TALX Talx (MM)

TALX Corporation (NASDAQ:TALX), a leading provider of payroll-related and human resources services, today officially announced its state-of-the-art "Interactive W-4" service. TALX's latest electronic solution furthers the company's commitment to the rapidly expanding paperless pay environment. The Interactive W-4 service is the first hosted service that makes over 140 federal, state and local forms readily available to employees, payroll and human resource professionals. The interactive service helps ensure compliance by automatically maintaining and managing forms utilized by employees, eliminating a labor-intensive manual process and ensuring accuracy in an expedient, cost-effective manner. Employers and employees of participating companies recognize significant benefits and cost savings from this new service. Highlights of the Interactive W-4 service include: -- Provides 24/7/365 employee self-service availability, offloading payroll and HR responsibilities for W-4 updates; -- Integrates and maintains forms and quarterly updates; utilizes forms on individualized basis; -- Supports all states and several U.S. territories and allows payroll/HR to configure service according to the location of respective businesses; -- Reduces paper handling, paper costs and error-related costs; -- Sends data file(s) which can be uploaded to client's payroll software; -- Increases accuracy - forms are validated, which forces the inclusion of mandatory information and significantly reduces errors; and -- Minimizes compliance concerns and provides jurisdictional warnings. The TALX Interactive W-4 service is available for immediate implementation and features the Symmetry software engine for accurate W-4 completion. About TALX TALX Corporation is a leading provider of payroll-related and human resources services. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, TALX holds a leadership position in two key areas -- automated employment and income verification via The Work Number(R) and unemployment tax management via UC eXpress(R). The TALX suite of electronic services also includes tax credits and incentives, paperless pay, time tracking, W-2 management, I-9 management, and paperless new hire services. The company's common stock trades in the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol TALX. For more information about TALX Corporation, call 314-214-7000 or access the company's Web site at www.talx.com.