Employees

By Guest Blogger Eric Swenson, Managing Director of RSJ/Swenson, an HR and Management Consulting firm with offices in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.   When the phone rings at an HR consulting company late on a Friday afternoon, it’s usually not good news. A former client – the principal of a professional services firm in Henderson – was clearly exasperated.  “I want to fire my assistant right now.  She’s been late 11 times this mon...

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By Guest Blogger Reg Baker, CPA (702) 360-2823 If you are self-employed; beware! The Internal Revenue Service plans to increase audits of the self-employed by checking for unreported or understated income during correspondence audits. Estimates by the IRS show that at least $68 billion of the tax gap (tax gap is defined as the difference between what the IRS estimates should have been collected in taxes and what was actually received; the gap ...

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I often speak with business owners who are ready to hire workers.  While this is a big step for a small business, many owners believe they can avoid paying employment taxes simply by calling these workers independent contractors.  I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but calling them independent contractors does not necessarily make them independent contractors.  This issue is particularly important now, because the IRS is cracking...

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