Certification
Course Code for September 20 is MN010711 for 1.5 RCH's
500
Job Postings!
The Northstar Chapter
began posting jobs on our web site in 2000. On
December 7, we added our 500th job posting (we actually
added #'s 500-504).
Click here to visit our job postings in the
Members area and see which company helped us hit our #
500 milestone. Thank you to all the
organizations who have posted jobs with the APA
Northstar Chapter during the past eight years.
We also have one other
milestone to report - 2007 is a record year for the
number of job postings with 109 postings and counting!
APA's
2007 PayTrain
College and University Program
APA
and Century College announce the 2007 PayTrain
College and University Program. The Program is
designed to increase your knowledge of payroll
compliance from a basic understanding to an advanced
level, and to prepare you for the FPC and CPP
certification exams. For complete details . .
.
NEW - Fall 2007 Registration
Link
Visit
the Century College Web Site
PayTrain
Program Information
PayTrain
Registration Form
From the 2007
Fall Conference . . .
Presentation slides, reference charts, and sample check
lists are now available for download.
Thanks
to Our Volunteers
Thank you to everyone who
volunteered to make our FIRST "Adopt a Highway" event on
July 12 a success. It was a perfect day. Our
stretch of the highway is now VERY CLEAN. More
photos of the event are available in the News area.
<click here>
|
Breast Cancer Research Support
 |
|
APA Northstar Chapter Members
donated $545 to the 3-day Breast Cancer Walk -
an amount matched by the Northstar Chapter for a
total donation of $1,090 for Breast Cancer
research. Thank you Chapter Members! |
Volunteers
Wanted
Please join other members
of the Northstar Chapter in our first Adopt a
Highway event- As one of our community events-
The Northstar Chapter Members have adopted a stretch of
Highway located not far the Metropolitan where we hold
our meeting each month. Three times a year we will
gather and clean up our stretch of highway- Our Sign is
already posted at our site!!!! Everyone is welcome to
join- bring co-workers, family and friends- Volunteers
do not have to be members.
When- Thursday July 12th- from 4PM until
about 6 PM – if you would like to join us and
can not make it right at 4PM – COME WHEN YOU CAN!!
Where- County Road 5 (Minnetonka Blvd) between
County Road 73 (Hopkins Crossroads) and Highway 169.
You will be contacted by
email – with directions and further updates-
Government Liaison
Corner Update
July 11,
2007 -
IRS
National Phone Forum on "Payroll
and Foreign Workers" is coming
up August 15th.
<more>
Military
Differential Pay
Information
about how employers should report Military
Differential Pay is now available in the Northstar
Members
area.
IRS Q & A and Revised Rule 69-136 is now available!
Recent
Meeting Updates
Corrected Slide #8 from Jennifer S.
Frank on Golden Parachute Payments.
Vacation Pay
Under MN Law
Employers
Association 2nd Annual Employee Benefits Conference
-
Thursday
June 21, 8:00 AM to 4:15 PM (EA's Plymouth Office)
<more - PDF file opens in a new window>
The Northstar chapter Education/Conference Chair,
Shari Germscheid CPP, is organizing a CPP Study
Group session for individuals who will be taking the
Fall CPP exam.
 |
Sessions run June 5th - Sept 25th |
|
Registration deadline is May 23rd
|
|
Space is limited to 25 participants
|
|
2006 Annual Fall Conference
Photos
Click on a
photo to view a larger image - click the "Back"
button on your browser to return to this page.
|
|
|
|
APA National Representation
L-R, Robin Murphy, Teresa Lopez, and Linda Obertin |
|
|
|
Karen Klein - AFC Guest Speaker
|
|
|
|
AFC Leadership Volunteers
|
|
|
|
Northstar Minnesota Chapter Members
|
|
|
|
Northstar Member 2nd Annual
Membership Appreciation Night |
|
April 26 ~ 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Please join the Northstar
Chapter board and its members at the Metropolitan on
Thursday April 26th from 5:30-7:30pm. This is a chance to
network and meet other payroll professionals, enjoy some
FREE food and cocktails, to play a payroll game and win some
prizes, and learn more about your local payroll chapter.
Please bring a co-worker or colleague to the event, if your
guest joins the Northstar Chapter, your name will be entered
in a drawing for a free chapter meeting! |
|
Please register by April 12th |
|
Online Registration <click here>
|
Internal Revenue Service
STAKEHOLDER LIAISON - Presents
A Phone Forum for Payroll and Tax Professionals
on Payroll and Foreign Workers. This
is a FREE event you can attend from the convenience
of your office.
MORE INFO!
Tuesday,
February 13, 2007
Registration Deadline:
Friday, February 9, 2007
One hour phone forum, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST.
Military
Differential Pay
Information
about how employers should report Military
Differential Pay is now available in the Northstar
Members
area.
IRS Q & A and Revised Rule 69-136 is now available!
Electronic IRS Debuts on IRS Web Site
A new link has been added to the IRS Web site.
Electronic IRS is the gateway to the many IRS
electronic options for individuals, large
businesses, small businesses, software companies and
tax-exempt organizations. This one-stop option
provides access to information about e-file and
numerous IRS Internet options. The link can be found
by going to the
IRS
Web site and click on the
Electronic IRS logo.
2007
Application (Acrobat PDF)
Setting up or renewing a membership with the chapter is
easy! There is no minimum level of payroll experience or
education required to be a member. We just request that
you complete a short online registration form, after
which you select whether to make your dues payment by
credit card or by check.
