The IRS has announced a voluntary self-reporting program for eligible employers who are concerned that their independent contractors should actually be classified as employees. If you cop to misclassifying independent contractors, you get IRS amnesty on a bunch of back taxes and penalties. In exchange, you must promise to start treating the workers as employees going forward. That means you pay state and federal payroll withholding taxes.
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