Posts made in October, 2011

RETIREMENT PLAN DISTRIBUTION WITHHOLDING RULES

By on Oct 23, 2011 in Benefits, Payroll taxes, Uncategorized | 0 comments

A commonly held belief is that a plan administrator must withhold 20% of the amount of plan distributions for federal income-tax purposes from all retirement plan distributions. But this is simply not the case. As a business owner – or as an employee – it is important to understand the rules surrounding federal income-tax withholding resulting from a request for a...

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IRS ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OFFER ON WORKERS MISCLASSIFIED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

By on Oct 7, 2011 in Payroll taxes, Uncategorized | 0 comments

The IRS has announced a new initiative for employers, known as the Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program. The program allows employers who have misclassified workers as “independent contractors” rather than “employees” to reclassify the workers. The employers would only have to pay a small percentage of the employment tax liability that would have been...

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