Karen
Klein, CPP
Karen Klein, CPP is currently
the Payroll Tax Compliance officer for the University of Minnesota.
Among other duties, she tracks federal and state legislative
developments impacting payroll operations, oversees Federal and
State tax reporting compliance, assumes responsibility for
University wide communications regarding matters of federal and
state tax payroll policies and procedural changes, Foreign National
tax issues and employment authorizations, and W-2/1042S year-end
reporting.
Ms. Klein has been with the
University of Minnesota, for the most part, since 1988, serving as a
Payroll Tax Specialist, Payroll Supervisor, and Payroll Tax and
Accounting Manager before moving into her present position. Prior to
coming to the University in ‘88, she held various other payroll
positions giving her over 25 years of payroll experience.
She is an
active member of the Northstar Chapter of the American Payroll
Association (APA) currently serving as Government Liaison and
previously serving as President. Karen has been
a frequent speaker at local, state, and national conferences,
presenting workshops on nonresident alien employment and taxation.
Ms. Klein is a graduate of the
University of North Dakota where she earned a B.S. in Business
Administration. She obtained her CPP certification in 1994.
