Author
Cherisse Skeete
Enrolled Agent · payroll, withholding and the tax side of pay
Cherisse Skeete is an Enrolled Agent, federally licensed to represent taxpayers before the IRS, with an accounting degree and a bookkeeping practice serving small employers. She writes the parts of this site where the tax treatment is the answer: what actually comes out of a paycheck and why, how contractor and employee status changes what you owe, and what a retirement match or an equity grant is worth after tax.
She does not write the wage-and-hour or employment-law pages. An EA is a tax credential and we do not stretch it past that.
40 articles by Cherisse Skeete
- Benefits That Look Valuable and Are Not 5 min read
- Bonus Structures: Guaranteed, Discretionary and Never Paid 5 min read
- Calculating Whether a Move Pays for Itself 5 min read
- Comparing a Pension Employer to a 401(k) Employer 5 min read
- Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary: How to Do the Math 5 min read
- Cross-Border Commuting and Which Jurisdiction Pays You 5 min read
- Employee or Contractor: Why the Classification Changes Your Pay 5 min read
- Getting Paid When Your Employer Shuts Down 6 min read
- High Pay, High Rent: Cities Where the Premium Disappears 6 min read
- How Employers Set Geographic Pay Bands 5 min read
- How to Read Your Pay Stub 6 min read
- Lawful and Unlawful Paycheck Deductions 5 min read
- Moving Between States: What Changes on Your Paycheck 6 min read
- Moving to a Cheaper State Without Taking a Pay Cut 5 min read
- Negotiating Pay for a Fully Remote Role 5 min read
- Pay Frequency Rules by State 5 min read
- Payroll Errors That Are More Common Than You Think 6 min read
- Pricing Paid Time Off as Part of Your Package 5 min read
- Putting a Dollar Value on Employer Health Coverage 5 min read
- Relocating Internationally: The Pay Questions to Settle First 5 min read
- Remote Work and Location-Based Pay: Who Sets the Rate 5 min read
- Return-to-Office Mandates and What They Do to Pay 5 min read
- RSUs, Options and What Your Equity Is Worth Today 5 min read
- Same Job, Different City: How Much Location Actually Moves Pay 6 min read
- State Income Tax and What It Does to a Salary Comparison 6 min read
- Tax Equalization and Expat Packages Explained 5 min read
- Temporary Assignments and Permanent Transfers 5 min read
- The Hidden Costs of a Job That Reduce Your Real Pay 5 min read
- The Metro Areas That Pay Most for Your Kind of Work 5 min read
- Turning Down a Relocation: What It Costs You 5 min read
- Unpaid Internships and When They Are Lawful 5 min read
- Unpaid Wages: The Steps to Recover Them 6 min read
- Vesting Schedules and the Cost of Leaving Early 6 min read
- Wage Garnishment: What Can and Cannot Be Taken 5 min read
- What a 401(k) Match Is Worth Over Ten Years 5 min read
- What a Relocation Package Actually Covers 5 min read
- What Happens to Your Pay If You Move While Remote 5 min read
- What Total Compensation Includes, Line by Line 5 min read
- When Your Final Paycheck Is Due After You Leave 5 min read
- Why Rural Pay Is Lower and When It Is Still the Better Deal 5 min read