Independent Contractor or Employee? – Behavioral Control

This is the third post in the Independent Contractor/Employee series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of independent contractor issues. Revenue Ruling 87-41 states the factors the IRS considers when whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee. These factors are divided [...]

Independent Contractor or Employee? – Who is Not an Employee

This is the second post in the Independent Contractor/Employee series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of independent contractor issues. Internal Revenue Code Section 3121 states that a director of a corporation in his/her capacity as director is not an employee of the [...]

Independent Contractor or Employee? – Who is an Employee

This is the first post in the Independent Contractor/Employee series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of independent contractor issues. Internal Revenue Code Section 3121 defines who is an “employee” when the IRS is determining whether to reclassify a workers’ status. The key [...]

Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Tax – Paying Unemployment Benefits and MDEED Audits

This is the eleventh post in the Employment Tax Law series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of employment taxes, including the risks and responsibilities associated with those taxes. When the MDEED receives an application from a former employee for unemployment benefits, the [...]

Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Tax – S Corporations and Special Rules

This is the tenth post in the Employment Tax Law series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of employment taxes, including the risks and responsibilities associated with those taxes. All wages paid to the officer or shareholder of an S corporation are covered [...]

Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Tax – Covered and Non-Covered Employment

This is the ninth post in the Employment Tax Law series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of employment taxes, including the risks and responsibilities associated with those taxes. Covered employment is when an employee performs services for an employer in return for [...]

Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Tax – Experience Rating and Buy-Downs

This is the eighth post in the Employment Tax Law series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of employment taxes, including the risks and responsibilities associated with those taxes. For the first 48 months of paying wages, the MDEED will assign the new [...]

Introduction to Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Tax

This is the seventh post in the Employment Tax Law series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of employment taxes, including the risks and responsibilities associated with those taxes. The Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Tax, often referred to as SUTA tax, provides funds for [...]

Federal Unemployment Tax Act Tax (FUTA Tax) – Exemptions and Special Rules

This is the sixth post in the Employment Tax Law series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of employment taxes, including the risks and responsibilities associated with those taxes. An employer must pay FUTA tax if the employer paid wages of $1,500 or [...]

Introduction to Federal Unemployment Tax Act Tax (FUTA) and Form 940

This is the fifth post in the Employment Tax Law series. This series is dedicated to presenting individuals, sole proprietorships, and small to large businesses with a basic understanding of employment taxes, including the risks and responsibilities associated with those taxes. The FUTA tax provides funds for paying unemployment compensation to workers who have lost [...]

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