I am always skeptical when I hear a deal that sounds too good to be true. Because of my healthy skepticism, I hope that I am unlikely to be scammed by the phishing e-mail advising me a foreign distant relative has left me a lot of money and I only need to send a few thousand dollars to an off-shore bank
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Companies Using Independent Contractors Beware: State and Federal Taxing Authorities Becoming More Aggressive in Challenging Those Classifications
By Russell Cawyer on
Posted in Human Resources, Wage & Hour
Companies using independent contractors to perform work normally performed by employees beware; state and federal governmental taxing authorities are challenging those classifications in an effort to increase tax revenue on wages that are not properly reported. According to a recent article by the Associated Press, "the Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on…
Bill Would Make it Harder to Qualify Workers as Independent Contractors
By Russell Cawyer on
Posted in Wage & Hour
I’ve written several posts on the potential pitfalls that may befall a company that mistakenly classifies workers as independent contractors. You can see those posts here and here. A recent bill introduced in Congress would make it even more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors and would require companies to file more information with…