Webinar: Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Achieving Success in a Worker Classification Audit

WS223  |  Course  |  Intermediate  |  Scheduled

Description

The IRS believes, perhaps with some justification, that many workers classified as independent contractors are actually employees and should be treate

Credits

Number of Credits Type of Credits
2.00 Taxes

Designed For

Any tax practitioner who wishes to help their clients avoid having independent contractors reclassified by the IRS as employees and any tax practitioner whose clients currently use independent contractors rather than employees

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic individual income tax principles

Highlights

  • The 20 common law factors in a worker classification audit that are used to distinguish an employee from an independent contractor
  • How disgruntled independent contractors can use IRS Form 8919 against a former employer
  • When and how to use §530 as a defense in worker classification audits
  • What is "industry practice" for §530 purposes
  • Common sense steps that will avoid the recharacterization of workers treated as independent contractors to employees
  • The IRS’s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program — advantages and disadvantages

Objectives

  • Advise clients with respect to the risks associated with their treating workers as independent contractors rather than employees
  • Understand how to employ Section 530 for purposes of defending against an IRS allegation that one or more workers are employees and not independent contractors

Preparation

None

Notes

This webinar is provided by Surgent. After registering for the course, you will receive an email from Surgent with instructions for logging in to the webinar and obtaining your eMaterials.

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