New Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Law

All employers should review this notice from the Maine Department of Labor:

Beginning with the first payroll with a pay date in January, employers with at least 1 Maine-based employee have new obligations under the Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave law. Employers should take immediate actions to prepare by following the steps on this page: WhatEmployersNeedtoKnowJanuary2025.pdf.

To learn more about the program, please review these Frequently Asked Questions and learn more about the Maine Paid Leave Portal by listening to this webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAOSk0-3Wq0.

For additional information and to stay up to date on the program, visit Maine.gov/paidleave.

Make sure your QuickBooks Desktop subscription is up to date!

Effective September 30, 2024, QuickBooks intends to stop selling several QuickBooks Desktop subscriptions to new subscribers or users with an outdated subscription. These include:

  • QuickBooks Desktop Premier Plus
  • QuickBooks Desktop Mac Plus
  • QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus
  • QuickBooks Desktop Enhanced Payroll

Existing subscribers with an active subscription will not be impacted by the change and may continue to renew their subscriptions after the deadline.

Please note: Unsupported versions (versions prior to 2022) of QuickBooks Desktop do not receive Intuit technical support or the latest updates and security patches. It is critical to remain on a supported version of QuickBooks Desktop to ensure technical support if the application crashes.

We recommend that clients with a QuickBooks Desktop Application of 2021 or older consider purchasing a new QuickBooks Desktop subscription before Monday, September 30, 2024.

To learn more about the changes, please visit this article.