Governmental Crackdown on Independent Contractors

The DOL and IRS War on Independent Contractor Misclassification ...

The DOL and IRS effort to fight misclassification of independent contractors soldiers onward here in 2023.

The War on Independent Work: Why Some Regulators Want to ...

[1] These advocates march under the banner of “misclassification”—i.e., the treatment of a worker as an independent contractor when, under the ...

Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimates that employers have misclassified millions of workers nationally as independent contractors.[1] ...

U.S. Labor Department Issues Proposed Rule on Independent ...

Because independent contractors are generally not paid a salary, and because a salary is usually a prerequisite for exemption from overtime ...

Independent contractor (self-employed) or employee? - IRS

Workers who believe they have been improperly classified as independent contractors by an employer can use Form 8919, Uncollected Social ...

Independent Contractor Misclassification Imposes Huge Costs on ...

... crack-down-harder-on-independent-contractor- misclassification. 5 Lalith De Silva, et al., Independent Contractors: Prevalence and Implications for ...

IRS Cracking Down on Independent Contractors - FindLaw

According to a recent Treasury Department report, the IRS is cracking down on the misclassification of "independent contractors.

Feds, States Cracking Down On Employee Misclassification

The misclassification of employees as independent contractors costs the federal and state governments millions of dollars in tax revenue and ...

The Dangers of Independent Contractor Travel Agent Misclassification

The government loses millions of dollars in taxes from misclassified workers. Since the government has continued to see record deficits, there ...

Independent Contractor Misclassification + Compliance

Private and governmental employers have substantially increased their use of independent contractors, long-term temporary employees, consultants, and other ...

2015 White Paper: "Independent Contractor Misclassification

Prior to the recent crackdown on independent contractor misclassification, years of lax enforcement by governmental revenue and workforce agencies ...

U.S. Cracks Down on 'Contractors' as a Tax Dodge

The administration also plans to rewrite a three-decade-old I.R.S. rule that lets companies indefinitely classify employees as independent ...

IRS Inspector Urges Crackdown On Mislabeling 'Independent ...

The IRS isn't the only government agency worried about workers mislabeled as “independent contractors.” When you pay independent contractors ...

New York floats a crackdown on independent workers

The government can't turn every contractor into an employee, so making it impossible for employers to hire many independent contractors will ...

The economic costs of worker misclassification

When employers misclassify workers as “independent contractors” instead of as “employees,” they are exposing those workers to economic costs ...

The Crackdown on the Use of Independent Contractors | JD Supra

For years, many employers have tried to reduce their tax burdens by treating persons who perform services for them as individual contractors ...

Auditors crack down on 'independent contractors' - Mar. 29, 2010

(CNNMoney.com) -- If your business uses independent contractors, get ready for new scrutiny. Hoping to boost tax revenue, the IRS and many ...

Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is revising its interpretation of independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards ...

Classification Crackdown - Texas HR Law Update

The initiative will ensure that a worker classified as an independent contractor does not have to bring a claim against his or her employer to allege ...

Government set to crack down on the use of independent contractors

However, now more than ever, employers need to be extra careful in this area since both state and federal agencies are cracking down on what ...