecting other areas of the plan. For instance, improperly excluding an employee from the plan for many years could lead to a mistake affecting not only the plan participant, but overall nondiscrimination testing, and other plan operations completed in the years in question.

EP Team Audit (EPTA) Program - Internal Control Questionaire
HR Personnel, Payroll, Plan Failures: Internal Control Impact, Plan Administration

Homeland Security: Form I-9 & E-Verify
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) seeks to control illegal immigration by eliminating employment opportunity as an incentive for unauthorized persons to come to the United States, by prohibiting the hiring or continued employment of aliens whom employers know are unauthorized to work in the United States. To comply with the law, all U.S. employers must verify the employment eligibility and identity of all employees hired to work in the United States.

Homeland Security: E-Verify
E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees.

Homeland Security: E-Verify (Employers) - E-Verify
(formerly the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program) is an online system operated jointly by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration (SSA). Participating employers can check the employment eligibility of new hires online by comparing information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, against SSA and Department of Homeland Security databases. More than 137,000 employers are enrolled in the program, with over 6.4 million queries run through the system in fiscal year 2009

Social Security Administration
(Visit the Social Security Administration site to get information on how to file online for retirement benefits, learn how to request a social security card, apply for disability, find a social security office near you, also information on retirement, survivors, disability, supplemental security income, medicare and online forms, publications and news.)

IRS
(download the most requested forms and publications: w-9, w-4, 941, ss-4, 1040 etc., use online tools to help you find your refund, free file, efile, electronically pay and much more.)

IRS Tax Information for Businesses
(find out information pertaining to your business, including info on starting, operating, and closing businesses, employer ID#'s, small business events, employment tax, appeal a tax dispute, FAQ's, forms, publications, compliance and enforcement, news, taxpayer advocacy and where to find a local office.)

US Department of Homeland Security
(Laws and Regulations, compliance issues, department structure, budget and finance, and the strategic plan and mission can be found on this site and more.)

Americans With Disabilities Act
(This site connects you with other federal resources regarding the Americans with Disabilities act, as well as provides you with the guidelines to disability rights laws, Q&A, enforcement of the ADA, code certification, new or proposed regulations, the status report and more.)

US Department of Justice
(The department of Justice, fights terrorism, apprehends most wanted and other fugitives, locates missing persons, manages prisons and inmates, upholds civil rights and liberties, upholds disability rights, operates task forces, helps victims of crimes, and much more. You can visit the site to get information, get links to helpful information regarding forms, jobs, reporting crimes, and finding inmates.)

US Tax Code Law Library
(The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. Learn about the tax code library, search the codes, download titles and chapters, link to various resources.)

U.S. Census
(find news, data tools, fact finders, jobs@census, catalogs, publications, learn about surveys, learn about the bureau, find local or regional offices, learn about doing business with the bureau and link to related sites.)

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