The Unlikely Story of a British Tea Company, the First Business Computer, and Payroll
The development of the electronic digital computer was hastened dramatically by World War II and the accompanying need to quickly and efficiently do things like calculate the trajectories of bombs and rockets, or decode encrypted messages sent by the enemy. The first computer of this kind, dubbed “Colossus,” was developed at Bletchley Park in the U.K. between 1943 and 1945 to help crack Nazi codes.
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A Brief History of Payroll: The 16th Amendment
In the years after the Civil War, which was the impetus for Abraham Lincoln to create America's first income tax in 1861, the Federal Government's immediate need for additional tax revenue faded away. Lincoln's income tax was repealed by Congress in 1872, and by the 1880s Washington had paid off all of its Civil War debts and was running at a budget surplus from revenue collected mainly from tariffs on imports.
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A Brief History of Payroll: Withholding in America
While we may take withholding for granted today, it's a practice whose widespread adoption in America is less than 100 years old. In this blog, Ian Zapolsky, Head of Partner Engineering at Check, takes a closer look.
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How to source payroll talent (from an expert)
Jim Kohl is the Head of Payroll Operations at Check. As a certified payroll professional with a history of working in the SaaS industry, we asked Jim for advice on what our partners should consider when hiring their first payroll professionals.
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Payroll 101: A few tips on tips
Let’s take a look at how tips drive a massive piece of the payroll world and offer a great segue into the value of an embedded payroll solution.
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Payroll blocked by pending State Tax ID’s? The ‘applied for’ status could help.
You’ve spent hours preparing a payroll, only to find it’s blocked by a new employee whose state has not been set up in your payroll system. What can you do?
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