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- How to Manage Independent Contractors
- Federal Express is just the latest company to face big IRS fines for mishandling contractors. Here's how to manage ICs the right way. Decide Whether You Need One Goal: Learn what contractors can do for you — and...
- Articles 2008-01-07
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- Reforming worker classification rules high on Democrats' tax to-do list.
- High on the Democrats' tax to-do list: Reforming worker classification rules to make it easier for IRS to go after firms that treat workers as independent contractors who really are employees for tax purposes. They see a chance to reduce the tax...
- Research articles 2007-11-30
- Worker classification training materials
- On May 3, 1996, Tax Executives Institute submitted the following comments to the Internal Revenue Service concerning the training materials the IRS has developed to aid the classification of workers as independent contractors or employees. The Institute's comments took the form of a letter from TEI President Jack Skinner to...
- Research articles 1996-05-01
- FedEx Corp. Issues Update on Status of Tentative IRS Assessment Regarding Worker Classification at FedEx Ground
- MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) today announced that, in response to a tentative assessment by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") on December 20, 2007 regarding the classification of owner-operators at FedEx Ground, the Company is preparing to meet with the IRS audit team to review their tentative assessment...
- Research articles 2008-01-03
- The Proper Classification of Workers
- To determine whether a worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor, the IRS will examine the degree of control your company has over that worker. If you have the right to direct or control the specific tasks and the where and the how of the worker's...
- White papers 1999-01-01
- Know the Rules Before You Hire an Independent Contractor
- A number of laws govern whether a worker is an independent contractor IC or an employee, and each of these laws has a different way of looking at the issue. For example, the IRS has one method of determining whether a person is an independent contractor, but your state workers'...
- Research articles 2004-09-15
- Independent Contractor or Employee: How Government Agencies Make the Call
- A number of laws govern whether a worker is an independent contractor IC or an employee, and each of these laws has a different way of looking at the issue. For example, the IRS has one method of determining whether a person is an independent contractor, but your state workers'...
- Research articles 2006-11-30
- Classification, Taxonomies and You
- Information inside the company is growing at an exponential rate, as is the cost of not finding the information one needs. IDC estimates that the average knowledge worker spends 15% of his time searching for information, and that half of those searches fail to locate it. Can a company afford...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Vehicle Service Worker Job Description
- The Vehicle Service Worker job description template includes the following job summary: Perform the regular and recurring fueling and cleaning of automotive maintenance equipment in the shop, utilizing departmental equipment as authorized and available to accomplish the work. Individuals assigned to this classification normally operate under the general direction of...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Independent contractor status.(classification of workers as independent contractors rather than employees)(Statistical Data Included)
- According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are at least 8.5 million workers in the U.S. who are classified as independent contractors - and the number is growing. Many companies prefer to have workers who function as independent contractors rather than employees, because employee status...
- Research articles 1999-09-01
- Section 530 worker classification relief provisions after the Small Business Act of 1996.
- The status of workers, independent contractor versus employee, has become an increasingly important issue for taxpayers. The cost of employee benefits and payroll tax liabilities can be significantly reduced by treating workers as independent contractors rather than employees, thus providing an immediate competitive edge to the firm. This article outlines...
- Research articles 1997-04-01
- Notice 2002-5
- Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous Updated Procedures for Processing Employment Tax Cases Involving Worker Classification and Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 Under Section 7436 of the Internal Revenue Code Notice 2002-5 PURPOSE Section 314f of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 ("CRTRA '00") (H.R....
- Research articles 2002-01-22
- Taxes and public entity employees: the scope of section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978
- Public entities, particularly government-owned hospitals, are concerned about an obscure corner of the internal revenue law, with lots of money at stake. In certain circumstances, section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978(1*) provides relief from worker classification controversies regarding "employment taxes" imposed under subtitle C of the Internal Revenue...
- Research articles 1992-09-01
- Key Team Personality Types
- Key Team Personality TypesBelbin's Team Role InventoryA useful model also to understand different roles people play in teams is M. Belbin's Team Role Inventory. Belbin describes 8 roles people play, which are much like the ones described in the article: Information Seeker, Plant, Completer-Finisher, Coordinator, Shaper, Monitor/Evaluator, Team Worker, Applier....
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- What Did FedEx Do Wrong?
- Just before Christmas, the IRS slapped Federal Express with a hefty fine: $319 million in penalties and back taxes for misclassifying drivers in its ground-delivery division during tax year 2002. The IRS charges that the 15,000 drivers should have been treated as employees, rather than independent contractors ICs. ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Personnel audit
- Step 1: Classification of WorkersIncreasing payroll taxes, competitive salary demand and legal complexities are important reasons for firms to decrease the number of their traditional employees. Instead, other workers such as part-time employees, temporary employees and independent workers are often hired as independent contractors.Both the firm and the worker can...
- Research articles 1997-07-01
- Putting It All Together Again
- From the executive summary: ‘Knowledge work is hard to measure. Although, not all knowledge workers are alike, there is no standard classification or segmentation scheme for them. There are many productivity tools for knowledge workers, but they do not connect well with each other. The organizational support for knowledge work...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- What is an employee? The answer depends on the Federal law; in a legal context, the classification of a worker as either an employee or an independent contractor can have significant consequences - What is an Employee? - United States labor legislation -
- In the American workplace today, a full-time, 40-hour-a-week employee who stays with the same employer performing the same job over the course of an entire worklife would be viewed as a rarity, or at least as a person found in lesser proportion in the U.S. workforce than in decades past....
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- Folsom, Calif., Worker Sues Intel over 'Exempt' Classification.
- By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2002-11-09
- The tax treatment of independent contractors: where we are, and where we're headed
- A business that uses independent contractors is probably most susceptible to its classification of such workers being challenged by the Internal Revenue Service in the context of either employment taxes or employee benefits. In the employee benefits area, the challenge would likely concern whether such a worker is a...
- Research articles 1991-09-01
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