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    IL SECURE CHOICE MANDATE

    This is a gentle reminder that IL Secure Choice Program Enforcement is underway. 

    Please review guidelines at the following web addresses:

    https://tax.illinois.gov/businesses/securechoiceprogramenforcement.html

    https://www.ilsecurechoice.com/

    If you have questions, please directly contact IL Secure Choice: 855-650-6913

    Illinois (IL) Paid Time Off (PTO) Law

    Beginning January 1, 2024.

    The below information is up to date as of 8/30/23.

    It is your responsibility to review the websites listed below for any additional updates/amendment to the 820 ILCS 192/Paid Leave for All Workers Act (ilga.gov)

    W2s and/or 1099s for

    (Generated in 2024 once the year 2023 closes)

    • We generate W2s with quarterly/yearly payroll returns and work through a checklist, so please be patient as we work through the list.

    • 1099s automatically get sent to your contractors via email (or mail if they did not provide an email address).

      These come directly from tax1099.com.

    • We will charge a fee of $25.00 for additional requests to resend W2s and 1099.

      Please make sure to save W2s and/or 1099s to your computer, so you can access them as needed.

    • 1099s go directly to the contractor/email that was provided to ARCC

      • If you receive a 1099 for your contractor, that means you need to provide a copy to your contractor.
      • It is your responsibility to inform your contractors expecting a 1099 that they will be emailed to the email address they provided starting Monday, January 8, 2024.
        • If we do not have an email, they will receive the 1099 by mail.
      • The emails come directly from the software we use to generate 1099s (www.tax1099.com).
    • It is your responsibility to provide ARCC with a W9 by Monday, January 8, 2024 for any additional contractors you may not have provided a W9 for.

    • We can still submit 1099s after January 8, 2024 and there is an additional fee of $25.00 per additional W9 provided.

    • To avoid government penalties all 1099s need to be submitted by January 31, 2024.

    • ARCC will have all 1099s (for W9s we have on file) submitted by January 31, 2024 (if not sooner).

    • Per government rules/regulations, any amount under $600.00, per contractor, for the year of 2023, will not receive a 1099.

    IDES Rate Determination Letter

    You should have recently received a letter from IDES (Illinois Department of Employment Security) regarding your 2024 Unemployment Rate.

    Please upload this letter to our dropbox as soon as possible so that we can update that information in our system. If you do not upload this letter to us, and your rate has gone up, this could result in an underpayment for your IL Unemployment Insurance and the government will charge you additional fees/penalties.

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