Washington D.C.-The Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration have united under the Bush Administration to require private companies doing business with the federal government to ensure their employees are working here legally. The order only affects future contractors at this time. President Bush signed the order Friday, June 6, 2008.
The order requires […]
Continuing my series of things employment tax auditors are not likely to tell you, today I’m going to cover “hot buttons” for auditors. What are they? These are entries in your accounting records that virtually guarantee closer scrutiny of your business.
The first accounting document the employment tax auditor may look at is your Schedule of […]
The State of California is jumping on the “Let’s Make it Riskier to Misclassify an IC” Wagon. SB 1490, introduced on 2/21/08 and amended on 3/27/08, is currently being considered in California’s Senate Appropriations Committee.
What is SB 1490?
It’s basically a California bill patterned after the federal bills I recently shared with you. If you haven’t […]
I was doing some research yesterday, looking for ideas on topics to report to you, and found a mass of articles about businesses that have recently been “audited” by either the state or federal branches of the Department of Labor. By way of background, the DOL enforces wage and hour, workman’s comp, and related laws.
Generally, […]
Yet another legislative bill targeting businesses who employ independent contractors is being proposed.
Last week I reported on HR 6111, part of a growing trend by the federal government to make it more risky to misclassify workers as IC’s. Well, I found another bill sitting in committee that may be even harder on businesses. On September […]
If you have ever been on the wrong side of a government tax audit, you probably have wondered what the Tax Auditor is doing locked up in your conference room with your records all day? (Later, you most likely found out). The detailed procedures can vary from agency-to-agency and even from auditor-to-auditor within the same agency, but in general […]
Sacramento - There’s a bill sitting on the Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk, waiting to be signed into law, that affects anyone using temporary service employees in California.
State Senate Bill 940 will require temporary service employers to pay all wages each week to employees providing temporary services. Present law (before this is signed) requires temporary service employers […]
Continuing our series on “things tax auditors may not tell you” we’ve now arrived at the moment of truth. This is the infamous day. The auditor is showing up for the first time to examine your “books and records” (auditor talk) and determine if you have properly classified your IC’s (grief for you unless you […]
A few days ago I wrote to you about HR 6111, a proposed bill that is intended to make it more difficult to misclassify workers as IC’s and, if the worker is misclassified, adds severe employer penalties above and beyond all the current fines and penalties.
Why the sudden, high profile, push to “fix” the “IC […]
Washington - HR 6111 is currently sitting in the House of Representative’s Ways and Means Committee and the Education and Labor Committee for consideration. It was co-authored and introduced by over two dozen US Representatives on May 21, 2008. This new bill is part of a growing trend by the federal government to stop the improper […]
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