Meeting Location:  Fairfax County Government Center - Conference Rooms 2/3

Late Registration starts on Monday, 4/7 at 1:00 PM

Registration CLOSES on Wednesday, 4/10 at 12:00 PM

REGISTRATION COUPON:  "Friends Will Be Friends"

For the April Meeting, if a WMAC Member brings a Non-Member Friend, the Non-Member can register at "Member Pricing" with the coupon code "FRIEND".  They will have to indicate their Member Host's Name during the registration process.  The Host Member will then receive a coupon code for Half Off any future Chapter Meeting Registration for 2025.

RCHs: 2.5 RCHs 

Topic 1: PA/OH Local Taxes

Don't let PA/OH Local Taxes have you Going Slightly Mad!  

We will discuss the ins and out of Local Income taxation in 2 of the most complex states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.  With a combined localities of close to 4500 tax jurisdictions this can be a complex task for even the most seasoned payroll professional.  I will break this down to make it easier to administrate and navigate the Local Income tax landscape.

Topic 2: Process Improvement, Implementation, & Documentation

In life and payroll, nobody’s perfect.  We all have those problem areas to work on, but where do you start?  Learn to leverage your current strategy to identify problem areas, drive improvement, measure performance, validate change, and create models of current and future processes.  These methodologies improve the quality of your work process, reduce errors and costs, and even simplify complex processes.  Learn how these practices can improve your bottom line and payroll morale.

Speaker 1: 

Bruce Phipps, CPP

Senior Principal Product Manager, US Legislation
ORACLE

Past President - PayrollOrg
2011 PayrollOrg, Payroll Man of the Year

Bruce E. Phipps, CPP, has been employed in the payroll profession for 50 years and has worked for employers in several industries including, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. During his career, he has served as a key member for several system upgrades/implementations and mergers and acquisitions. In his current role at Oracle, Bruce serves as Senior Principal Product Manager for the U.S. Legislative Team, a position he has held since 2022. Prior to rejoining Oracle, where he was Principal Product Manager/U.S. Legislative Analyst from 2014-2018, Bruce held the positions with of People 2.0, as Director of Shared Services and Compliance, and American Academic Health System, serving as a Regional Payroll Director. 

Bruce has contributed significantly to PAYO, serving as its President from 2021-2023, and as a Vice President from 2015-2020. He is an active PAYO member and serves on several committees, including Ask an Expert; Social Networking Committee;  Strategic Payroll Leadership Task Force (SPLTF) Emerging Technologies, Hospitality Industry, and Retail Best Practices Subcommittees; the National Speakers Bureau, and is a CHAMPS mentor. He is also active in the Government Relations Task Force (GRTF) and serves on the Child Support, Garnishments, Federal Issues, and Electronic Payments Subcommittee, and is a Co-Chair of the State and Local Topics Subcommittee. Bruce has been a Congress speaker since 2004. He received PAYO’s Meritorious Service Award in 2007 and was named Payroll Man of the Year in 2011.

At the local level, Bruce has served as the President of the Lehigh Valley Chapter in Allentown, PA. Bruce is currently the Treasurer of the Southeastern Pa Chapter of the APA.  He also was one of the founding members of the Southeastern PA Chapter of the PAYO and served as the chapter’s first president. He has been a speaker at the Texas Payroll Conference since 2006 and he frequently speaks at chapter meetings and statewide conferences.

Bruce attained CPP designation in 1989 and has maintained it ever since. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Ursinus College

Speaker 2: 

Bridget Kraja, CPP

Bridget Kraja, CPP is the Payroll Manager at CareMetx, LLC.  Bridget obtained her CPP in April 2019.  She is currently on the Board of the WMAC and has served on the Board of the Virginia Statewide Payroll Conference.  She is a member of PayrollOrg as well as an active member of the local Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of PayO (WMAC).

Menu: Breakfast will be provided

Outreach:  

For 2025, WMAC has set a fundraising goal of $3,000.00.  WMAC will match all donations made to Second Story through our website.  Click here to be taken to the donations page.