Problems With Payroll Deferral For Employees
There has already been a lot written about the employee payroll deferral President Trump announced on August 8. This allows employers to not withhold the employee’s 6.2% OASDI tax for pay periods from 9/1/20 to 12/31/20, but to instead withhold it later.

Late on 8/28/20 (and right before the start of the weekend), IRS released Notice 2020-65 on how this works. Basically, the employers who opt to defer will instead withhold the tax from the employee pay for January 1, 2021 through April 30, 2021, doing so ratable.

It all means that eligible employees will see slightly higher paychecks for the rest of 2020, but smaller ones for January 2021 through April 2021. The 6.2% deferral for four months is just over one week’s worth of pay.

What is the point?  Good question!

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