In an earlier blog article we gave you a list of documents you should secure from the worker to demonstrate that he or she is an independent contractor. Unfortunately, sometimes the worker does not keep good records, is no longer working with you, or has changed his or her mind and now wants to be [...]
The Minnesota Department of Revenue recently launched a limited pilot program to allow businesses to convert workers from independent contractors to employees with reduced consequences for Minnesota withholding tax. This program is known as the Worker Classification Voluntary Compliance Initiative and is currently available only through December 16, 2011. The Department’s pilot program will closely [...]
Many companies are struggling with the problem of determining how to properly classify their workers. Are they employees or independent contractors? As explained in earlier articles, the IRS has been motivated for a variety of reasons to reclassify independent contractors as employees. Businesses have been reluctant o reclassify their workers because of the significant costs [...]