Employment taxes withheld by your employer are considered 'trust fund' taxes. I'm not entirely sure of its origin but I think the term trust fund tax is used because the US Treasury considers employment taxes withheld from your paycheck the US federal government's money and...
The Internal Revenue Service launched a new program that will enable many employers to voluntarily reclassifying their workers in an effort to resolve past worker classification issues. It is called the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP). This new program will allow employers the opportunity to make a minimal...
Protective refund claims are filed to preserve a taxpayer’s right to claim a refund when the taxpayer’s right to the refund is contingent on future events like future litigation, and may not be determinable until after the statute of limitations expires. Without a protective refund claim, taxpayers will only have a three-year statute of...
Personal Service Corporations (PSC) - the Sub Chapter S Election and Wages/Employment Taxes As I have blogged before a Personal Service Corporation can indeed elect Sub Chapter 'S' corporate status and be treated as a disregarded entity for income tax purposes. This requires the filing of...
According to the IRS millions of workers will see their take-home pay rise during 2011 because the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 provides a two percentage point payroll tax cut for employees, reducing their Social Security tax withholding rate from...
As a small business owner you may hire people as independent contractors or as employees. There are rules that will help you determine how to classify the people you hire. This will affect how much you pay in taxes, whether you need to withhold from...
Did you know that you may be able to deduct some of your job search expenses on your tax return? If you are searching for a job, you may be able to deduct some of your expenses on your tax return. Here are six...
School’s out and many students now have a summer job. Some students may not realize they have to pay taxes on their summer income. Here are the six things the IRS wants everyone to know about income earned while working a summer job. All employees...
Shareholder Timothy McCloskey was assessed a trust fund penalty due to an unfortunate problem he had with his trusted bookkeeper and chief financial officer, Kathleen Lawson. On September 1, 2004, Kathleen left Timothy an apologetic letter of resignation. Upon reading it, Timothy knew that she...
The American Jobs and Tax Loopholes Act, currently in Congress, would subject to Self Employment Taxes (FICA, FUTA, SUTA) all distributions from S Corporations which are "personal service" corporations. This is HUGE. This is not good for the small business owner. If...