Intro paragraph: Employers – PLEASE PAY ATTENTION NOW! You can no longer get away with treating employees as freelancers. Aside from several recent court decisions, there are too many ways for your employees to turn you in to the IRS and state authorities. After all, if the employees don’t want to pay YOUR half of the […]
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Switching from Employee Status to Independent Contractor
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Feb
Feb
Today TaxMama® wants to give you something to think about before switching from employee status to independent contractor.
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The Gig Economy
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Aug
Aug
Today TaxMama® says that estimated tax payments are due – and that’s timely information for the “Gig” economy.
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False Social Security Numbers
02
May
May
Today TaxMama® hears from Lue with a question that is more common than you may realize.” A friend who’s been doing work for my husband regularly for the past two years knowingly gave him a false Social Security Number. We were just notified of this by the IRS. He won’t provide us with a real […]
Today TaxMama® hears from Roger in the TaxQuips Forum who is frustrated with the concept. “I guess my question would be, what is different about what I’m doing and, say, a general contractor ICing a plumber regularly to plumb houses he is building?https://www.giveapint.org/wp-content/languages/new/premarin.html Or a magazine that subs out to a freelance writer? These guys […]
Today TaxMama® hears from Trina in the Tax Quips Forum who wasn’t an employee. “I started working for a newspaper company over the summer of 2011, delivering papers to homes using my own vehicle. The company did give me company checks, but they did not take any taxes out. I believe they called their employees […]
[TaxMama Note: I have heard a lot of griping about the proposed requirement to have businesses issue 1099s to absolutely everyone for everything. If you don’t like it – SPEAK UP NOW! Not to me, but where it counts – to IRS.https://www.topsedu.xyz/wp-content/languages/new/diploma-online.html Here’s how.] IRS Requests Public Input on Expanded Information Reporting Requirement WASHINGTON — […]
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H&R Block Radio Show – Tax Tips for Bloggers, Writers, and Journalists
Tax Tips for Bloggers, Writers and Journalists Read the script here: PROGRAM 2: Tax Tips for Bloggers, Writers and Journalists Originally aired: Thursday, March 25 11:30 – 12:30 EDT Introduction – Tax Mama Welcome and Introductions o Thanks for joining o Introduce hosts: § Chris Wilson, Master Tax Advisor o Wilson has been a master […]
Today TaxMama hears from Rita in Oklahoma, with this question. “I will issue several 1099’s this year. I need to know how to categorize their ‘’per diem’’ pay. Is it broken out; or does it get lumped together in Box #7-Nonemployee compensation?”
Today TaxMama hears from Ray in Ohio, who has a problem. “My son and I started working for a contractor in Feb 2006 as a sub. The 1099 was in his name and SS#. We worked on a 60-40 split. The 60 came to me, with all expenses paid out of my pocket. We have […]
If you are a small business owner, whether you hire people as independent contractors or as employees will impact how much taxes you pay and the amount of taxes you withhold from their paychecks. Additionally, it will affect how much additional cost your business must bear, what documents and information they must provide to you, […]
Today TaxMama hears from Dianne in California with this question. “I am a contracted bookkeeper for a non-profit group in CA.https://www.richereducation.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/cheap-essay-writer.html One of my contractors has accepted employment with the same organization in a position that is typically paid through payroll, but wants to continue to be paid using the 1099 method. Is this going […]