In an era of constantly changing tax laws where provisions expire annually and congressional tinkering is constant, the worker classification system - whether a worker should be treated as an employee ...

The IRS significantly modified its Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP). In Announcement 2012-46, in effect until June 30, 2013, the IRS is temporarily permitting employers who have not ...

A significant part of the risk management process for any business enterprise is the proper classification of its work force for federal employment tax purposes as either employees or independent ...

The IRS has modified its Voluntary Classification Settlement Program, which lets employers change the tax treatment of their employees. The VCSP permits eligible taxpayers to voluntarily reclassify ...

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Employers may reclassify independent contractors as employees and limit the resulting federal payroll taxes for their most recent tax year, plus avoid related penalties and interest for prior years, ...

The IRS recently announced a new voluntary disclosure for companies with misclassified workers. Workers are frequently misclassified for a variety of reasons, either intentionally to save costs, or ...