27/05/2026
The IRS doesn't send a notification when your payroll deposit schedule changes.
One day you're monthly. Then your payroll taxes cross $50,000 in the lookback period, and you're automatically on semi-weekly. Deposits due within 3 business days of every payroll run.
If nobody told you, you're probably still depositing monthly.
The penalty for getting this wrong starts at 2% and climbs to 15% depending on how late the deposit is. On $100,000 in payroll taxes, one late deposit is $5,000.
This isn't a rare situation. It happens to growing businesses all the time, not because of negligence, but because the IRS never sent the memo.
Not sure which schedule you're on? That's worth checking today.