Feeling Suspicious? Time for a Checkup
- January 6, 2015
I was recently contacted by a business owner who felt that he was being cheated by his business partner. He had nothing specific to go on . . . just a gut feeling . .…
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November 13, 2019
The following 5 tips will help you avoid complications when hiring contractors. You want to grow your business, but the thought of taking on employees–dealing with salaries, payroll taxes and personality issues–scares you more than the latest Friday the 13th movie. Happily, there’s a way to expand your company’s capabilities without bloating it with staff: Hire contractors. Call them what you will: independent contractors, freelancers or outsourced staff. It all amounts to the same thing: Your work gets done without swelling your overhead. But there’s a fine line between employees and freelancers. To avoid complications with contractors, follow these five tips: Make sure your personnel are not employees in contractor clothing. The IRS carefully scrutinizes the use of independent freelancers, partly because companies have used them as a subterfuge to avoid paying employment taxes (You can bet the IRS wants you to pay as much in taxes as possible). The IRS will look to the degree of control you have over the worker. Do you dictate how, when and where the work will be done and…
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