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General Rules of Withholding Tax on Wages

July 27, 2024 8:00 amJuly 27, 2024 8:21 am

California’s Unemployment Insurance Code in Division 6 concerns withholding tax on wages and Chapter 1 contains general provisions. Section 13000 provides that the Employment Development Department (EDD) has the powers and duties necessary to administer the reporting, collection, refunding to...

Exemptions from Tax Withholding in California

July 23, 2024 6:20 amJuly 23, 2024 6:29 am

California’s Unemployment Insurance Code, in Division 6, Chapter 3, provides for withholding exemptions. Section 13040 requires an employer to use the exemption certificate filed by the employee with the employer using the EDD form and required information for determining the...

Automation of the Employment Development Department

July 20, 2024 2:30 amJuly 20, 2024 2:31 am

California Unemployment Insurance Code Division 1.5 concerns automation of the Employment Development Department (EDD). Chapter 1 deals with Annual Reports. Section 4900 defines the terms “department” and “director.” Section 4901 requires the EDD Director to prepare a biennial report to...

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su Facing Heat For Pandemic Fraud

May 9, 2024 2:45 amMay 9, 2024 6:19 am

A judge cannot declare herself not guilty of a crime. A priest cannot absolve himself of a sin. But it appears quite possible that Julie Su can politically cleanse herself of the blame for the state of California losing up...

When We Have to Wait on IT for New Statutes to Take Effect

April 20, 2024 3:00 pmApril 20, 2024 3:01 pm

We know that sometimes a statute will not take effect unless some other statute or action occurs first. This type of statute contains a “contingent enactment” clause, meaning that its enactment is contingent on that other specified action. In other...

SF Bay Area Sees Three More Companies Issue Mass Layoffs

April 13, 2024 2:45 amApril 13, 2024 2:46 am

According to new federal WARN notices and EDD filings, three major Bay Area companies lost 796 employees within the last few days, delivering yet another major economic blow to the region. The San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, still...

EDD Admits $55 Billion Lost in Pandemic… $55 Billion!

April 10, 2024 4:36 pmApril 10, 2024 4:37 pm

The California Employment Development Department admits that $55 billion was lost in the pandemic. $55 Billion. That’s what the hapless state unemployment agency – the not at all ironically named Employment Development Department – now admits was its “overpayment” amount...