Labor/Employment
Mar. 12, 2013
IRS expands independent contractor amnesty program
More employers may consider taking advantage of the program now that the IRS has expanded it.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
Virtually every company with employees and independent contractors is aware that the Internal Revenue Service can reclassify independent contractors. In fact, the IRS would like it if all workers were employees. After all, IRS statistics show that independent contractors don't always pay their taxes.
Even if they do, the IRS receives withheld taxes quicker and more reliably from employers. What's more, withholding includ...
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