Whenever a consultant who doesn’t qualify for independent contractor status, is pushing back, arguing to be treated as an IC “or else,” I wonder if they have truly thought this through? First, let me begin by stating that this does not apply to the consultants who have clearly established their own business, serve multiple clients [...]
Each year, for the past several years, both houses of Congress have introduced bills to really toughen up on worker misclassification. Each year the bills have quietly died in committee because of higher priority issues, such as: elections, stimulus, health care reform, wars, deficits, etc. Here comes a new legislative season and another run on [...]
President Obama is expected to sign a bill repealing the law requiring all businesses to file 1099 forms with the IRS for payments to any business totaling $600 or more for goods or services, including payments to corporations. The provision had been part of healthcare reform law, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care [...]
Have you properly classified your consultants and can you prove you did it right? Are you taking the proper precautions to insure your independent contractors are really IC’s? Do you have an expert on staff, or will someone from your HR or Finance team be assigned with the unpleasant task of fighting the professionals who [...]
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